C-41

Week 22c – The Imperial Opa (and Little 5 Points) – CineStill 800 ISO Tungsten Xpro C-41

The jury still is out on this set. I'm not exactly happy with it, but at least things look better than the last roll.  Cinestill film is a great concept, and looking back I really should have bought more than just a single roll when I had the disposable income. 

Almost all of the demo images I have seen from it had a very great and unique look. I'm not sure if I just missed exposure on everything, or if my post production process just is that bad, but mine turned out very dark and muddy. And honestly I like more of the shots that I don't normally take like exteriors and the oddly shaped multiple exposure more than the shots of people.

I'd be curious to see what I could do with a LOT more light, really blowing it out, instead of being so dark. From my testing here it seems like even though this is an 800 speed film it really needs a LOT of light to expose "properly". But we'll cross that bridge when I can.

Development Notes:
C-41 Process with Unicolor Kit.
Color correction in Photoshop after scan.

Week 22b – The Imperial Opa – Kodak Max 800 (TERRIBLY EXPIRED)

If it weren't for about 3 images on this roll, it'd be safe to say that I could consider it a failure. But sometimes this happens with expired film, and based on the other uses of this same batch I should have expected that it wouldn't turn out the way I wanted. 

Short of throwing the rest of it out (maybe a roll or two) any ideas how to make the most out of it? Since everything was so terribly underexposed I'm assuming I should shoot it as a lower speed film? 

If you want to see much better photos from this week, please be sure to check out the gallery of digital shots taken at the same time on my extra blog. 

Development Notes:
C-41 Development using Unicolor Kit

Week 18a – Brianna – Kodak Portra 400

I met Brianna through Morgan (which you all should remember since she has been featured twice so far in this blog so far).  

It took a good while for us to get together but when we did it was totally worth it.  We kinda went into this shoot the same way I work with anyone who models for me. Its all about getting to know how someone works. Nothing too exciting or hard, it was more like "come as you are and let's make something happen". The biggest down side was once we finally were able to get together we were working on borrowed time before the sun went down. But that allowed us to work during a very special time. 

It's pretty known that magic hour is amazing. Add Portra 400 to that and it's a beautiful thing. I only wish we had more time to prep a tiny bit more, but between this week and next I am pretty happy with what we got.

Development Notes:
Unicolor C41 Kit
Standard Development
Scanned and Color Corrected in Photoshop 

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

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

© 2006 – 2023 UNEXPhotography and Blake Griffin.

Privacy Policy