Week 15a – Morgan – Impossible SX-70 B&W Gen 1

One would think instant film would be easy. Just point and click. But there is much more of a learning curve than you would imagine.

This was my first time using Impossible film, and I had read that the early generations were a little tricky to work with. Little did I know they were a touch harder than I expected.

The first time I worked with Morgan (about week 6 into my project) she insisted that I use my two boxes of Polaroid films on her. So of course I had to say "yes".

Overall I am pretty happy with the results, however next time I need to control how much light hits the film once it first comes out of the camera. I'm not sure how useful overall instant film is...but I am not against it.

Development Notes:
N/A

Week 14b – Straight Edge Tattoo – Ilford Delta 100

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 14a – Straight Edge Tattoo – Fujifilm Superia X-TRA 400

A couple of friends of mine Brandi and Nic just opened a tattoo shop in Woodstock GA (Atlanta Suburb). She had contacted me a few months back and wanted to get some work done once everything was up and running. 

Everything isn't 100% ready, but they invited me down and allowed me to snap a few photos while they had some downtime. The only member of the shop so far I wasn't able to photograph too much was Nathan, but he was busy working most of the time I was around.

For anyone in the area, please don't hesitate to stop by and get some work done. Also be sure to follow them on instagram at @straightedge.tattoo

Development Notes:
Unicolor C-41 Kit
Standard Development
Color Equalized in Photoshop

Week 13 – A Fresh Start – Ilford HP5+ 400iso

So you all out there in internet land won't know this until I tell you. But this roll was shot almost 4 weeks (or more) since last week's update. 

I sorta have been kinda vague about it unless you are very close to me, but I lost my day job at the end of March and its been a rough few weeks of job searching and little else. As of this moment (as I write this, not as it is posted) I am still looking for something to take up the slack, and hopefully I will have more rolls after this. It's been hard trying to get the motivation to pick up my camera, but I am not ready to "give up" on this project yet.

But to digress, this roll was a little funny. Normally HP5+ and I get along pretty well, but this roll just did not want to get on the reel to be developed. As you can see I was able to get everything on, and only "lost" about 3 frames due to curling. 

Development Notes:
Rodinal 1:25 Dilution
6 Minutes @ 70º F
Agitation 5 Seconds every 30 Seconds.
Standard Fix.

Week 12b&c – Jackie – Arista EDU 100

Current roll count 23. At this rate I really am going to be at 52 before I know it. 

Originally this was going to be two different posts. Both were shot on the same day as the previous update. However, after much consideration I decided to place both of these rolls together since they are the same film stock and were shot at pretty much the same time. Some of the later images could be considered NSFW (even though nothing really is visible. Just be mindful).

Officially this is the 12th week of the project and after this post I will begin collecting my favorite images so far into a special gallery on my website.  What have been your favorite posts or photos so far? Anything you would like to see different? Anything you would like to see more of? I'm always open to suggestions.

Development Notes:
3.5 Minutes
Rodinol 1:25 Dilution
Standard Fix Time

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