I'm trying to play around with a couple of ideas regarding my upcoming Self Censorship project. I have done some experimentation on my year of film blog where I physically drew on the film negative resulting in haphazard white lines covering up any nudity. However my ORIGINAL concept was more in line with what you will see below.
What do you guys think? Does this work for a concept piece? Would it be better with more of a physical prop in the photo instead of adding it in post? Are the font and description choices sufficiently "FCC Censor" enough?
Week 17 – Leftover wedding photos, and other things – Arista EDU 100
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 16 – An Afternoon At The High Museum – Ilford Delta 100
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
Week 15c – Morgan (Again) – Kodak Gold 200 (Expired)
Roll Count? 28! 28 rolls have been shot as of this update! Over half way through the goal of 52 rolls!
This roll was a planned backup in case the 2 boxes of impossible film just didn't turn out. As you can probably guess since you have seen both of them over the last 2 weeks they worked (mostly).
I personally had to re-shoot Morgan using another expired roll of Gold 200 just to redeem myself after messing up the first one during our first shoot. Although it was expired, I think these turned out much better. There is still a little color cast, but not as bad as it was the first time around.
Also I think I may be coming to the end of the life of my C-41 chemicals. On the later images (on the stairs) it becomes clear that something isn't quite right. I think I may have one or two rolls left before I need to re-up.
Development Notes:
Unicolor C-41 Kit
Standard Development
(I think my chemicals are about ready to be replaced)
Color Corrections in Photoshop
**Unplanned edit! I am actually releasing this blog post a day earlier than I had originally planned. Sorry to anyone who was expecting an update on Friday and got this today instead. Because of how I have IFTTT and such set up I still have to make a few edits every time a blog post goes live. Since I won't be anywhere near a computer tomorrow until later in the day I figured I'd drop it now.**
Week 15b – Morgan – Impossible SX-70 Color Gen 1
Color impossible film (at least here in Gen 1) has a much stiffer learning curve than its B&W counterpoint. It is much more sensitive to light as it comes out of the camera than its B&W counterpart. I see now why most people recommend turning the exposure compensation a touch darker than expected.
I find myself less excited with many of the shots that came from this pack. Not only was it more expensive than most other stocks that I am working with, the 30 minute development time made it hard to see my mistakes and correct them. Although I hear that Gen 2 is a bit faster, I'd be curious to see what results I can get out of that instead.
On the positive note I did find a new location to shoot in, and it just so happens to be right across the street from my apartment.
Development Notes:
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