3rd Completed picture

Photo

This is another picture that I developed. It is a picture of me that my partner took outside on a sunny day. The process used is the same process i used for the picture I did before. Once you've taken enough pictures and used up your film you can move on. You will then load the film on the reel and put it in the developing tank while it's in the light-tight bag. You do this so your film doesn't get exposed to the light. After this step you will put the film through the chemical process while in the developing tank, this will develop your pictures. Once you are done with this you can move on to the enlarger and figure out your best picture. Then you will take your best picture and make a test strip with it to find the correct lighting. Using the enlarger again you will then make a big picture of your image. You can see my process in the picture above.

Film and Camera Pictures

To start this project you first need to take pictures with the camera. Once you've taken enough pictures and used up your film you can move on. You will then load the film on the reel and put it in the developing tank while it's in the light-tight bag. You do this so your film doesn't get exposed to the light. After this step you will put the film through the chemical process while in the developing tank, this will develop your pictures. Once you are done with this you can move on to the enlarger and figure out your best picture. Then you will take your best picture and make a test strip with it to find the correct lighting. Using the enlarger again you will then make a big picture of your image. In the picture above you can see the process from the contact sheet, test strip, and the final picture. The picture I chose was of a security camera.

Photogram Worksheet

1. You can achieve white on a photogram by placing an object down on the paper that is not see through.

2. You achieve black on the photogram by not placing any objects on the paper and then it will be black, it's also known as negative space.

3.You achieve gray on a photogram by placing an object down that can be seen through like a piece of tissue paper.

4. Photograms are designed in the classroom so you can see what your doing and where your placing your objects.

5. You need to make a test strip first so you can figure out which lighting and timing you need for the big paper.

6. Photograms are referred to as painting with light because you are making picture with lighting instead of using paint.

7. The developer developed the picture and makes the image come out.

8. The stop stops the picture from developing anymore.

9. The fixer stabilizes the image and removes the unexposed silver halide remaining on the film.

10. The fixer remover takes off the fixer so the chemicals aren't still on the film.

11. The final wash cleans the picture and gets rid of the remaining chemicals that are on the film.

Photogram Positive

In this project we took our photograms that we made and turned them into positive images. We did this by doing the same process as we did for turning our pinhole camera pictures into positives. First you use a test strip to find the correct lighting/timing you need. Once you found the correct time you will get a big paper and put shiny side to shiny side with your negative picture. After this you put it under the enlarger. Once the light goes off, you will put the blank paper through the chemical process.   After the chemical process your photogram will come out positive. You can tell if its positive if the negative space comes out white. In the picture above, the bottom row is the positive photograms.

Camera Know How

1. The camera i am using is the Promaster 2500PK. #27

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3. The button you use to take a picture is the shutter release button.

4. You change the shutter speed with the shutter speed dial

5.  The shutter speeds are 1,2,4,8,15,30,60,125,250,500,1000,2000

6. You change the aperture using the aperture ring.

7. My aperture settings are 22,16,11,8, 5.6,4,2.8,1.7

8. You focus the ring using the focus ring.

9. No the camera does't have a zoom lens.

10. You tell if theres enough light by looking through the viewfinder eyepiece.

11. You adjust the light using the meter.

12.  We haven't learned how to bracket yet.

13.  The film we use is the 35mm film.

14. The iso setting is used to set the speed of the pictures being taken

15. You rewind film using the film rewind crank and knob.

Making Photograms

          In this project we were assigned to create three different types of photograms. The three types are abstract, symmetrical, and landscape. The first step in this project was to make replicas of them on construction paper. After this you bring it into the dark room and put it on film paper. I used the enlarger to make the photogram. The final step was putting it through the same chemical process as I did when making positive pictures. In the picture you can see my process. The idea of this was to make a photogram with black, grey, and white color. My best example is my landscape where the negative space is black, the cloud is grey, and the mountains are white.