Much wiser since my goodbye

Posted on October 1, 2021 Posted in Lith Prints, toy camerasTagged Diana, Expired Paper, flowers, ilfordhp5+, lith print, Slavich, Slavich BromportraitLeave a comment

The last 3 pieces of Soviet bromportrait paper 😦

Sing your hearts away

Posted on January 12, 2021 Posted in cyanotype, StuffTagged Arista Ortho Litho, Crown Graphic, cyanotype, flowers, Post-apocalypse, still life, toningLeave a comment

I needed a break from all this uptight pushing and shoving. So I brewed some tea.

Blues in my bread

Posted on September 18, 2020 Posted in cyanotypeTagged Crown Graphic, cyanotype, flowers, still life, toning2 Comments

I haven’t worked much with cyanotypes because I don’t really care for blue prints. But with Covid keeping me out of the darkroom and all the ingredients sitting in my studio, it made sense to try.

A little research made it clear that toning gave me more options than just blue. Here are the results so far. look for more as I work through the process.

The blue

The black: coffee

The gold: tea

Long time passing

Posted on July 27, 2020 Posted in toy camerasTagged Diana, flowers, ilfordhp5+Leave a comment

The garden is in bloom!

Sometimes

Posted on May 2, 2019 Posted in Lith Prints, toy camerasTagged Diana, flowers, Grain, lith print, still life, Stuff

A few prints from my latest darkroom adventures.

All Things Must Pass

Posted on April 7, 2019 Posted in Box Cameras, Lith Prints, toy camerasTagged Diana, flowers, Grain, lith print, still life, Stuff2 Comments

Getting to the end of my pack of expired Kodak Kodabromide paper. I would like to get more, but the Ebay sellers are not very trustworthy and they really gouge you on the shipping charges.

Fresh Prints

Posted on February 20, 2019March 28, 2019 Posted in Lith PrintsTagged Diana, flowers, Grain, lith print, still life, StuffLeave a comment

Here are the highlights from my past few weeks in the darkroom. Most of these are printed on some expired Kodak Kodabromide paper I got from eBay. One is expired Agfa Brovira 111. Which is which should be obvious 🙂

Not sure if this Agfa Brovira 111 is a true lith, but I like the tones

Finally some new flowers around here

Posted on January 31, 2019February 3, 2019 Posted in StuffTagged Diana, flowers, Grain, HC-110, ilfordhp5+, still life, Stuff4 Comments

Kris finally got some new flowers–lilies. Shot them with my Diana set up on Ilford Hp5 pushed to 3200. Looking forward to printing some of these!

I’m Outside

Posted on January 29, 2019January 29, 2019 Posted in diy lensTagged diy lens, flowers, Ilford Ortho Plus, Philadelphia, speed graphic2 Comments

The weather wasn’t horrible yesterday so I took my Speed Graphic with the DIY lens outside. I wanted to see what the lens would look like wide open at medium distance. And then I shot some close-ups of dead flowers too. Film is my last few sheets of Ilford Ortho Plus.