Sunday, May 11, 2003

Out Of The Darkroom

Finally my extremely basic darkroom set-up is ready to go! Its taking me ages to get it all working tidy, but I have managed to sort out a couple of prints already. Its a battle, I'm working in a cramped and dirty shed, no running water or cabled in electric - but that doesn't dampen the joy of being able to do this for myself.

Its amazing for me though, a 13 year old dream. Its only because I for the first time have a little bit of money and have sold a few paintings that I have been able to afford to do it.

So far the results are far from impressive - the first print was done with out focus aids or a timer (I had to count!) and I will redo it. The second print came out really grey, covered in dust and showing signs that the negative was damaged. That would have been the end years ago. Now though, I have Photoshop - so even if I can't get the results in my darkroom, I can do them here.

Big skies over the Severn - my first home-made print. Out of focus and badly exposed. I will remake it though.

Sand trails on Ogmore beach, the original was a lot more grey and suffered from many blemishes.

This is really time consuming work, so I can't honestly see me doing to much of it. But still, at least I know I can.

Posted by Dio Bach at 13:01

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