Paper Problems...

I think I made the stupidest mistake ever and possibly quite an expensive one. I was in the darkroom and I only really need 1 final print to do, I had done one but I wasn’t happy with it so went back and did another. I had the timer on setting it all up and then pressed the button to switch it off. I bent down to get a sheet of paper and I was getting it out and all of a sudden I thought, “My eyes must be getting used to this now I can see everything” yehhh that never happened. I had pressed the wrong button and the timer had come on and I really didn’t think anything off it. When I put my print through the processor it came out the other side and all looked well for about 3 mins then the rest of my print faded from orange to black!! Hope to god all my paper isn’t like this… I cant look!!

Whats this called?

On the first day I think it was we were given the 5x4 cameras, as this is what we would be using for this project. Instead of using negative we used this paper that after you shot you went straight to the darkroom and processed the paper. It was a different experience as I hadn’t done this before and it seemed easier but I don’t understand?! Like how do you make more prints? Or cant you?

Anyway I liked this process it created really old looking shots, mine unfortunately didn’t work out as I think I may have rushed it a little also I had a problem with the paper getting stuck. But other peoples who I worked with turned out really nice and had an old feel to the images.

b+w 35mm test shots

When we were given our first brief I didn’t really know what to do, then I went on holiday so this wasn’t a good start. However I found a b+w film so I tried to have a go at showing depth of field. I thought it was good at the time but now I realize what we had to do to I realize its pretty crap. But I thought I would put them in to show that I at least tried. I ruined the rest of the film some how when I was processing the film L

I know it looks like we had a terrible holiday but they didn’t know that I was taking these so that’s why they aren’t getting there pose on.

Model Release Form

A model release form is important to get just to cover your back and make sure that the model doesn’t change there mind and don’t want you to use there image and then decided to sue etc. It is best to get one signed whenever possible. They are proof that the model has signed over any rights that they may have had over to you, the photographer, from this you can do as you wish with the images (within reason.)

After looking at a number of model release forms I think that they are really technical and could be quite over whelming to the model. I don’t want to intimidate my model with techniqual jargon so I think that I am going to make my model release form as simple as possible and easy to understand. I want the model to sign it so I can use my images freely without worry of breaking the law.