Dark Room

So I took all my photos on the SLR Film Camera. It was good fun, not difficult at all and I was surprised at how quickly i went through a role of film.

We got a great intro to the Darkroom and so on the second week of the project I immediately started. I first processed my film role which was fairly difficult because I had to open the role in the pitch dark in a little room but i managed in the end.

I then made my contact sheet and selected the photos that I liked best and suited my concept. My concept by the way was ground and road patterns. I had to test filters and how long to expose my negitives to make my pictures develope right!

 

 

 

 

Assignment 2!

‘In his now famous essay ‘The work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction’ (1936), Walter Benjamin discussed how the camera was the perfect medium for urban spaces, allowing the photographer to walk the streets, choosing what to capture and what to leave, slowing the world down by purposely stopping and clicking as the world rushed by.  This stopping and clicking, followed by the equally important photographic processes of editing and sequencing, could give order and structure to an ever changing and modernizing world.’

Bright, Susan, Art Photography Now, Thames and Hudson 2005

So our second assignment was to produce 5 black and white photos that had the theme of urban. The thing was we had to use SLR Film Camera and the process and develope the film in the dark room! This was extremely exciting for me! I couldn't wait to get stuck into the project.

The first thing I did was take prep photos with my normal camera. I started to focus on ground and road patterns particularly.