A lack of colour
Been a bit busy, been a bit unwell, have also been in the darkroom three times since I last updated my blog.
Last week I spent the morning developing some Delta 3200 which I had shot a variety of random stuff, including some night time shots as I was being a bit too optimistic about the 3200 ISO being some sort of magical film that would fix my innate ability to underexpose everything at all times. (Spoiler - it isn’t)
So this was about an hour and a half of doing test strips and general mucking about trying to remember how an enlarger works and lo and behold - I had my first proper prints.
Of course then I got a bit too excited and decided to book in for some more sessions by myself over the week and have produced a selection of images that some may say is a complete waste of photographic paper….however I had a lot of fun in the process.
Multiple exposure of Lydia - Delta 3200
Swans on my way to work using lensbaby composer - ilford hp5
Self portrait with Lydia - tripped the remote shutter with my foot. Delta 3200 - love this even though it’s underexposed (look at her wee face tolerating me picking her up for the photo).
Battlefield chip shop at night. Delta 3200. Lol - I know it’s a big black square but I was happy I managed to snap the moment where someone walked past the door.
Darkroom day 2 - someone showed me how to use the washer in the other room and were slightly concerned when I told them I hadn’t used it the previous time I was in. ahem
Three of Cups coffee during Window Wanderland - Delta 3200
Walking home using Lensbaby composer. Iford Hp5
The walk to work - trying different contrast settings. Ilford Hp5.
And remember I had a whole roll of negatives I developed that were only half exposed due to a broken shutter curtain?
Decided to have a play about with them and I quite liked the result.
Had this idea before I set off to Streetlevel.
First print - absolute pain to try and align the negatives. Someone asked me what it was as it was developing and I was like, erm, an experiment I guess?
Not sure if I prefer the more centred one - but yeah - glad I gave it a go!
