Week 37 – Grinder – HP5+ (+2 Stops to 1600)

December 11, 2015

Stevhan is not a stranger to this blog, however not exactly in the way you would expect. His basement was used a few weeks ago for the shoot I did with Finite Automata. He is an interesting fellow, and I don't exactly remember how we actually met. But that doesn't matter.

When he contacted me through my weekly call to action on Instagram and said he wanted to do something with fire. I'd be lying if I both wasn't A) a little scared, and B) seriously intrigued. So I made sure I cleared time in my schedule to shoot.

Sadly for you there isn't any of the fireball photos in this batch, I shot all of those digital (and posted them to my news blog a few weeks ago; by the time this goes live). However I did get some of his grider act on film. And for shooting in almost pitch darkness except for a modeling light for focus, I'm happy to have captured anything at all.

Development Notes:
Stand Developed 1 Hour
Rodinal 1:100 Dilution
Standard Fix 4 Minutes
Levels adjusted in Lightroom

Week 33 – Creepy/Cooky – Arista EDU 400

November 13, 2015

Hope everyone had a happy Halloween! I probably should have mentioned that last week. Titan and I shot this set for Zivity based around a sort of Wednesday Adams vibe. I loved the setup, and the images that came off my digital camera (I'm currently trying to narrow down 82 photos to around 15).

While shooting digital I wanted to make sure to fire off a roll of film as well. Because we were in a hurry, I didn't exactly take my time as much as I should have. But at least I had a few nice shots on the roll. Hopefully it will be sooner than another 6 months before we are able to work together again.

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 20 – The Odd Couple – Ilford HP5+ 400iso

July 31, 2015

You all may remember Brandie and Nic from the Straight Edge Tattoo update a few months back. If you also remember I said I'd make it a point to get back to the shop once they were up and running.

After putting out a call on Facebook looking for someone to photograph, Brandie responded and asked me to swing by the shop. We had discussed having me shoot some photos for the Save the Date invitations to her wedding, but I didn't realize we would be shooting that day.

I snapped off a few photos, and promised that we'd work together soon after I could plan something a little more fitting for them.

Development Notes:
Stand Development
1:100 Dilution Rodinal
1 Hour development at room temperature, agitation for first 30 seconds
Standard Fix 4:00

Week 16 – An Afternoon At The High Museum – Ilford Delta 100

June 26, 2015

I like free things. I'm not sure if I know anyone who doesn't. Especially when they are free things that have some sort of artistic merit. When I happened across a tweet from The High Museum of Art here in Atlanta that admission would be free for a day. I made some time to take an afternoon.

If you remember from around week 12 I did some shooting at the George Eastman House and captured a photograph of a few patrons viewing part of an exhibit. I wanted to work on that a little bit more on this roll. As well as playing around with images of a more abstract form.

Development Notes:
1:100 Dilution Rodinal @ 72º
1 Hour. 30 Seconds of light agitation at start, 10 seconds at 30 minutes
Standard Fix