My photography style never strayed from the digital medium and Photoshop heavy manipulation that I was used to since I learned to piece photos together in 2011. I was introduced briefly to alternative process methods in high school but I never found them interesting enough to explore more fully. Fall semester of my senior year one of our assignments was to work with cyanotypes. For the next year I experimented and fumbled through multiple ways of presenting cyanotypes and with different mediums. The photos below show the process of my final body of work for UNC-Asheville. 

Wedding, Elopement, and Portrait Photographer - Getting back into cyanotypes after briefly experimenting with them high school.
Getting back into cyanotypes after briefly experimenting with them high school.
Wedding, Elopement, and Portrait Photographer - I tried to print some of the images on linen but the results didnt have enough color variety.
I tried to print some of the images on linen but the results didn't have enough color variety.
Wedding, Elopement, and Portrait Photographer - I tried to print some of the images on linen but the results didnt have enough color variety. (Framed with embroidery hoops)
I tried to print some of the images on linen but the results didn't have enough color variety. (Framed with embroidery hoops)
Wedding, Elopement, and Portrait Photographer - Exposing on the Owen Hall Painting Porch. (Had to use rocks to hold down the glass so the negative and the paper would be close enough together to make a sharp image)
Exposing on the Owen Hall Painting Porch. (Had to use rocks to hold down the glass so the negative and the paper would be close enough together to make a sharp image)
Wedding, Elopement, and Portrait Photographer - Exposing on the Owen Hall Painting Porch.
Exposing on the Owen Hall Painting Porch.
Wedding, Elopement, and Portrait Photographer - Each print took between 20-70 minutes to become fully exposed depending on the weather- so I had to watch them and pull them out of the sun once I noticed the colors were right. I got a little bored out there.
Each print took between 20-70 minutes to become fully exposed depending on the weather- so I had to watch them and pull them out of the sun once I noticed the colors were right. I got a little bored out there.
Wedding, Elopement, and Portrait Photographer - Final Prints from Photo 3.
Final Prints from Photo 3.
Wedding, Elopement, and Portrait Photographer - Washing the first round of prints.
Washing the first round of prints.
Wedding, Elopement, and Portrait Photographer - First round of cyanotypes drying.
First round of cyanotypes drying.
Wedding, Elopement, and Portrait Photographer - The accidental double exposure experiment. Serendipity at its finest!
The accidental double exposure experiment. Serendipity at its finest!
Wedding, Elopement, and Portrait Photographer - Choosing which versions to submit for Pre-Show and the Juried Show.
Choosing which versions to submit for Pre-Show and the Juried Show.
Wedding, Elopement, and Portrait Photographer - Framing the finished prints for entry into the Juried Show.
Framing the finished prints for entry into the Juried Show.
Wedding, Elopement, and Portrait Photographer - Choosing which versions to submit for Pre-Show and the Juried Show. (Thanks Kelly and Payton!)
Choosing which versions to submit for Pre-Show and the Juried Show. (Thanks Kelly and Payton!)
Wedding, Elopement, and Portrait Photographer - Inversion was accepted to the Annual Juried Show.
"Inversion" was accepted to the Annual Juried Show.
Wedding, Elopement, and Portrait Photographer - Detail of Break
Detail of "Break"
Wedding, Elopement, and Portrait Photographer - Detail of the stack of finished prints from the entire year of 2014-2015
Detail of the stack of finished prints from the entire year of 2014-2015
Wedding, Elopement, and Portrait Photographer - My Pre-Show Review to graduate (Photo 4)!
My Pre-Show Review to graduate (Photo 4)!
Wedding, Elopement, and Portrait Photographer - Once I passed I ordered show cards (the fun part!)
Once I passed I ordered show cards (the fun part!)
Wedding, Elopement, and Portrait Photographer - The final Prints up in the 2nd Floor Gallery of Owen Hall! (Apathy and Indifference were accepted to the DiverseWorks Juried Show at the YMI Cultural Center)
The final Prints up in the 2nd Floor Gallery of Owen Hall! (Apathy and Indifference were accepted to the DiverseWorks Juried Show at the YMI Cultural Center)
Wedding, Elopement, and Portrait Photographer - The final Prints up in the 2nd Floor Gallery of Owen Hall! (Reception on May 1st)
The final Prints up in the 2nd Floor Gallery of Owen Hall! (Reception on May 1st)
Wedding, Elopement, and Portrait Photographer - The final Prints up in the 2nd Floor Gallery of Owen Hall! (Reception on May 1st)
The final Prints up in the 2nd Floor Gallery of Owen Hall! (Reception on May 1st)

All images ©Amryn Soldier Photography LLC, permission must be granted for distribution or use. 

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