I had long wanted to visit the Holywell church and well in North Wales but for some reason had never got round to it. So a few weeks ago I went with a Hasselblad 503, tripod and 80mm Planar lens and Ilford HP5 film. I love the qualities of light that come through large but … Continue reading A picture of two halves
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I have written a few posts on split-grade printing before (here and here) but I thought that I would revisit it again in more detail. The reason for this is that I am having some problems with it, so a post like this forces me to re-evaluate what I am doing, starting with the basics … Continue reading Split grade printing – again
Today in the darkroom I set out to produce the best image that I could in two hours.... This is the image as printed on Ilford MGWT glossy at grade 2. Fairly flat but with some potential. The picture was taken with a pinhole camera using FP4 film and developed in Rodinal 1:50. The picture … Continue reading An evolution of a print
There is no better way to learn photography skills, and in particular darkroom skills, than copying the style of a photographer or photograph that you much admire. I like many of Robert Adams' photographs. They are in the documentary style and often high key, which makes a nice change from many landscape photos today that … Continue reading Split-grade printing