Ivan meets GI Joe

Posted on September 23, 2021September 23, 2021 Posted in Lith PrintsTagged Expired Paper, lith print, Slavich, Slavich Bromportrait, Svema, Svema MZ3Leave a comment

Was fortunate enough to get ahold of some Soviet era Slavich Bromportrait from 1983. The paper is wonderful for lith printing though exposure times can get up there. Some of these needed exposures of 6 minutes! With shorter development times, the paper has a nice brown tone. Longer developments get the classic yellow lith.

I paired the paper with some negatives shot on Svema MZ3 for consistency. Unfortunately with the paper and the negative being so contrasty, it didn’t always work. Going to try next with some HP5 negatives.

Brutalism in the service of public education

Coffee with Christine

Posted on June 21, 2021 Posted in Caffenol, Coffee with friendsTagged Caffenol, Crown Graphic, Harman Direct Positive, Portrait2 Comments

Last year, I offered a coffee portrait session for Broad Street Ministry‘s online fundraising auction. Christine won the auction, and this weekend we managed to schedule the session. I love the results. They have a very 1930s look. Also, some really good longe exposure “mistakes”.

Something about the earring makes me think Man Ray

Things I’d like

Posted on May 20, 2021May 23, 2021 Posted in Lith Prints, toy camerasTagged Agfa Brovira, Darkroom, Diana, Expired Paper, lith printLeave a comment

Shot in the Dark Exhibition Opening This Weekend

Posted on May 13, 2021 Posted in Exhibition, Lith PrintsTagged Art Opening, Exhibition, lith printLeave a comment

Shot in the DarK: New Film Photography opens today and runs through May 30th at The Da Vinci Art Alliance. This is a group show of artists from the Fleisher Art of the Fine Print class. I will have the 3 pieces below in the show and they are also available for sale on the Da Vinci Website store.

There will be a virtual opening reception on Sunday May 16 from 2:00 to 3:00 pm, join me with a glass of wine! The reception will be hosted on Zoom, go here for the link.

The first hurdle

Posted on May 6, 2021 Posted in Lith Prints, photo walk, toy camerasTagged Agfa Brovira, Crown Graphic, Diana, Grain, lith print, Philadelphia, photo walkLeave a comment

Prints from shots taken at FDR Park.

I love disaster

Posted on April 22, 2021April 22, 2021 Posted in Lith Prints, UncategorizedTagged Agfa Brovira, Arista Ortho Litho, bergger print film, Crown Graphic, PhiladelphiaLeave a comment

Shamokin Redux

Posted on April 15, 2021 Posted in Lith Prints, Small townTagged Agfa Brovira, Arista Ortho Litho, Central PA, Crown Graphic, lith printLeave a comment

Please bear with me as I work through a year’s backlog of negatives.

Your dreams

Posted on April 1, 2021 Posted in Lith PrintsTagged Agfa Brovira, Arista Ortho Litho, bergger print film, Central PA, Crown Graphic, lith print, paxinos paLeave a comment

Last summer I acquired a bunch, and I mean A BUNCH, of old Agfa Brovira paper. I was hoping to use it for lith processing. Last night I finally got in the darkroom and was not disappointed.

You stop

Posted on March 30, 2021 Posted in cyanotypeTagged Arista Ortho Litho, bergger print film, Central PA, Crown Graphic, cyanotype, Philadelphia, speed graphic, tea-toned2 Comments

This week I’m going into the darkroom for the first time in a year. As much as I am looking forward to printing silver gelatin, I’m glad I spent the time off doing cyanotypes.

We’re sensitive. Blue sensitive.

Posted on March 21, 2021 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Crown Graphic, HC-110, PhiladelphiaLeave a comment

Bergger has started selling Print Film, a blue sensitivee sheet film for doing duplication work in the darkroom AND, of course, as an alternate camera film. I bought a pack of 4X5 sheets as soon as I learned about.

I took the Graflex Crown Graphic down to FDR Park this weekend for a test run.

This is my favorite time of year to shoot vegetation

I developed these in a tray for 4 minutes using HC110 dilution A at room temperature, which I conveniently forgot to measure. The data sheet on this says to use any developer with the time of development affecting the amount of contrast. I went for the low-end of the time suggestions.