Leysdown film and possessing
Leysdown film and possessing
We went to laysdown to take some images on a 35mm film camera, to document the place by camera and taking landscape images. I also had my digital sdr camera on me so if any images on my film camera came out wrong I had a back up. Going to leysdown was interesting as there were a lot of unusual things around that you could photograph. The settings for the film camera where 150 iso 400.
To start of with you will need a dark room or a light proof bag, this is so you wont allow any light on to the film when you take the film out the canister. When you take the film out the canister you will need a processing tank, spool, tank lid, canister opener, tube and scissors make sure you know where all the tools are in the room when the lights go of as when you open the canister there is no going back. When you open the canister you need to cut the of the unwanted film, then find the end and feed the film through the spool. This can be very tricky but practice a little before you go in. Put the tube through the spool and place it in the processing tank and place the light proof lid on top and turn it so no light gets in.
Each chemical needs to be measured right 150ml
11 mints developer you need to agitate the chemical for the first 30 seconds and then ten second every mint, then throw away the chemical.2 mints stop bath after taking out the developer you need to poor the stop bath straight in. Agitate the chemical for the first 30 seconds and then throw away after use.5 mint fixer poor the fixer in and agitate the film for 30 seconds and ten mints every mint. Take the film out to see if its developed then put back in to the tank.10 to 15 mints put under cold water then remove the film for the spool and hang the film to dry in the cupboard.
Making a contact print with film is a short presses you can see how your film has come out and how clear or not your images are instead of doing the final print and it comes out wrong. Contact sheets are made by using a frame of glass, you need to place the film gloss side up on the glass with the photo paper under the film use the enlarger to adjust how much light you let through. First of all do a test strip to see how much light you need to let through to produce your contact sheet as you don’t want to do it straight away as you could do it wrong, when you have found the right exposure then make a full contact sheet. When you have developed the contact sheet you will be able to see what images have turned out the best and what ones you want to use as your final print.
Before making and enlargement you need to find the image you want to produce then place it in the enlargement gloss side up switch the lamp on so the image projects on to the board and raise the enlarger until the correct focus is in show. Close down the aperture by two stops and switch of the enlarger. Make sure you remember where your image was showing and place the photo paper under the enlarger and when you’re ready expose your image to the paper making sure all your settings are right before hand then develop your image.
