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

Papers Please

Posted on January 24, 2019 Posted in Lith PrintsTagged diy lens, fruit, Grain, lith print, speed graphic, still life, StuffLeave a comment

Normally I do my lith prints on Fomatone MG 131 paper. But lately I’ve been experimenting with different papers to see what looks I can get. Here’s some examples on Ilford Warmtone MGFB, Fomatone MG 131, and Agfa Brovira 310. I like the Ilford the best, but the Agfa is also nice.

Bro, do you even lith?

Posted on October 10, 2018October 12, 2018 Posted in toy camerasTagged Agfa Brovira BW 119, Diana, Grain, lith print, Stuff2 Comments

I recently picked up some expired photo paper from The Resource Exchange–a kind of thrift store for artists here in Philadelphia.

I had never heard of the paper but it had “Bro” in the name which made me think it would be a good lith paper. For $6 I got about 15 sheets of Agfa Brovira BW 119. It looks to be from the 60s or 70s.

A few sheets were fogged, which was to be expected.

I googled it to see if people had any experience with it in lith. Of course, there were about a hundred different opinions. Some people claimed it didn’t lith and others that it just needed a ton of time It turned out really well in lith for me so that’s that. Here are the final prints.

Hip lith prints

Posted on May 23, 2018 Posted in One ProjectTagged Arista Ortho Litho, Crown Graphic, Dektol, lith print, One Project, PhiladelphiaLeave a comment

Made a couple of prints this week from last week’s negatives. This Arista Ortho Litho 3.0 makes nice prints with the lith process but it’s harder to print on normal paper. Prints tend to come out flat