- We are pleased to be a Harman 'Darkroom Centre'
- We sell Ilford and Kentmere papers online
- Traditional Hand prints on RC or fibre base paper
- Develop and machine print packages
- Gloss or matt; machine prints with or without borders
- Fine Art prints on various fibre base papers: Ilford and others
- Toning - sepia, selenium, etc
- Prints from glass plates and old negatives
Machine prints
Black & White prints can be either machine or hand printed, offering a wide choice in terms of budget and style. Thanks to improved equipment, machine prints are much better than two or three years ago when prints often had a strong colour bias. We are confident in the results produced from any BW films by this method: refer to reprints for more information.
Hand prints
Traditional hand prints are exposed in the darkroom through-the-lens onto a variety of papers including Ilford, both resin-coated(RC) and fibre-base(FB). Broadly speaking RC paper have a more sparkly finish, particularly gloss, whilst FB papers have a more subtle range of finishes from flat matt to softly textured, often with a warm base colour.
Fine Art prints
We encourage our clients to speak one to one with our B/W printer so that the subtleties of style and specification may be discussed in depth. Our Fine Art prints, on traditional fibre-base papers are hand-printed, toned where appropriate and finished to give an archival print that will last for years. A few minutes of discussion is essential particularly if the prints are for exhibition or competition and many of our prints have helped win awards for our clients at national and international level.
