What used to be the way to actually photograph something, shooting with film, without instantaneous results, is basically what this class I'm taking is all about. I'm picking up my film today from the holga, and I have no clue what will come out of them, not only is it film, but a holga toy camera, but also a pinhole that we made. we'll see what happens. Like I said, I have NO clue how it will work out. anyway.
Here's the end result of my collodian wet plate negative, printed in gum bichromate style. What that means in simple terms is, it is totally done in photoshop and printed on a regular photo printer.... but, it is made to resemble a huge 8x10 camera that actually had glass sheets covered in photo chemicals, expose those chemicals to light and you have a negative, make that negative, then you coat a piece of paper with light sensitive chemicals.... lay your negative onto the paper and expose it to sunlight and wherever you painted those light sensitive chemicals, you will have an image. this is what it would have taken to make a shot similar to this...
so, the bubbles would be cause by the collodian wet negative, the brushstrokes are similar to what it would look like if someone were very sloppy with their light sensitive material they painted onto the paper.
Excited to be going out shooting tonight with Sarah, the candlelight vigil is tonight in Judiciary Square for all of the law enforcement who have died in the line of duty this year. Should lend some awesome photos, we'll see. But, it will be neat to see it either way.
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