Bob Carnie Printmaking

Enlarger Print on Silver Gelatin

Colour Correcting on Inkjet

This service is what separates us from the majority of labs worldwide.
Bob Carnie employs a modified split filter technique and over the years has maintained a wonderful work flow that allows him to bring out the maximum in each and every image.

Toning is a specialty of its own and as we custom mix a lot of our chemistry, we have a good understanding of how to change a black and white image to an extended look. Toners of choice are selenium, bleach sepia, gold and iron blue. We have access to wonderful retouchers, bleach black marks and spotters. This always should be considered at the time of printing. All our prints are air-dried in a humid environment to keep the prints as flat as possible.

Bob offers consulting services to artists who have chosen to exhibit their work.
Together, you and Bob can print tests, make adjustments either to the file or printer profile, and end up with a spectacular exhibition.

Colour correction is a skill Bob has honed over the years going back to enlarger C prints and Cibachrome of past. These skills are brought to the files submitted today and we have many options available with papers and PhotoShop magic.
Contemporary Ink Prints are the standard today for most exhibitions and currently we are working weekly on gallery presentations with this method of printing.

Alternative Printing

Platinum Palladium

Multiple Gum Over Palladium

We are currently taking on projects from any source original and creating Platinum Palladium prints via digital negatives either pictorico or silver gelatin film.
We expose digital files directly to larger film for those working with alternative processes and need larger contact film.

This is a tremendous step for artists, as it allows digital camera work to be converted to film for simple contact with many various processes that don’t require a full-on darkroom.

Platinum Palladium is known for its ability to record rich levels of tones on a watercolor paper, and exhibiting the utmost in archival permanence, this process is directed at those who decide to sell to collectors or want to edition out their work in the finest way possible.
Platinum Palladium is a time-honored process that is practiced by many printmakers of note worldwide.

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This process is highly subjective in its final print in terms of colour balance and contrast and is intended for those wishing to leave behind a legacy of colour work that is not currently possible with any contemporary colour process.
Tri Colour Gum over Palladium is also a honoured process but was not as available to the public due to historical workflow problems.
But with the advent of digital technology the ability of making enlarged separation negatives in register has been improved to the point of making this process available to the photographic community.
If we were to describe the prints, it would be something like a cross between a Fresson (rough texture) and a dye transfer print, with subtle colours.
Platinum Palladium and Applied Colour over Palladium are being considered on project basis and do require consultation.
Singular prints are available in smaller sizes, but will be finished within project timelines rather than on demand.

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