Fourth Year, Week Three

Time is flying by!  Can't believe its the end of week 3 already.  Been working in the dark rooms a lot this week, as the Flextight neg scanner is broken and wont be fixed for another few weeks.  Some pictures of what I've been upto over the past week;

A collection of all my contact prints.  I really like the top row of images, although am going to reshoot the second in from the right with a smaller aperture, as it has a really soft focus, and the film is fogged.

Over view of prints, 10 x 8" and 16 x 20"

 Contact prints mounted into a black mask to allow for a large border.  I really like these!

10 x 8" prints, top two are on Ilford Multigrade Deluxe RC Paper, bottom two are Ilford Warm Tone FB paper.  In the photo you cant see much difference, but when seeing them in real life they look like different photographs.

 16 x 20" images on Kentmere RC Pearl paper;

And a general overview of my studio wall.  Images on here include works my Marjolaine Ryley, Thomas Ruff, Richard Billingham, Sally Mann, and a few quotes from Nobuyoshi Araki.

I hope the images give you an idea as to what I'm actually doing, as right now, I cant think of a way that describes it very well!  Off home this week end to shoot some more Ilford HP5+ negs, and some Harman Direct positive paper images.

Fourth Year, Week 2

A few images I've been working with over the past two weeks.  All images are scanned using a flextight negative scanner, with minimal editing in photoshop;

I really like this image, although I'm going to reshoot with a smaller aperture as the depth of field is really irritating!

Ilford HP5+ ISO 400, Developed in Kodak D76 @ 21oC for 8 minutes.

"A beautiful photograph can the object of rueful feelings, because it has aged or no longer exists.  All photographs are Momento Mori.  To take a photograph is to participate in another person (or thing's) mortality, vulnerability, mutability.  Precisely by slicing out this moment and freezing it, all photographs testify to times relentless melt."

Susan Sontag, 'On Photography'