How to create a sun print!

Sun print 

A sun print is a contact print (1:1) meaning that the print is the same scale . It is made by putting objects onto light sensitive paper and exposing it to the sun light. When exposed to light, the solid objects stop the light from exposing the paper. Any object that the light can pass through will produce a pattern. Each image produced is unique, because it is made by shining light on it.

I had a piece of card, piece of glass, photographic chemicals and a piece of photographic paper (kentmere).

I used a leaf for my sun print which I found on the college site I then went back to the dark room, put my leaf on the photographic paper and placed my black piece of card on top (to stop the paper being exposed to light, which would ruin the picture) with the piece of glass on top. I then found a sunny spot and placed my piece objects on the floor. I removed my black piece of card and exposed it to the sun light with the piece of glass on top of the leaf for 5 minutes (till I saw an imprint) . Then placed the piece of black card back on top to stop it being exposed to the light and went back to the darkroom.

I firstly placed it in the developer then the fix and the stop then cleaned it off with water and then dried it. It came out very well as you could see the tiny patterns on the leaf also the tonal colours were brilliant.