Catching Up

We made our contact prints and we have now made our first prints, here is mine:

It is rather crooked and dark on the right.








My next attempt a different view of the same place:





I think this is rather overexposed but not too bad - I must remind myself that this is my first attempt at printing!












I then decided to print a lighter print:


The door needs to be in the centre of the picture and again is slightly crooked, I will return and take some more photos as I like the contrast.

My first film

Success!! I have developed my own film, maybe that doesn't seem exciting to all the photographers out there in the world but it is an achievement for me. Of course after I have developed lots of films it won't be at all exciting, but the first one was exciting for me!
All that counting of minutes and different chemicals, its a wonder I have got my little strips of negatives safely sitting in my folder. Now I have to wait a whole week to do a contact strip.

I am researching other photographers, I saw a documentary on James Natchwey, he became a photographer after images from Vietnam and the American Civil Rights movement had a powerful effect on him. He specialises in documenting crital social issues, conflicts and wars. His images are thought provoking and heart wrenching and worth looking at.

Sunday

I finished the film ready for class tomorrow - we are going to be developing our films for the first time. We went to Deerleap, Chelsea enjoyed running around. Richard took some photos on the digital camera. I am finding it difficult to think in black and white, it will be interesting to see the photos I have taken.

A bad week

There is so much going on in the world, why do I concern myself with all that is wrong in my world.

This week has just been so stressful. Nothing seems to have gone right. Monday at photography class is when it all started to go wrong. First the enlarger would not switch on, so I moved to another enlarger and the timer wouldn't work properly so my printing was ruined. I could not do a decent photogram. I had taken lots to do but gave up because I was just wasting my time. Its also very frustrating not being able to talk to the tutor as there are so many of us.

I opened up the back of Dad's camera and discovered it was all sticky so I cannot tell if it is sealed properly and not letting light in. I need to put a film through to find out. Of course I have not been able to do that this week due to lack of time and the fact that it rained all day today.

Work has been very stressful, I spent a lot of the week preparing a report and didn't get thanked for all my hard work. I don't like being taken for granted.

Band this morning I feel like I wasted my time. I couldn't play well at all, having two out-of- tune trumpets next to me didn't help, it just sounded worse when I played. We are preparing for a British Legion concert, all the music is so bitty and I need to practice it all - when I have time. I love playing trumpet and wish I had more time to practice.

My blog

Well here we are - this is my blog. This blog will be a journal of my photography course and the things that happen to me and the world.