Dalliance With Film

Still shooting film. Just takes time to process, scan and post the pictures. Still need some practice in the development side of the black and white process. Also picked up a tip this week on what to do before scanning images. I may go back and rescan some of them to see if that's the issue. Dust, and stuff on the scan. Still, I do like the way they have turned out though. Well, most of them at least.

Black and White

Finally got around to scanning another roll of film. These pictures vary from a couple photo walks and other stuff. I may be shooting more film in the future, at least black and white. A purchase arrived today. Something called a bulk film loader. Got it cheap, and it came with some film of dubious age. We shall see what comes out on that. Anyway, back to the pictures.

Shooting Film

As I have mentioned previously I am stepping into the film world. Two days ago I took another step. I developed my first roll of black and white film. I purchased all the chemicals, a tank to develop the film in and waited. After carefully mixing all the chemicals I nervously grabbed one of two rolls of film that I had previously shot. In the dark, sight unseeing, I carefully removed the film from the cartridge and wound it on the developing reel. Then I placed it in the tank and sealed it from light. A deep breath, turned the lights on, and started adding the chemicals and agitating the tank. 20 minutes later I was done. I removed the strip of film from the reel and hung it up to dry. With great relief I saw images in negatives. That step was done. Yesterday morning I scanned the images before I left for work. I had to, I couldn't wait to see what I had done. Today, you will see the first images that I developed. Tomorrow, I will show the second roll I developed last night. No longer will I have to wait three weeks to get my pictures back, or pay an exorbiant fee for the privilege. I can do it myself faster and easier, not to mention cheaper. On to the show!!!