The Classic Silver Gelatin Service
Standard Printing
Choose between neutral, warm-tone or special textured paper stocks and combine these with a selection of developers and toners for truly unique photographic fine prints.
All negatives are printed with the expertise of 25+ years experience. The standard print service is suitable for images not requiring archival protection — ideal for family albums, work and proof prints, and other general applications.
Fine Art Printing Service
This is our exhibition-quality print service, when the highest standards are required. Custom toning of silver gelatin photographs, the lith printing process and liquid emulsion printing are some of the options available.
Toning Options
Toning has been used from the beginning of photographic print making for colour adjustment, archival protection and artistic impression. Formulas are refined to suit the various paper and developer combinations. The choice of colour is vast, controllable and archival.
All images are custom printed to the artists wishes — with testing and a little time, a unique print is created. A wider selection of samples are available to view in the studio.
Available Toners
- Selenium* — Subtle cool shift, excellent archival protection
- Gold* — Warm to cool blue shift, premium archival quality
- Sepia* — Classic warm brown tones, archival
- Blue^ — Prussian blue tones
- Copper^ — Warm red-brown tones
* Archival toner | ^ Non-archival (though many blue prints are still in great shape after more than a century and a half!)
Liquid Emulsion
As the name suggests, liquid emulsion is a photographic print in a bottle. It can be coated onto almost any surface, including glass, wood, plaster, fabric and paper.
Each surface requires a different approach. Paper is by far the easiest and quickest — generally requiring a straightforward coating of emulsion, then dried, exposed and carefully processed. Silk, for example, requires a subbing layer (usually photographic grade gelatin) and slightly different processing procedures.
Although initial testing is required, liquid emulsion is highly creative and a very rewarding process. The only limitation is your imagination.
Available from silver gelatin or digital negatives.
Cost: $110 per hour plus materials.
Lith Printing
An alternative silver gelatin printing technique using a specialised developer and paper combination to yield a wide range of contrasts and colour casts.
Our experience in this style means we can customise many aspects of the overall look of the final print, giving each photographer something special. Go for the classic lith look or we will create one for you.
Prints respond extremely well to toning. They can also be bleached and re-developed, left natural, or all of the above. Each print will always be a one-off.
Lith printing is a time-consuming process and is priced as warm tone paper.
Requirements: Any format of silver gelatin negatives.
