Black and White Sample Prints

For a limited time I am trying out an experiment. In order to introduce people to analog black and white photographic materials and also anyone interested in some of the materials I happen to use – I have decided to offer a sample print on real honest to goodness silver gelatin fiber based paper for a couple of bucks.

If people are interested and there is some level of demand I may expand this to some additional selections of materials. For now as an experiment I am offering a hand made 8×10 print on a very nice paper that I recently discovered.

Adox MCC 110 Fiber Paper.

New!!!! I am now offering additional paper selections – please specify your paper selection in the special instructions along with image number.

Foma FB 123 Velvet Semi-Matte on a neutral base.

Foma FB 132 Warmtone Matte on a cream base.

This print is not to be considered any kind of fine art final product. It is not going to be mounted or matted. It is not framed. No dodging. No burning. No toning. It is a typical work print quality, strait from an analog negative. Developed, fixed, washed, dried, and flattened. The purpose of the print is to see what the actual materials look like in person without spending a lot of money on producing one yourself or investing in a bunch of product that may not be what you are after. It is supposed to be representative of what ANYONE can achieve in a home darkroom with minimum of equipment, a traditional black and white film, and a meager amount of experience can produce very easily. It is not a demonstration of my mastery of the print medium with any special trickiness – not even local adjustments.

Here is what you get -

One 8×10 fiber black and white print on Adox MCC 110 paper with your choice of negative:

#1 35mm Nikon F2 85mm F1.4 – Fuji – Neopan 400 developed in D76 1+1

#2 35mm Leica M6 50mm Summicron – Ilford HP5 Plus developed in XTOL 1+3

#3 6×6 Medium Format Hasselblad Zeiss 80 Planar – Kodak Tri-X TXP developed in PMK Pyro

#4 6×6 Medium Format Hasselblad Zeiss 150 Sonnar – Kodak Plus-X developed in PMK Pyro

#5 6×6 Medium Format Hasselblad Zeiss 80mm Planar – Kodak TMAX 100 developed in Pyrocat HD

These are traditional films developed in easily obtainable developers that tolerate a reasonable degree of error for people just getting into processing black and white themselves. If for any reason you would like a different negative please contact me and I will do my best to accommodate your request.

Last but not least I will include a brief writeup on the shooting conditions, how the film was processed, as well as how the paper was processed. I will do my best to ensure that I include a full tonal range print from each negative for your evaluation of the raw materials. Keep in mind that the prints are hand processed and by their very nature will have some slight degree of variation and imperfection.

Please remember to list the negative number that you would like along with any other special requests in the “special instructions” field at PayPal.

Only $8.99

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