Tuesday, 31 January 2012

And the rest of my prints...

Test sheets to not waste big pieces of light sensitive photography paper. To test out the settings and adjustments on the enlarger machine, so it is just right to go on to the final big picture.


My second print came out decently well, though it took a few tests to get it just right.
my Third print, and the test strip..



My Fourth Picture,
I liked this one the best, as it has a nice range of shades...





This is my fifth print, and its test strip..


Friday, 27 January 2012

This is my first print~



Behind  The Scenes.
I used the aperture set at 5.6, because my negatives where quite thin, they needed a lot of light to come through, I also set the magenta to 45, so the photo had more contrast.

I then used a technique called 'Burning' and  'Dodging'.

Burning, is where you make a selected area darker. I used a piece of card with a hole in the middle, as a tool to make certain area of my picture darker.

Dodging, is where you make the majority of the picture darker, but using a tool to ~Dodge~ certain areas, using a dodger, witch is a long  stick with a circle at the end.. looks a little bit like a flat balloon.

Contact sheet~

This Is my 'Contact Sheet' 
A Photograph of my negatives.
I used this to see which photos came out well, and to help decide which I want to make bigger prints of.