Traditional Sepia toning not only enhances the appearance and gives an 'aged' effect to the prints, it also improves greatly the archival permanence and stability of the photograph.

This is achieved by immersing a black & white print in a photographic bleach followed by the toner bath. The metallic silver in the photograph is converted by this method into a far more stable compound brown in colour which should not fade. A limited range of 'tones' is available by varying the constituents of the toner bath.

Sepia toned photos should retain their image detail much longer than any black & white or modern colour print or laser copy.

We do not normally charge extra for sepia toning over black & white printing.

Other methods of the sepia effect do exist such as filtering using a colour photographic paper or by electronic means as a laser or ink-jet print, but none claim all the advantages of a traditional sepia toned print particularly on a traditional fibre based bromide or chloro-bromide paper.