Shot On Film

[ennuipoet]

Here are few from my first endeavor into home developing:

(Shot on my Yashica Mat-124G

(Shot on Canon AE-1)

Link to the Set:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/ennuipoet/sets/72157625350792626/

This wasn’t about breaking new ground, or even shooting super shots, just getting the feel for the process after 23 years out of a darkroom. The smell of the Fixer brought back awesome memories, mostly about making out with Janette Brown in the darkroom… 😆

[orionid]

Awesome stuff! I like this one. The clouding seems to add something to the photo.

[ravnostic]

What ^he^ said, and I like this one, too:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/ennuipoet/5162816048/in/set-72157625350792626/

[CauseISaidSo]

Looks great. Good job scanning them, also.

I’ve never really had much of an interest in developing myself, but I can certainly understand the coolness of producing your own prints and having more artistic control over the final product.

[lokisbong]

Very nice. Never had the chance to try film. well I bought a cheap 35mm camera but it busted before I even put one roll through it. Not the first time I ever dropped a camera but it was so cheap it exploded all over the floor.

[ennuipoet]

Awesome stuff! I like this one. The clouding seems to add something to the photo.

The clouding (I think it came from a wrinkle on the reel) does make it “ghostly”, it works well given the theme of the photo. It is the reason I kept it when I chucked others with developing defects.

I scanned the film in the auto mode on my scanner which defaults to a color scan rather than greyscale. Most of the shots I switched to grayscale in Lightroom rather than keep the faint hue of the color scan like this one:

The effect is almost a sepia tone which I am not sure I like. I think I should monitor my water temp a bit better and maybe a minute longer in the Fixer.

[orionid]

The clouding (I think it came from a wrinkle on the reel) does make it “ghostly”, it works well given the theme of the photo. It is the reason I kept it when I chucked others with developing defects.

I was going to ask if it was near the end of the roll. I’ve had similar effects/issues with 120 where the end of the roll collapses in on the next layer, and doesn’t let the developer evenly coat part of that layer. I haven’t tried it yet, but I’m planning on rolling my next roll in the opposite direction, so that it should curve out instead of in.

[linguine]

Cool shots, you and orionid are making me wish I had room or time for playing around in a darkroom again.

[ennuipoet]

Cool shots, you and orionid are making me wish I had room or time for playing around in a darkroom again.

Space wasn’t to bad, just the tanks and a closet to hang my film in. Cost wise, the scanner was the only thing that set me back a large chunk of change, the actual tanks, bags, chemicals all came in under $50. The film ran that up, but I am going to do bulk in the future.

Time, well that is the hard part. While it was the first time in over 20 years, I was still over two hours developing two rolls. Of course, most of that time was spent with my hands in a dark bag dredging up new profanities while trying to get film on the reel.

[aprillove20]

amazing shot…..

i really like it. how i wish i know how to make it.
it’s really a wonderful idea of your with fascinating effect.

[aprillove20]

Well, the smell of the Fixer brought back awesome memories.

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