Comments on: Caffenol – Developing Film with Coffee

By: For Sale: Buffalo Bill’s Garage | The Photog Formula

For Sale: Buffalo Bill’s Garage | The Photog Formula — Wed, 19 May 2010 12:02:36 +0000

[...] building has been the subject of a few of my photographic ventures, which you can see in my “Caffenol” post here. I love the texture and character of this old building, and can only imagine the stories she [...]

By: Nate

Nate — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 06:09:42 +0000

Thank you!

By: Tom

Tom — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 01:08:51 +0000

This is the best recipe I’ve tried.

By: Diana’s Christmas | The Photog Formula

Diana’s Christmas | The Photog Formula — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 05:42:47 +0000

[...] Once I was done with the roll of film, I decided to develop it once again using coffee. (If you haven’t done this before, check out my post on how to do it – Caffenol – Developing Film with Coffee). [...]

By: Nate

Nate — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 03:48:37 +0000

Jennifer and Lesley, thanks for the comments!

The process is quite fun and surprising. I wouldn’t do this with every image, but for a different result it works great!

By: Nate

Nate — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 03:46:48 +0000

Thanks for that point Magnus! You’re right that the opposite of brown is blue. It must have been the settings I used when I scanned the images that gave them a little blue tint. However, looking at the negatives themselves, they are quite brown. (Unfortunately I didn’t record the settings when I scanned them.)

Thanks for the comment!

By: Magnus

Magnus — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 00:30:16 +0000

Brown tint? But you have scanned _negatives_ the opposite of brown is something quite blue, i do not think that coffee will leave a blue stain on the negative..

By: Lesley

Lesley — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 18:44:27 +0000

Thanks for sharing! I’ve never heard of anything like this before

By: Jennifer

Jennifer — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 22:15:48 +0000

Great post Nate! I love the results that you got from this experiment. It is pretty amazing that the film was developed using coffee. It creates a certain timeless feel to the images.