1. I spent yesterday afternoon out with a couple of friends exploring one of my favourite local locations, the light was stunning, this is one of several pictures I made. More on Flickr.

    I spent yesterday afternoon out with a couple of friends exploring one of my favourite local locations, the light was stunning, this is one of several pictures I made.

    More on Flickr.

    2. 3 months ago  Notes (1)

  2. New Technology/Old Images

    A couple of days ago I talked about revisiting old journals. As part of that process I dug around in some of my old 5x4 negatives dating as far back as 1989. There are some gems, and as a consequence I’ve scanned a couple.

    No sooner had I opened them on my computer had I realised why they had never been printed. My developing skills were still very rough [I was tray developing in those day using pyro] and the amount of marks and scratches on the emulsion and IN the emulsion made these images unprintable.

    Until now that is.

    Using any good software tool I can easily and seamlessly remove the blemishes that would have gotten in the way of me making a beautiful print. The image above in particular, had black holes in the emulsion which print as black spots and therefore need to be etched out of the print then re-spotted back in, always in the sky too, always the skies!

    So here is one such negative reused as it were. All I need now is the time to make the prints then find a space to exhibit them.

    3. 3 months ago  Notes (6)

  3. Fogged Film

    This is what real fogged film looks like. Note in this instance it has ruined a picture that in all likelihood I won’t be able to re-make for 12 months. The cost other than waiting so long for a re-shoot, $7.00 for the film and $3.00 for the ‘proof print’ making a total of $10.00. I’m still flabbergasted as to why these kinds of film effects are offered as filters to so many iPhone apps.

    This fogging was the first sheet I put through a ‘borrowed’ camera, and was shot in my backyard. The light that evening was gorgeous, and will continue to be so at dusk for the next 2 to 6 months on and off. The clincher though for me is the plums in the tree. For them to be in the next re-shoot, I will have to wait till next year.

    I’m not sure why, but all the pictures I’ve made since I’ve had the foresight to cover the camera body with my shade cloth, and as a consequence there is no light leak on any of the other pictures I’ve made since.

    Ah well at least it was in my backyard and easily recreatable.

    4. 4 months ago  Notes (5)

  4. My new project is moving forward slowly.

    Toyo-view Linhof Technika 5x4 camera, 210mm Rodenstock lens Kodak Ektar 100 film, f64 @ between 1 and 4 seconds

    5. 4 months ago  Notes (4)