What's sepia?

Sepia is a photographic toning method invented over 100 years ago to prolong the life of a silver-gelatin photograph. It's stunningly beautiful in real life.

Sepia toning involves the chemical treatment of a fine art print made on museum grade "fibre" photographic paper.

The print is bathed in a series of chemicals that cause a reaction between sulfur and the metallic silver which creates the photographic image.

This process prevents oxidation of the silver grains over time thereby increasing the longevity and "archival" properties of the print.

Lots of museum photographs are sepia toned. That's probably why they're still around.

Sepia toning is also quite beautiful for some types of wedding photography.

Beware of fakes. B&W images can also be printed on ordinary color paper and tinted golden yellow.

These prints are (sort of) sepia colored but definitely not "sepia toned". They're also cheap.

Sepia toning is a lost art performed by very few photographers or labs.

Ask for genuine sepia toning.

This shows how we display our

genuine sepia-toned B&W wedding photographic prints.