Scenes from a hike in a reclaimed cranberry bog in New Jersey.
Lith prints on either expired Agfa Brovira or Kodak PolycontrastIII RC. Shot on Ilford Delta3200 in a Fuji GS690.
Dawn suns groped
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I love disaster
We’re sensitive. Blue sensitive.
Bergger has started selling Print Film, a blue sensitivee sheet film for doing duplication work in the darkroom AND, of course, as an alternate camera film. I bought a pack of 4X5 sheets as soon as I learned about.
I took the Graflex Crown Graphic down to FDR Park this weekend for a test run.
I developed these in a tray for 4 minutes using HC110 dilution A at room temperature, which I conveniently forgot to measure. The data sheet on this says to use any developer with the time of development affecting the amount of contrast. I went for the low-end of the time suggestions.
Long live Diana
The good thing about Diana’s is that they are still relatively cheap. I picked up a new one off the eBay and took it for a spin yesterday.
These are shot in Ilford FP4+ and stand developed in HC-110.
Release Remote Control
I sometimes have difficulty talking about my work conceptually and tend to fall back on process.
It don’t look like rain
Summer vacations, Diana, and Kodak Ektar. Here’s some of the places I went this summer.
Ricket’s Glen, PA
Northampton, MA
From the tracks
Chicago, IL
These things
Last night I did a rough comparison of Foma MG131 paper and Ilford MGWT fiber paper in second pass lith. Not surprisingly, the Foma paper gives a slightly more lith look to the final result while the Ilford paper can sometimes look like a regular print. Here’s two examples.
I pulled this print a little early which gives it that partial brown tone. I like the colors and the happy accident of the chemical contamination.
This one almost looks like the original print, just with some mottling in the background.
Things are redeveloping
Last night I tried a new process: lith redevelopment. I took some prints that I had done using standard developer, bleached them back, and redeveloped them in the lith. I like the softer brown tones I get compared to the strong yellow with regular lith.
Waiting to open.
Holiday Stroll
Walked around South Philadelphia with my brother and sister this week. I took the Rolleiflex, loaded with Ilford Fp4.
Lately I have traded in photo walks for studio work. So this was a nice break and a chance to get outside and catch whatever light there was.
It was also fun to shoot with my siblings. We do this every so often and it’s always a good time. Seems photography runs in the family.
That’s a knife
I’m pretty sure I’ve owned some type of Swiss Army knife since I was a teenager. I got my current knife sometime in the late 80s or early 90s. So almost 30 years. That means countless boxes opened, a bunch of IKEA furniture assembled, some light switch plates screws tightened, a few bottles of wine uncorked, and dozens of beer bottles uncapped. I don’t think I’ve used the awl tool that much. I know I used the long blade for something I shouldn’t have since the tip is broken off. The toothpick is long gone but the tweezers stuck around.
I was looking at it and thinking it might be time to get a new one. Then I got sentimental. There’s really no point in getting a new one. With all its issues, it still works. With a little luck, I will die owning this knife. Of course then it will probably end up in the trash. I can’t see my kids keeping it around.
I shot these pictures of the knife with an even older Nikon fm2 loaded with Ilford HP5 plus pushed to iso 3200 and developed in HC-110 dilution B
Ed Keer 