Janet Penny Photography

17/05/2026

If you are looking for a way to kick start your photography, think about trying a small, fun project. This weekend I had a day in London with my lovely friend . She proposed that we each chose a colour and photographed everything we spotted that matched. We used our phone cameras and ended talking to strangers, seeing things we might not have noticed otherwise. It was fun.
My colour was yellow

02/05/2026

Salad leaf experiments.
Stage 1: coating the paper
I know which is my favourite so far, how about you?

14/04/2026

Paprika - I mixed smoked paprika with rubbing alcohol (isopropyl) and then strained it to get the liquid to coat this paper. 4 coatings and 4 hours in the spring sunshine. I washed one in bicarbonate of soda and water (the ginkgo leaf) and I’ve left the other one. It hasn’t made much difference to the colour, let’s see what it does for the longevity.

12/04/2026

Introducing sun experiment #2
This one is soooo simple, using humble sugar paper. And that’s it. Who remembers the bleached out sugar paper display boards at primary school? Well this riffs off that and it works beautifully. I left this in a south facing window for 4 days. This really is one you can try yourself

08/04/2026

Made the most of the sunshine to do more tests with light sensitive plants. This was rainbow chard, whizzed in the liquidiser and applied in 4 layers to cartridge paper. 4 hours in the sun on a warm April afternoon. I wasn’t expecting it to go pink, so that was a nice surprise. I haven’t washed it or tried to fix it in any way so we’ll see what happens next… I’ve got more experiments to do this holiday, so keep checking back. This experiment was based on information in 2024 anthotype day - thank you

29/11/2025

I remembered I had another photo on my phone that works with my new idea…

20/04/2025

Precious days away with friends in France.
Took along some solar paper and used it on a windy rainy beach walk. Inspired by both and

04/11/2021

It's so exciting when you unexpectedly come across one of your client's products (and your photo) on a website - especially if it's The Design Museum! Big shout out to HERD Bags for such a great product

27/04/2021

I spent a fabulous morning with Minnie at at her gorgeous shop in Hurst Green. There's always something interesting to photograph.

14/03/2017

Guess what I was doing yesterday with barker design :)

Through the looking glass! Today's photoshoot for one of our completed projects