LITH Printing

This a really fascinating printing technique. It involves using Lith developer to deveIop the printed image rather than the negative image. I won't go into it here but if you are interested, contact Photo Techniques magazine (US publication) about back copies of Dr. Tim Rudman's articles on LITH printing from July/August and September/October 1998 issues. If you want a really in-depth guide, buy Tim's book, The Master Photographer's Lith Printing Course, which is now available in the UK and in the US. This is not to be confused with Tim's other excellent book, The Photographer's Master Printing Course. (How's that for a plug?) You will probably have to special order through your favorite book store, or it is available from various online sources, such as Amazon.com or barnesandnoble.com.

If you have examples of Lith prints on a web site, send me e-mail and I will add links right here:

The homepage of Jaap Los
Marco Pauck photo page
Normunds Lith printing page
If you go the Silverprint site, they have excerpts from Tim's book.
Not strictly Lith, but WJ's Photo homepage is the place to go for Infrared info.

My Experiences

The Lith book above is the ultimate resource, but I can contribute my two cents worth.

My favorite paper is Luminos Classic Glossy Warmtone (US).

Loss of Highlights: The drawback to the Luminos is that the soft highlights can be lost easily in the fixer. I have been experimenting with using a more dilute stop bath and an alkaline fixer. This seems to help.

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