Darkroom Printing Session
Managed to get in a darkroom printing session this week so of course I had to get a photo of it 🙂
This is the City Council public darkroom and at $5 NZ per hour is a pretty good setup with everything you need except chemicals and paper (there a both of those there to use but are other people’s cast offs so wasnt too keen to use them)
I spent the first couple of hours thinking my paper was dud since I couldn’t get any contrast even with using a whole heap of magenta filter and then discovered that the filters had been disengaged on a switch on the side of the enlarger and once this was discovered things went a lot more smoothly… A trick to remember for next time.
It’s nice to know that I can still be a Dumbass sometimes 🙂
Nikon F5, Tokina 19-35mm Lens, Ilford HP5+ 400 ISO Film.
People Taking Photos
Here goes a series of images of people taking images 🙂
This guy was obviously very happy to be here.
This kid had the right idea, get above the crowd…I need one of these (the person to sit on, not the kid) 🙂
Always make sure your assistant is well attired.
When I was taking this I was wondering if he was actually taking a photo of me or if that puddle was just REALLY interesting.
Fatherhood Friday 18: The Return of Wild Hair
Another week down. This week has seen the return of colds mostly all round and continued teething from Sam.
Conversation of the week with Emily:
“Dad, dad”
“Yes Emily”
“Dad…Do you remember when Sam was sick?”
“Yes I remember”
“And the Doctor was closed and we had to got to the other doctor and Sam was crying lots and lots?”
“Yes I remember”
“And we had takeaways for lunch… I liked that, can we have takeaways for lunch today?
“No Emily” 🙂
Teamwork. Emily taking Sam down the slide… It doesnt seem very long ago when kids were doing this with Em 🙂
Emily at Playcentre with some wild hair.
Kinda hard to see but Sam fell asleep the last time we went out street shooting. In hindsight I should have gone into a shop and asked to use their mirror to get this shot because its kind of hard to see here.
Borrowed Lensbaby
Borrowed a Lensbaby the other day to take a couple of shots with.
Not really sure what to think of them…
Nikon F5, Lensbaby Lens at f4, Ilford HP5+ 400 ISO Film
Jump for the Camera
Tourists having their picture taken at Civic Square in Wellington.
Cropped in slightly.
Nikon F5, 50mm f1.8, Ilford HP5+ 400 ISO Film
Film Ends
These are a couple of film ends where the felt from the film cassette has left an exposure on the film when it is loaded. This mostly happens when you use a bulk film roller and your relaodable cassettes start to get a bit ragged. I always look for them but dont get many good ones. I think I may have posted the top one a few months ago… can’t remember.
Top Image Ilford Delta 400 ISO, Bottom image Ilford HP5+ 400 ISO
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