Handmade negatives

A handmade negative is a negative made without the use of a camera. This could be drawing on tracing paper or acetate, also placing objects on photographic paper and exposing it to light which creates a photogram.

I used cellophane to act as the negative for my handmade negative, i then put washing up liquid sugar and blue food dye on top which made a beautiful pattern when i exposed it for 5 seconds on an aperture of 8. I experimented further by placing objects on top of the photographic paper but i think it would of been better if i cut out a stencil of a landscape/ some buildings. This was a good experience and i could also overlay the handmade negatives with normal negatives to create some really interesting prints.