Week 30 – DragonCon in Black and White – Various Films

October 23, 2015

50 ROLLS! As of this entry there are 50 rolls that have been shot and shown to all of you. The journey is almost complete...although much earlier than expected. I've already shot next week's entry into this adventure and I believe I have 12 rolls of film left. This should put me up to 42 weeks (10 weeks short of my goal of a year). So what does this mean? Well...if I have the spare pocket money I will try to pick up 10 more rolls and finish 52 weeks of entries. If not, we'll figure something out.

I'd like to take a moment to say a big early THANK YOU to everyone who has supported me and kept up with this blog. Your comments and love has been instrumental to the success I feel about 2015.

But without further ado, DragonCon Mega Update 2, This time in Black and White.

Development Notes:
All Stand Developed 1 hour at Room Temperature.
1:100 Dilution of Rodinal.
30 seconds of Agitation at start.
Standard Fix 4:00.

Arista Edu 100 (x2 rolls)

Arista 400 EDU (+2 Stops to 1600 iso)

Ilford HP+ (+2 Stops to 1600 iso)

Week 17 – Leftover wedding photos, and other things – Arista EDU 100

July 03, 2015

This roll ended up being a little more random than most. I loaded it with the intention of shooting all of it after the wedding of my friend Abby. However after a couple of frames, we all were sweaty and ready to move on with the rest of the day. So it sat in my camera for a few days. (Ok, more than a few days, maybe a week or more, in case you haven't figured out yet I am shooting WAY more than I expected so there is like a 2 week lag in what happens on the blog and what I am actually doing).

After a particularly busy week, I decided it was time to finish the roll and get it processed for all of you. One major thing of note is I shot the entire roll in a focal length I don't normally work with. Part of the camera package I got for christmas included a 28mm lens. Typically I shoot more portrait style images and work with something closer to 50mm-90mm so it was fun to play with something a touch wider.

Development Notes:
1:50 Dilution Rodinal @ 70º-ish
Agitation for first 30 seconds, 5 seconds every 30 seconds.
7 Minutes.
Standard Fix - 4 Minutes (Brand new batch of Fixer).

Week 14b – Straight Edge Tattoo – Ilford Delta 100

May 29, 2015

Work hard, play hard.

The first time I "met" Nic, I didn't realize who he was. I was doing some shooting for The Imperial Opa Circus here in Atlanta and he won the costume contest. Little did I know he actually a legitimate clown (not just dressed as one).

When he isn't clowning around (Its been awhile since I pun-ed all over you) its all serious business tattooing.

Development Notes:
Rodinal 1:25 Dilution
9:00 Development Time @ 70º
Standard Fix 4:00

Week 10 – Nicky – Fujicolor Super HQ 100 (Expired?)

March 27, 2015

Its just my luck that I find a film stock completely by accident that I really like, only to find that its been discontinued. I purchased a few rolls of this Super HQ in a film lot on ebay. I THINK I have found more of it on Amazon, and am debating on if I want to pull the trigger or not. But I really do like the colors it captured.

I am super happy with how this roll turned out. After a few failed experiments with color I was glad that this one came out the way it did.

Shout out to Nicky from Nicky's Eye View for being my model this week. She not only does a great "Blue steel" but she is a great photographer herself. Follow her on Instagram or Tumblr.

I still need to work on my scanning environment. Way too much dust and cat hair is floating around in my apartment.

Development Notes:
Standard Development
Unicolor C-41 Kit

Week 4 – Rodinol and Robots – Arista EDU 100

January 23, 2015

Its been cold here in Atlanta. I know, Laugh all you want. Comparatively speaking our "cold" isn't nearly as cold as some other places around the world. And I'll admit after living in Montana for several years I am still mostly comfortable walking around without a jacket. However its still cold enough that I don't want to go outside in the windy-wetness-of-misery.

This week was all about experimentation. I tried to use all of the various lenses that came with the manual 35mm camera that I have been primarily shooting on. Not everything worked out exactly as planned, and it probably didn't help that I was trying to shoot indoors on 100 iso film mostly without a flash. But I still think I did ok for the most part, save for a few focus opportunities.

This was also my first time processing with Rodinol, and I have to say "where have you been all my life?". This is so much faster and easier than the caffenol process I am used to. I love it!

But without further ado, here are the images from this week. As always Tumblr/Wordpress users may need to visit UNEXPhotography.com/52rolls to see the gallery.

Obligatory cat photo.

Developing Notes:
Arista EDU - 100 iso
Recommended Development:
Rodinal 1:25 dilution
3.5 Minutes Development time at 70º
Used:
Rodinal 1:50 dilution (5ml in 250ml water)
7 Minutes Development time at 70º
Standard Fix - 4 Minutes
Used Photo Flo.

I was very happy with how this roll came out. Now I just need to conquer my dust problems.