December 2020 - Developing Old Films.
24th December 2020
This year has provided me with time to catch up on some jobs that have been sitting on my to do list for far longer than I can reasonably excuse. I had around half a dozen films that had been exposed in my M2 going back as far as 2014.
I think that the longer you leave a job that you've been putting off, the harder it is to get yourself into the right frame of mind to get on with it. If there is a problem with your confidence to carry it out, it will only get worse.
Well, I've stirred myself into action during the lockdown and periods of isolation and managed to get all the outstanding films developed and scanned. This month I've been spending time processing them in both Lightroom and Photoshop on my iMac.
The following three images were taken in 2014 and left undeveloped until a few months ago. They are all on Ilford HP5 plus film stock that ran out of its use by date in 2017. They were developed in developer that became no longer available in 2013 that probably should be poured away but seems to work ok.
This first image is of my lovely wife, Lynn. She would prefer I hadn't taken it I think!
The next couple of images were taken whilst on a stroll around Lyde Green which was at that time a new development and part of Emersons Green, South Gloucestershire.
Over the Christmas period I shall probably be spending time editing more of the negatives including some images that Lynn took at Westonbirt with my camera. It looks as though January's blog already has a subject!
Here's hoping for the best possible Christmas in the current circumstances and look forward to all improvements the New Year brings our way. Stay well everyone!
I think that the longer you leave a job that you've been putting off, the harder it is to get yourself into the right frame of mind to get on with it. If there is a problem with your confidence to carry it out, it will only get worse.
Well, I've stirred myself into action during the lockdown and periods of isolation and managed to get all the outstanding films developed and scanned. This month I've been spending time processing them in both Lightroom and Photoshop on my iMac.
The following three images were taken in 2014 and left undeveloped until a few months ago. They are all on Ilford HP5 plus film stock that ran out of its use by date in 2017. They were developed in developer that became no longer available in 2013 that probably should be poured away but seems to work ok.
This first image is of my lovely wife, Lynn. She would prefer I hadn't taken it I think!
The next couple of images were taken whilst on a stroll around Lyde Green which was at that time a new development and part of Emersons Green, South Gloucestershire.
Over the Christmas period I shall probably be spending time editing more of the negatives including some images that Lynn took at Westonbirt with my camera. It looks as though January's blog already has a subject!
Here's hoping for the best possible Christmas in the current circumstances and look forward to all improvements the New Year brings our way. Stay well everyone!