Lovely Lumens

Lumen printing is an easy way to make an image with the sun. It simply involves setting objects onto a piece of silver gelatin photographic paper and exposing them to the sun.

Artist/photographer Bob St Cyr shares his HOW-TO + a few new ideas to take your results in new directions.

You'll need:

• Photographic paper - any size or age

• A contact printing frame (you can also create a makeshift printing frame using any board and glass, such as an un-used photo frame.)

• Two trays - for washing and fixing

• Hypo fixer mixed at 1:9.

• Tongs

STEP 1 - Once you've got your stuff set up, under a safelight or subd