So week 8 was the week I finally felt a little more inspired. Mainly because the idea came to me in a flash of inspiration. Film photographs are obviously realised as a negative which then gets flipped to a positive when you print (2 negatives make a positive right?). So I thought it would be interesting to take a vaguely symmetrical photograph and cut it down the middle, displaying the negative on one side, and the positive on the other. (Duplicate the layer in PS with CTRL+J, invert it with CTRL+I then make a selection over half the image before adding a layer `mask)
Things kinda went downhill from there because I chose to use my least comfortable camera (Rolleiflex Automat) because it creates a square negative. Then I thought it would be cool to do a mirror selfie, and finally, I wanted to see how Ilford Delta 3200 fared in Ilfotec-DDX, because I'd never tried it before.
The idea has merit I think, and it's something that will sit on my backburner as an "idea" for the future. I need the right conditions though (camera, film, lighting and environment).
This was a PITA to do. my eyesight is pretty awful and the Automat's finder is very dim, so finding focus is the opposite of easy. These were shot at f/5.6, 1/125 at ISO 3200 which shows that the light was pretty poor. I was lying on the floor, focussing on the camera brand text, then trying to move my head forward to match up. Not easy when you're lying down.
The one shot that did work (#2) sadly didn't have the camera in there so my Vivian Maier homage went out the window.
Still. I'm quite pleased with it, and I got to find out that Delta 3200 isn't worth the money (IMO). Better to push HP5 to 3200.
Week 8: Half by
Ian, on Flickr
And the 2nd where I got myself in focus...