Yaum's Photo Diary

I believe my Platinum printing is improving. I am getting a better feel for what the negatives should look like. I still have so much to lea...

Over the last few days, I started using my large Hahn 24"x 33 feet paper. It worked out quite well, once I figured out the best way to ...

Two versions of the crying child from THE FAMILIES OF THE DIUMP Image. The contrasty one was made with digi neg #2 yesterday and the softer ...

Fairly cheap and beautiful book buy. The reproductions are quite lovely.  Back when I started studying the Impressionists work, I was not a ...

Lay-August walking the dump barefoot at 530 am.  THE FAMILIES IF THE DUMP, Mae Sot, Thailand 2018 Drops 10 FO, 8 Pd, [ Pt Na2, 2 Tween The p...

 8x10 inch Platinum print on very humidified Hahn paper. Drops 11 FO,  10 Pd, 1Pt Na2, 2 TW. Girls with dogs, THE FAMILIES OF THE DUMP, Mae ...

Todays work in the dark. Making a few more platinum prints before my nightshift tonight. Retirement is quickly approaching, which will allow...

Platinum- Palladium printing is all about minute subtleties! It is a very unique process. Did 2 prints last night on cut down Hahn paper. I ...

A couple more platinum images from yesterday’s darkroom work. Both of these were shot in the dump as part of the 12 year THE FAMILIES OF THE...

This photo is from the fall of last year, Kate September or early March I think. I was making Ambrotypes withe the 14x14 Chamonix camera.

 

Today’s platinum print. Khun Veegood from THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE UNDER THE FREEWAY. I added some Platinum Na2 to this image. Am trying to raise...

Kinda like how this -50 contrast digi neg 8x10 Pd print turned out. This image is straight Palladium, to lower contrast and improve brown to...

Tonight am trying to print a Ambrotype plate I scanned. Making an 8x10 Platinum-Palladium print. Anyone done that before? First attempt too ...

Well the 8x1O Oye head shots in Pt-Pd turned out quite lovely. They were printed on Reverre paper.  The 11x14 turned out as well but there w...

Here is todays effort. 8x10 platinum-palladium print of Khun Oye, THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE UNDER THE FREEWAY, Khlong Toei slum Bangkok. The subtl...

Back in the darkroom tonight. I am trying to make a platinum print of Khun Oye from Khlong Toei slum in Bangkok. Part of THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE...

Wrote this up for a Facebook friend, thought I would share it here. I use hypo and wash in the field with no electricity. My process is to f...

So here is a social media can be cool story.  As some of you that might read this blog occasionally might know, former LIFE Magazines W. Eug...

 Received my second rejection letter, this one was nice. “ Dear Gerry, Thank you for your interest in submitting an exhibition proposal to ...

They are selling the old edition of “Analog Forever Magazine” that I am part of for $30 USD.  I still feel it is a pretty cool thing to be i...

I have been thinking a lot about retirement. Here is a list of some of the things I hope to accomplish in the coming retirement years.  1) A...