I Drink Coffee and Shoot Film
For over a year now there have been two developers that I have desperately wanted to try. Pyrocat HD and Diafine. Pyrocat HD for the detail it provides, and Diafine for supreme tonality range and long shelf life. Recently I was lucky enough to get a 1-liter kit of Pyrocat HD. So far I have... Continue Reading →
Roll 2 from my One Camera, One Lens project found me back in my "old stomping grounds" of macro photography. Something I seemed to have inexplicably gotten away from but have been sorely missing. Last week saw me wondering what to shoot for my second roll only to come up empty handed. The weather playing... Continue Reading →
I have reached a milestone. From the raw chemical components I mixed my own developer and successfully developed a roll of film with said developer. And I couldn't be more pleased with the result. YashicaMAT 124G | Fomapan 100 | D-23 Mixing the developer was much easier than I had imagined. Somehow, in the back... Continue Reading →
It is no secret that for the last couple of years I have had the intention of doing a one camera/one film project. As was told to me years ago, the best way to learn a tool of your trade is to use it almost exclusively for an extended period of time. I certainly found... Continue Reading →
Every year since my return to film three years ago I have done my best to focus on one specific emulsion. I did this mainly in order to learn what that film can and can't do. The first year was Ilford HP5+, the second year (last year) was Kentmere 400. This year I decided to... Continue Reading →
Negative Development 