I badly scratched this exposure while fumbling around in the changing bag, and I can't quite believe how much time I've spent cleaning up the scan given it's just a picture of a pile of detritus I found in the woods, but I love the lighting and wanted to save it.
(Freestyle photo in SoCal now carries Bellini’s ECN-2 chemicals. So now I have a mini lab at home where I can process, well, almost everything. All of these, and black and white in different chemicals as well)
Hard to believe that a year ago I didn’t know how to do any of this and now I have strong opinions and brand and product preferences on all of it
Image of the day is Equilibrium, an in-camera double-exposure on film.
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I have this jargon for Photosynthesis about the different types of images. This is what I call a "spine" where I shoot a plant with a strong central stem and then align that stem (as best I can) to the model's own spine. When they work they can be quite spectacular, but even a small shift ruins the effect. I'm really pleased with this one, the first in a long time that I find stunning (if I say so myself...)
I send Community Letters every last Tuesday of every month where I share the latest news, events, and stories from the #filmphotography community.
In this 61st edition, I talk about various film developers (inc. Sativa Cannanol), #Fujifilm axing another film, new apps for film photographers, and a new colour 4x5 film:
You can finally get the ECN-2 kit from Bellini from Freestyle Photo.
I know I swore off doing motion picture film processing at home, but I really love the bulk color film I get: and have seen that done well, the results are outstanding.
I’ve ordered a kit and will review it. I was using random chemicals before, which may haha contributed to my bad time with it. Bellini always has top notch stuff