unterwegs in Sachen Film >>> <<< on the road making films!
I must say I’m in love with these glass negatives … and the wacky emulsion. This is a photo I took from my neighbour’s balcony … in the foreground this wishiwashy stuff is moving grass … the exposure time was 10 seconds (a bit too long, the negative has turned out very dense and dark …)
… with a very expired Ilford glass plate inside!
I found a new toy. A Brownie! As simple as a pinhole camera but with a lens instead of a hole. One step higher towards complication!
It is meant for the use of Kodak-special 620 film rolls that don’t exist any more. You can use 120 film but you will have to roll it on those 620 spools which you must find somewhere …
Too complicated, I cut photo paper to the right size and stuffed it in, squeezed it in the back door frame!
And then I thought why not trying to develop the paper pieces positive instead of negative? It’s a far more complicated process but it’s possible. There’s even an eco alternative … so I mixed some coffee, soda and vitamin c for the two developers and some hydrogen peroxide and acetic acid for the strong bleach.
Luckily I am staying on the countryside right now at my friend’s place, we drive around, find beautiful spots and click the Brownie!
And then we spend hours in the darkroom polishing the recipe, heating the soup, playing with developing time, trying not to sniff the stinky bleach, getting completely black papers and some very pale, some with weird dots and stripes, but some come out funky magical and beautiful!
