Prints receive individual attention, using burning and dodging as needed

All film sizes accepted from 35mm up to 5 x 4

Conventional enlargers are used for all printing

Don't let a scan get between your film and your prints!

Ilfochrome

Ilfoflex

Photograph: Ornan Rotem

 

Ilfochrome Classic from transparencies

Ilfochrome is now the official name for the Cibachrome system.
Everyone still calls it Cibachrome...so do I.
For a detailed explanation see Cibachrome History.

Cibachrome is a unique colour print system, for prints from colour transparencies.The sharpness, colour intensity, clean whites, and accuracy to the original slide are stunning.

Cibachrome Dyes
When a normal photographic colour print is made from a negative, the dyes which make the image are created by colour developer acting on "colour couplers" in the paper.

This is "Chromagenic" printing.
After more than 50 years of development the system works remarkably well, but there are still major problems:

• Chromagenic dyes are limited in the colour range or "gamut" they can reproduce
  
• Light is spread through the emulsion, reducing print clarity
  
• Chromagenic dyes are inherently unstable and prone to fading
  

Cibachrome on the other hand contains all the dye for the finished print in the emulsion, before it is exposed to light.
Unexposed Cibachrome is in fact dark brown.
During processing, which involves a conventional black and white developer, a strongly acid bleach bath, and a fixer, the parts of the dye not needed are removed.
This leaves a full colour image.
Cibachrome dyes are "Azo" dyes, which have significant advantages:

• Cibachrome Azo dyes are very close to true Cyan, Yellow, and Magenta
  
• Thus the colour gamut is very wide, giving accurate reproduction
  
• There is almost no light spread in the emulsion, giving very high acutance
  
• They are extremely stable

Longevity
Unlike ordinary colour prints you can expect a Cibachrome to last many years, even in an exposed situation.

I have Ciba's dating back to the mid 1970's which are still going strong.

Of course there must be some fading, and I can't offer a 'guarantee' of light fastness,
but I've not personally seen a Cibachrome which has significantly degraded.

Surface
I now print exclusively on glossy Cibachrome
The mirror like surface has an almost metallic depth which enhances the colour saturation and sharpness.

Cibachrome Deluxe Gloss is a surface quite unlike other colour paper

Cibachrome Prices

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Ilfoflex Super Glossy Deluxe, from colour negatives

For ultimate quality from colour negatives, Ilfoflex 2000 is the perfect compliment to Cibachrome.

With an ultra flat polyester base (Melinex by DuPont) and high gloss, Ilfoflex prints look superb displayed alongside Ciba's, and have the same luminous depth..

Ilfoflex 2000 features excellent dye stability, with high colour saturation, deep blacks, and brilliant whites.
Blues and greens in particular are better than other "C" prints.

As with all my work, every print from negative is colour matched, exposed, and shaded by hand.
Hand treatment will often reveal detail completely lost in normal machine prints.

Washed out flesh tones from flash overlighting, or auto exposure failure, can be restored.
Within limits colour casts can be eliminated, or desired colour tints produced.

Selective enlargment, cropping, or scaling to precise instructions is included in all my prices.

If you have prints with colour that you would either like me to match (or avoid!), please send with your order.

Ilfoflex Prices

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Kodak Ultra Endura Glossy or Matt

This is Kodak's flagship "commercial" paper, using a conventional resin coated base.

Having worked with Ilford materials almost exclusively for 10 years this new paper from Kodak is a very welcome addition.

Ultra Endura is a really fine paper, which has brilliant clean colours, and a very wide tonal range.

Surprisingly the matt surface has almost as much depth as the gloss, and I am offering both surfaces.

All colour papers have their particular strengths, and the deep greens and yellows seem to reproduce especially well with Endura.

I am pleased to offer Endura prints from colour negatives at a very economic price, with of course the same dodging, burning and colour matching that characterises my Ilfochrome and Ilfoflex printing.

Endura Prices

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