Category: chiba system

Trying a new paper with the Chiba process based on fish glue. The platinum rag from Hahnemühme. And I have to say quite pleased with he result.

This picture is actually the very first that render a proper image for me with this fish glue chiba system. This is a single layer, and we can see this is more grayish or more pale compared to the two layers. Also, need to pay more attention to dust or hair that might be on the negative.

Ok, here we go with a new journey. It is actually a journey that has started many years ago but was paused because of lack of time and so many other things to try out. But when I saw on the chiba system FB group a new method, it was the sparkle to ignite a new cycle in my practice of alternative photography. So instead of using jelly, this guy used fish glue. The main advantage is that is works at room temperature, you don’t need to maintain the solution at 40°C. This really speed up the process, and give pleasant results. I’ll detail the process (based on Charles Guerin‘s document) in another post later on. In the mean time let’s look at the first multi layer picture I managed to get. It is from a 4×5 negative on Canson Montval paper.