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Archive: Winter is coming

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That weather is changing quickly around these parts. The trees are becoming spindly branches and the nights are getting chilly. Here is an old archived image to get you in the winter mood. It is amazing to see the things that people leave abandoned out there. MOOP, or matter out of place, is everywhere. And sometimes it is big. This is a scanned 5×7 gelatin silver print made in a traditional darkroom..

Making art that you can touch

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Making things makes you feel good. Tangible things that you can hold in your hands are one of the most amazing things humans create. With all of this digital content creation these days I think it can be easy to forget how much a tactile experience can dictate how we feel about something. This is an 8×10 gelatin silver print.

make prints in a real darkroom

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The art of printmaking in a darkroom using traditional materials and methods is not totally dead yet. It is 2011 and I was easily able to go out and purchase chemicals for printing as well as to order from the internet a large box of juicy chemicals ready for the darkroom. Making some proof prints of some new rolls of film, or new sheets, is always a fun experience. You get to see the images in the flesh for the first time. Looking at them as a small negative is one thing but seeing them as a print, even if only 5×7 is another. More work to come!

hand crafting your own art

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I enjoy the feeling of accomplishment when finished developed film is hanging to dry. You’ve seen a bit of what is there but not really. You know you got stuff but you have to wait to see it. It really is kind of cool to know that you made it happen. Pictured are two rolls of Kodak Panatomic-X that I shot at Burning Man this year as they are still drying. My guess is that not many, if any, people had this film on the playa at that thing in the desert this year. But I did. You may see some images from here in the future. That is all.

developing new ideas

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The last time I used this product it was made by someone else, Agfa, and under a different name, Rodinal. This bottle of Adonal by Adox should last for quite a few rolls of film, 100 or more. And it likely wont expire in the process. This stuff gets diluted 1:50 with water or 1:100. Compared to 1:1 that I was using with another developer this stuff is much more concentrated. That lets me develop two 36 exposure rolls of film with about 5ml of developer instead of 250ml. Expect to see some more film stuff in the future as I get my darkroom activities back under way.