Shot this late last year, and just got around to scanning it. Its a fiber base sliver gelitan print that is sepia toned. The lighting was a bit harsh, so it was hard to get a good print, but hey, live and learn. This was from the first shoot where I had someone modeling for me; I think its not bad for a first try... There are some things Id change if I shoot it again, but thought yall might still enjoy it. Im about to start working on some of this stuff again, so if any of yall in the Dallas area have a cool location to shoot let me know.
thats a great photo i have a few b&w photo of cars that i had being over 60 we only had b&w then if you like i can look for more
Hey Cory maybe close to the Round up you can shoot some pics of the ol 54, by then i will have it put back together with some new toys in it. Really dig the work your doing
Why is her ****y fuzzy? What camera and why is the type of film so significant? I ask cuz I got all these old cameras laying around....take pics with them once in a while too.
I was just telling my wife that is the last hotbob I mean hotrod part I need for my garage,great picture Dave.
What are the chances of getting some poster sized prints of this made? I'm really diggin it and can already see a special spot for it in my new garage.
Nope, sorry to dissapoint you, but no fuzzy **** here. The focus is a little soft, especially right around her. The lighting was a bit harsh causing some of the highs to be blown out, so the negative for this print isnt great. If it did get blown up poster size, the quality would be pretty poor for the reasons listed above. But hey, I guess garage art doesnt need to be flawless. But I am picking this project back up, but I have leared a lot of techincal stuff that will help remedy the above issues, so even if I dont blow this one up large, I should be able to have some before too long that will be much improved and could be. Do any of yall know anybody who prints up posters? I only do dark room stuff, and for garage art it would not be pratical or affordable. Its shot on 100 speed T-max, with a cannon camera thats between 10-25 years old(my guess I never bothered checking). I was using a novatron light kit, but Ive been having some sucess using some more basic alternative lighting, ie drop lights and so on. Hey, Im always open to constructive criticisam. Or destructive criticisam if thats really how you feel. I want to know. I see some stuff(and have done some stuff too) that needs the latter.
Most of my stuff is daylight, I didn't have even a flash till pretty recently. I just use my 70's and 80's 35mm cameras, have 4 now. Still need to finish off my first roll in my 20's Brownie (have many old ones, another time). Anyway, lighting the dark has usually eluded me so that's why I was wondering if the film had anything to do with it. I have a shaky hand and need to be faster than 100.
I think it's good stuff, but can definitely see what you say about the light situation. More than likely, your future stuff will be a lot more up to snuff. For what this print is, it is very good. I likey.
Ive shot with some really high speed(1600, 3200), and have gotten some decent prints from it, but the grain becomes very visible, which isnt necessarly a bad thing, especially if it kind of matches your theme, but a lot of people dont like it. For me it varies. But if your in low light with no flash and cant do a long exposure its your only real choice. Old cameras are cool. And the cool thing is you can take just as good of a photo as you can with a brand spankin new digital camera. I was working with a 4x5 camera(made mostly out of wood, with the bellows, with my head under the cloth, you get the picture) a little last year, and have access to an 8x10 camera too. Talk about some amazing quality and beautiful negatives, but kind of a pain to lug around, and film is expensive too... But its like driving a cl***ic over a honda civic...
Keep at it. Film isn't dead. 16 years ago I started playing around with B&W film. 12 years ago I took a B&W photography co****. Friends were thinking I was nuts for playing around with such "Old fashioned stuff". Nine years ago, I got my first digital camera and the software came with a sepia tone effect. It's so outdated they put it into the digital package.....I love it.
Very neat pix. You've got a good eye and print looks great. Printing posters is easy -- I've done it in my bedroom when nothing else was avaliable. Take a door, nail 1x4's to the edges and another across the middle to form two compartments. Cover with sheet plastic. Pour in gallon of developer and fixer. Bessler 23C set horizontal, tack paper to wall, make 8x10 "test strips" , wash in shower (note: contrast suffers as size increases so be prepared. ) T-max 100 should go 30x40 easily -- I've done it with T-max 3200 and it was a little grainy by very acceptable at poster viewing distance. Shot my son's HS soccer team and put the posters on the cafeteria wall and they loved it. I've converted to digital after 40 years of wet. Really ought to find someone who appreciates B&W and sell my setup
If Wild Turkey's method isn't practical, you might try scanning your best print at 1200 dpi. Bring that puppy into photoshop and rescale/resize to poster sized, incrementally reduced to a lower resolution. I bet 100-150 dpi (newspaper print quality) would be killer at poster size. Oh pretty pretty please??! Hell, if you did that, you could send out zipped copies in email to your HAMB buddies for a fee of course, with the understanding that only ONE would be printed at the said HAMBers local print shop. Just an idea.
Ive been meaning to do a HAMB auction for quite a while now... I just might have to include a print of this in it... I was checking at a print shop, and its looking like if I do posters, they would end up costing as much as a real deal photo print, and that also means real deal photo prices... If any of yall know someone who prints up posters on the cheep please let me know, cause I would love to be able to get more of my work out into more shops/garages... I dont do my stuff for the "fine art" types, I do it for the people who really "get it".
EXACTLY how I feel! I am no camera guy by ANY means but I do like old B/W pictures I change most of my car show pictures to B/W in the computer before I print them to hang on the wall!! Funny how the "old" is now "new" again...Ken
Man, I dont know... If I were you Id try to figure that out and get that problem corrected ASAP... Did a few prints of mine ever make it to you? I remember I droped some off, but cant remember if you were around.
You might look into having Gilicee prints done. Most larger towns have print shops that now offer this service and it's the only way to have a small number of posters done without spending big bucks. My print shop does postersize prints of my airbrush work for about 35.00 each with no set up charge. Other shops charge less per print but add $200 or so for set up so shop around to get the best deal for size and quanity.
I have a darkroom and enlarge alot of my work. When I set up for a shoot and find a shot I know Im going to like I'll shoot at least ten different exposers.That way Im sure I'll get the shot I want. Also I bought a book on the Zone system by Ansel Adams.I now use a gray scale.It realy turned my work around.Yes if your really into it, large or medium format is the way to go.Give me a call sometime and we'll talk.Good luck Chuck
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