Salt Prints

[@Chiaroscuro1991]

Enjoyed your salt printing video! Cheers from Rochester, NY Scully & Osterman

[@fotosaurier4639]

Cool Vid, Kris . Great Work; what i like most is your hair dryer, and the print washer you made; nice !

[@RonnieArmenta]

Dude, since I’ve subscribed to your channel years ago I have been nothing but inspired. My wife yells often because I buy too many of these old cameras and film, but she loves the results. Thanks man! keep up the videos and I am super jealous of that dark room you have!

[@krisb8781]

Thank you, Ronnie, it means a lot. I started this channel just to show off some of these beautiful classics. I am glad to see some following. Next video is going to be about Cyanotypes.

[@RonnieArmenta]

Kris Bochenek right there with you brother. I’ll be looking forward to your next vid. Thank you.

[@michaelbermingham3559]

Hi kris.. Fantastic video mate.. I must try this technique the results look amazing. Please could you tell me the transparency film you use for your printer.. I have a cannon pro1 pigment printer.Thank you for some fascinating videos I'm hooked :)

[@krisb8781]

Michael Bermingham hi. Thanks for kind words. I use Pictorico transparancy film. Very good quality stuff

[@bitzbitz13]

How do you keep the ink from the transparency film to not transfer to your paper?

[@Ali_art]

Hi, what are the chemicals that you used for this?

[@cadenasantonio9549]

thanks for your videos¡ after exposure you just wash it and fix it? and what fixer do you use, regular for black and white paper? thanks again and please make more videos¡ all the best

[@krisb8781]

Hi yes after exposure you wash it. Then you can gold tone it and fix or just fix. After that you need to wash for 15 minutes at least if using hypo clear if not 20-30 minutes.

[@jin9311]

Hello. I am a South Korean subscriber. What are the disadvantages of not using toner?

[@krisb8781]

Hi. Thank you for subscription. If you don't tone your prints they retain more Sephia color. Toning gives them more blue look.

[@jin9311]

@@krisb8781 Can toner prevent deterioration in storing photos for a long time?

[@krisb8781]

@@jin9311 honestly my oldest print is 10 years old. No toner back then. I don't see any difference in overall color or tone. Now in the long run, I can only imagine tonner will help but I don't have enough experience in the long term storage or display of salt prints.

[@jin9311]

@@krisb8781 I respect you for your teaching.

[@Chiaroscuro1991]

The earliest salt prints were not toned and have a more warm brown hue. Later in the 1850s gold chloride was used for toning and this was done to give the image a chestnut brown to purple brown hue. If over toned the prints have a strange blue grey look and loose density.

[@BobSmith-dx9bj]

Nice.

[@robertlear6109]

What do you do to stabilize your prints so they don't fade or change color?

[@wabashamj]

good information, thanks, humor just a tad drier than the paper or it gets foggy

[@bautebaute]

Subtitles in the Video please!!

[@hunterburrell5430]

Gahahahaha