PhotoED Magazine
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