Dawn suns groped

Posted on May 6, 2022 Posted in UncategorizedLeave a comment

Scenes from a hike in a reclaimed cranberry bog in New Jersey.

Lith prints on either expired Agfa Brovira or Kodak PolycontrastIII RC. Shot on Ilford Delta3200 in a Fuji GS690.

Make life easy

Posted on April 14, 2022 Posted in Lith Prints, Peopleless Philadelphia, photo walkTagged Agfa Brovira, Darkroom, Expired Paper, HC-110, IlfordDelta3200, lith print, nikonfm2, peopleless philly, Philadelphia, photo walkLeave a comment

I took a walk down the Schuylkill River Trail on a blustery spring afternoon. I got some dystopian vibes.

These were all shot on my Nikon fm2 using Ilford Delta 3200. I printed them on expired Agfa Brovira BEH in Moersch easy lith.

All due respect

Posted on January 27, 2022 Posted in Lith Prints, toy camerasTagged Agfa Brovira, Diana, lith print, Philadelphia, photo walkLeave a comment

Thinking of new directions.

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 😦

Ivan meets GI Joe

Posted on September 23, 2021September 23, 2021 Posted in Lith PrintsTagged Expired Paper, lith print, Slavich, Slavich Bromportrait, Svema, Svema MZ31 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.