Thomas On Rails

Class three, the developing.

Posted by Codejoy Mon, 04 Feb 2008 03:30:00 GMT

30 seconds and you begin to see the print...I am hooked. This new photoclass is pretty cool. This last class (class number 3), we developed our own film and saw how to make our contact print. It is a funny thing, I am not only into this subject matter but I am actually asking questions. I feel on some level a lot of my college time was wasted cause I only asked questions when I absolutely had to...and usually then in private (anxiety is a horrible thing). I don't know if it is now age, experience or passion but I am now commenting and asking more than I have ever before in class. I like this new me as a student. I was never a kiss-ass in class but seeing as how I went in today on a Sunday for extra time to do contact sheets I feel a bit of a over achiever. The sheets were one for my last assignment, what this image is from and one sheet from a roll of 35mm I shot and developed from my Holga. Needless to say, the Holga negatives were grossly over exposed (f13 at 1/125seconds iso 400 will do that in the bright of day), but I even learned how to adjust the enlarger to fix some of those issues. The number one thing I am learning from this is just how much work my scanner software does for me. Wow. Next class we learn how to make a print... this is an incredibly exciting opportunity as I NEVER (or at least very rarely) make any prints of the stuff I shoot.