PHotovestad

Well, that was interesting.  I’ve spent the evening souping 4x5 Tri-X 320 and 35mm Tri-X in HC-110 - Results pretty much as expected.

Then, in Cafenol,  I steeped 2 rolls of old MAX400 C-41, a home rolled T-Max 400 and a roll of Ilford FP4.

The Ilford was an exposed roll that I found in a dresser and I’ve no idea what was on it - looks like I’ll never know.  Heat / Light / Fate have made it a mash of light and dark in the classic messed up film looking way.

The T-max turned out pretty good.  I steeped it in the same 2-roll can as the doomed Ilford and for the most part it looks pretty good.  A surprise given that when I poppped open the back of the Bessa to pull it out earlier today I saw that one end of the home rolled film cartidge was ajar.  I promptly stuffed it under my jacket to hide it from the light until I got it into a cannister and popped a lid on to minimize the damage.

The 2 rolls of MAX400 colour C-41 film were processed together in cafenol-c and look very interesting.  I did those 2 rolls first in the classic 1/2/4/8/ solution for 18 minutes at 68F and the negatives came out of the can very dark.  We’ll see how they scan tomorrow.  Based on how dark these turned out I did the FP / T-Max rolls for 16 minutes.

So, tomorrow we’ll drop these dried negs on the scanner and see what we have.

Oh, and the IPA is Phillips Original IPA from Victoria, B.C.

On the Knowledge Network tonight - Annie Leibowitz: Life Through a Lens

Well, December wasn’t the most productive month artistically speaking even though it was a fairly busy month photographically speaking.  Assuming a volunteer position as photographer for the Prince George Symphony Orchestra as they enter their 40th year I had several events to document on their behalf.  With thousands of images to sort through for keepers and tweak then post for the orchestra’s use combined with pretty consistent -10C to -20C temperatures there wasn’t much motivation or energy for more shooting.  I did shoot a bunch of 35mm film which I have yet to process and some of that will hopefully show up in January’s uploads.  Happy New Year, everyone.