A set of photographs of Muir Woods made using an old Soviet-era Russian Helios 44 lens with a reversed front element.

My first second-pass lith printing session was… interesting.

A video page flip-through of my 2023 book Marine Layer.

The purpose of this article is to document my learnings regarding black and white photograph prepress preparation in Photoshop for the offset printing process. I’m currently working on my second offset-printed book, and I am learning about this somewhat esoteric process. As a photographer, I consider myself well-versed in darkroom printing techniques, as well as preparing image files for online viewing, but prepress work for offset printing is something that I haven’t needed to know much about… until now.

Two Golden Gate Bridge detail shots made in October 2025.

For my Photography MA program’s research project, I hope to make a series of emotionally resonant portraits of flowers. The project will directly relate to my interest in visually capturing the beauty of transience.

Most analog photography enthusiasts, in 2025, are digital/analog hybrid practitioners. Who amongst film photographers doesn’t end up viewing and sharing their work as scanned, digital images? And then there are those of us, the weird ones, who shoot digital but print using the traditional darkroom silver printing process. This article provides a broad overview of this somewhat esoteric process as I personally practice it. 

And they are in color. Gasp!

Nitzer Ebb live at Slim's in San Francisco on September 27th, 2019. Douglas McCarthy front and centre, with Bon Harris seen in the back behind the electronic drum kit.

I have selected high-quality matting and framing components that aesthetically complement my work. Additionally, the materials selected adhere to the highest archival standards.