I published Scratched Emulsion, a new resource for experimental/unusual darkroom techniques

[mrmekon]

I'm here to plug my new (non-commercial) reference site and ask for help from the community. The site is my quick notes and bookmarks on the unusual, experimental, and surreal side of darkroom work. It covers a bit of the whole spectrum, but darkroom printing is both what I really wanted to focus on, and where it's lacking the most detail.

site: Scratched Emulsion

If you'd like to help, I'm looking for any of:

• new techniques that aren't already listed
• more example photos for the existing sections (must have a copyright grant for sharing)
• more reference/example links for the sections that have few
• proof reading

Several of the sections relate to techniques I've heard about of seen before, but couldn't find any references when searching. I'm probably just using the wrong terms, but I would appreciate it if you have any leads for references for those empty sections. I'm sure a lot of it is lurking here in Photrio...

I hope it's of use to someone!

 

[koraks]

That's a commendable effort; good luck on further completing it!

I've not done a lot of reading yet, but the section on dry plate collodion doesn't seem right to me, and oddly it also leaves out wet plate (ambrotype and tintype are not the only wet plate processes; one can make negatives for instance as well).

With projects like these, one of the key challenges is structuring the work along a robust conceptual framework. What is your core on this?

 

[mshchem]

A lot of work