Doing dishes on a Friday afternoon is not a time nor activity I would have thought where inspiration would hit. Yet that is exactly what happened today. I was finishing up the morning dishes and thinking about what I wanted to shoot this weekend. While some of the subjects that were coming to mind were... Continue Reading →
Giving Fomapan 100 a “nudge”
Two of my greatest photographic joys this year has been becoming acquainted with Fomapan 100 and the use of homemade developers. At the beginning of the year when I purchase my first 100' spool of Fomapan 100 (it was actually branded Arista EDU Ultra, but it's the same film) I knew, or at least highly... Continue Reading →
After The Overnight Rain Shower
As the work week gave way to the weekend I spent my Friday night brainstorming what to shoot only to fall asleep with no clear idea of what I would be shooting. Overnight we were blessed with a fairly heavy thunderstorm. Heavy enough to wake me from a pretty deep sleep. It was then that... Continue Reading →
Never Leave Me Unsupervised
On the heels of the last two posts dealing with D23 and Barry Thorton Two Bath developers I present to you a post about the results of an unsupervised darkroom session I had today. A situation that sounds scary on the surface but actually yielded some surprising and pleasant results. While developing yesterdays roll in... Continue Reading →
How Low Will You go? Fuji Eterna-RDS
How low will you go? Before you start thinking too hard, I'm not talking about standards. I'm talking ASA (ISO for those of you not stuck in the past like I am). Last week I had the pleasure of once again shooting a roll of Fuji Eterna-RDS, or Fuji 4791 as I refer to it.... Continue Reading →