"Lumen"

is a process created from one bright source, sunlight. This is very important to this method of printing as it uses the available daylight as opposed to controlled light such as an enlarger to print an image.

This is a cameraless process, requiring no equipment and for the cost of a pack of black and white paper you will be amazed by the results, and the magic of photography.

Yesterday in a not so bright window I tried my 1st attempt in many years, inspired by my friend Laura Peters and also Jerry Burchfield. I used a fresh pack of b&w multigrade paper and a leaf with a 2 and half hour exposure.

Due to the lack of UV, only a small part of the leaf vein is evident. I scanned the image in and using Lightroom presets, to create some beautiful colours. 

here are the results....

no editing (original)

lightroom sepia toning

lightroom direct positive

lightroom split toning

my next attempt will be with longer exposure times, and varied other items. I'm going to try and purchase some out of date paper and I have some warm tone paper to try too, maybe even some toning as this can help retain the image.