Dahlia Triptych - Gum Bichromate prints

I've been working on a few new Gum Bichromate prints. Below is a Dahlia that my wife brought in from the garden and put into a milk bottle on the kitchen table. I thought it looked great so couldn't resit photographing it and making this Gum Print from it. The images below are made up of the gum print in it's three basic stages of development. 1st piece made with the Cyan negative, the 2nd piece is made with the cyan and yellow negatives and the 3rd and final image is made up of all three CMY negatives and 3 watercolour pigments.

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New - limited edition landscape prints - on Japanese Washi Paper

Here's a couple of new prototype landscape prints that I've been working on. Printed on Japanese Washi Paper

Shot in the surrounding fields of the Historical town of Thaxted.

Hand Crafted Book - In The Mist

Here are a few pages from "In The Mist" a handcrafted book that I'm working on at the moment. I'm making between 6 and 10 completely hand made limited editions. The book will be printed on archival 220 gsm photo Rag paper.

A new print from my project - Marsh

A new print from my project Marsh, printed on folded Japanese paper. To see more projects, please visit my personal projects website I.P. McLaren

Images are available to buy as limited edition prints.

Snowdonia - Barmouth

We had a lovely time walking in Snowdonia last week. Our first stop was at a lovely and friendly B&B called The Slate Shed at Graig Wen, where we stayed for a couple of nights. I decided to go for a wander around the grounds for a nosey before settling in for the night, I ended up walking down through the campsite, down onto a walkway that runs along the side of the Barmouth estuary (we're talking only a ten minute walk).  I setup my tripod and watched the beautiful light and views constantly changing in front of my eyes. I managed to capture these lovely views across the estuary.

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Recent shots for my on-going project - In The Mist

Here's a couple of new shots taken for my on-going project In The Mist

In The Mist

 This is an ongoing project and a section on my website, I love when I wake up in the morning and there's a mist, I can't stop myself - I need to pick up my camera and head to the nearest forest.

Here are some photographs from my last trek into the woods on a misty morning.

Thunder storm in Thaxted

A couple of shots I managed to grab during a thunder storm when driving through Thaxted. I also managed to get soaked :)

Project - Marsh

My first post on this shiny new blog. I set this blog up to share some of my new work. The work will be mainly landscape photography, shooting on both digital and film. I shoot mainly film / analogue photography and historical / alternative processes. I'll be shooting digital to use for social media as it's quicker than me having to develop the film, print the images, scan and then post. I will however post the darkroom prints when they are printed.

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