Making Notes

Hydrangea Cyanotype by Ellen Dooley

Notes on back of cyanotype

Yesterday was one of those late fall days that let you know that the darker, shorter days are on the way.  However, at about 3:00 PM, the sun came out for a brilliant shining hour.  I had a new negative ready to go and some sensitized watercolor paper so I placed the negative and the paper in my contact frame and went out to find the sunniest part of the property.  I set a timer for 20 minutes, not even sure there were enough UV rays to get a proper exposure .  When I checked in 20 minutes, the print looked great.  
One of the things I've learned lately is to make notes on exposures.  A perfect place, in addition to my journal, is the back of the print.  This identifies the paper used, date of print, time of day and length of exposure.  I think that customers also find this information to be interesting.  It is, after all, a hand made print and these little notes help to identify it even more clearly.