Cameron Young – Photographer

Kodak Brownie

I have started using Kodak Brownie #2 Model F from 1936. I shooting Iford FP4 and contact printing the results as salted paper prints.

Salted paper print

Zero Image 612

I recently replaced my Holga WPC with a Zero Image 612 Back to Nature model. As always, the Zero Image camera is superb in both image and build quality.

Cyanotype on stone.

For the past year, I have been collecting river rocks, printing a cyanotype on them and then returing them for others to find.

Have been experimenting with cyanotype on bioplastic. The bioplastic is made of agar agar, cornstarch and water. I am mixing the cyanotype emulsion directly into the bioplastic and coating glass sheets. In the following examples, the yellow tint is from insufficient washing because the emulsion was thick in that area. A longer wash combined with better coating technique seems to have solved the problem.

PressPan

I am working on a series about the prairie landscape. I really wanted to use the the panorama format to fully capture the vastness of the western prairies. I considered a few different cameras, the Xpan, the Widelux and the Horizon. For various reasons, none of them fit the bill. I discovered the PressPan panorama cameras made by Trastic. I was fortunate enough to find a used one online.

It is a beast of a camera. I absolutely in love with the images I am getting from this camera.

Reality So Subtle 6×17 Pinhole Camera

I was looking for something in a larger format pinhole camera and purchased a 6×17 from Reality so Subtle.

It is a well made camera that gives 4 exposures on a roll of 120 film. It is quite tricky to load and requires some practice. I really like the panoramic look the camera gives.

Baby Cube Pinhole Camera

An interesting little camera that a purchased from Chroma Camera. It has:

0.2mm Pinhole

30mm focal length

F/150 equivalent aperture

24x24mm frame size

It has an ingenious winding system that keeps the frame spacing constant.

Sony Cyber-shot DSC-H9 IR conversion

I have been interested in IR photography for a while and had been using a ir720 filter on my Pentax K70. I found that I was getting good results but found that not being able to see the image though the viewfinder very limiting. I briefly considered having one of my cameras converted it IR, but then came across this on YouTube: Sony Infrared Conversion

I found a Sony Cyber-shot DSC H9 on Ebay and did the converted it myself. When the camera is in night shot mode with an ir720 filter it gives good results. I did some basic editing in Lightroom and Photoshop

It is winter now so there is a lack of green foliage so I will be interested to see how it works in the summer.

Here are some examples:

Double Exposure Part 3

Shared the camera with friend and fellow artist Nicole. Always love the unpredictability of the process.

Double Exposure Part 2

I am continuing to make double exposures using film, but was curious to see what kind of images could be made by different people sharing the camera.

I purchased a simple point and shoot film camera that would be easy to use by someone not familiar with shooting film.

This Harman reusable camera fit the bill and as a bonus, came with two rolls of film. I loaded the camera and gave it to my two daughters. After they had finished the roll, I rewound the film and re-exposed the film.

Here are some of the results: