Retro Photography

Cavalry Action by Dick Bloom {all rights reserved} copyrighted image

Retro Photo Shots seems to transport folks into the past, a time machine of sorts.

Memories stirred from times past seeing those yellow looking images of great grandpa or the glossy black and white snapshots from the forties and fifties of grandmamma.

The yellowish tone of those old photos is the reason they still survive today.

Originally Sepia toning was a process used to make silver nitrate images more durable to the ravishes of atmospheric compounds.

Now sepia is a popular style of printing that is having a renaissance of interest for once in a lifetime events such as weddings, anniversaries, birthdays, and portraiture.

Sepia toning can still be done using black and white film images.

Digital sepia is the new way to achieve the old time feel on modern day prints.

Digital photography also offers black and white images by using gray-scale conversion.

Conventional black and white images are also experiencing a renewal of interest just as sepia printing has gained a new audience.

Darkroom work for black and white images offers several special one-of-a- kind images that simply can’t be mimicked by digital filters.

Toning with various materials such as copper or selenium creates a spectacular image with a style all its own.

Sabbatier effect offers a complete tonal reversal. Blacks become white; white becomes black offering stunningly unique images.

Kodalith prints or positive printing on special high contrast black and white paper renders an image reminiscent of old silhouette portraiture.

All of these print techniques can be done in your home darkroom.

Specialty darkroom processing will be costly but well worth the money for the individuality of the images.

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I may be offering some speciality photo classes this coming year so Please stay tuned!

Good Shooting to all.
Till next time
Happy trails
Dick Bloom