In reading a few posts on various photographic forums about the lastest characteristics of the Foma papers, the conversations that the classic paper has a lovely warm brown tone peaked my interest. I have been seeking a warm brown image tonality without the additional steps I do today using a bleach + redevelop process. So […]

Nearly finished with my backlog of negatives and had 4 left that all required N+ developing. So I put them all in my trusty Stearman Press 445 tank and headed upstairs to the kitchen to develop them. I had screwed on the lids so tight I couldn’t get them open to pour in the presoak […]

Looking for winter activities I stumbled into Alternative Print processes and fell in love with the workflow, plus I can do it indoors. Salt printing has its challenges and takes a long time for each print. I came across some images by Wolfgang Moersh, the guru of toning and alt chemicals, he had labeled as […]

I have been experimenting a bit more with Salt Printing and am finally seeing some better results. I made some drastic changes based on some good advice from other current practitioners. Coating Someone suggested the paper I was using may need sizing to allow the chemistry to sit on top of the paper rather than […]

IN the 1840s Henry Talbot Fox created a light sensitive paper coating using Salt water and Silver Nitrate to produce photogenic images. Today in November of 2021 I tried my hand at Salt printing and it was mostly a failure. I bought the Bostick and Sullivan kit and some Hahnemuhle Platinum rag paper and followed […]

I saw a great shot of a Covered bridge in square format which felt very constrained and wanted to go shoot it in 5×12. So I picked a cloudy day and head out for another Sunday Morning Adventure. I get lost on the way there and of course it is in the middle of nowhere […]

In my last printing session I tried Ilford MGRC Portfolio Pearl finish with a high contrast negative and a low contrast negative. Unlike the famous you-tubers who were given boxes to test, I purchased the product to try it out. My paper developer is the Ansco/Formulary 130 at a dilution of 1:2 with a bit […]

I had a couple of images I wanted to tone brown using Thiourea. I took some iphone shots along the way and decided to make this tutorial. This is an easy to mix toner and simple process. Below are the steps I followed and decisions made along the way. All of these steps can be […]

Every once in a while an image needs some extra work in the darkroom to bring out the best that the print can be. While Photoshop (PS) can be used to output the image as a print, it can also be used to help map out what changes need to be made while burning, dodging, […]

It has been a long while since I posted and I have been house bound due to the Chinese Covid-19 so have not been out shooting or even experimenting much in the darkroom. I have not even had a chance to take out my new 5×12 camera due to weather and other priorities. We are […]