DEVELOPING FILM

Yesterday I’ve been developing  the photographs from my first black & white negative, Ilford 400 in dark room. I have also developed my second roll of film, which was completely new experience to do on my own, then we’ve been doing in the class together.  And there is also so many things that you need to think about: the right amount of the chemicals, right temperature, which is changing every minute or so in the cold Processing Room, appropriate agitation and timing. Not to mention I putting the roll of the film on the spool in total darkness first. Here are some photographs… I hope I will work on them soon…

PHOTOGRAMS

Few weeks ago I’ve had my first class in a dark room and it was a great experience. First thing we’ve been learning how to make photograms. On the photo-sensitive paper we were putting some objects and then we are exposing it to the light. After magic begins, when we put the paper into the developer first and then into the rest of the chemicals. I’ve learned as well (a bit late), that first photogram was a negative and next week we’ll make them into the positive and this look like reflection in the mirror… So for example name on positiv it's not the name anymore... Here are some results…

Hello! My name is Gosia, I’m 31 years old and I’m from Poland. This is my first blog and it’s a new experience for me.

     I’ve always liked taking photographs since I  remember… I think it’s because I’d like to capture a moment… Not even to capture, but probably more to hold the moment… Try to not forget about it, to be able to come back to it, to smile again, to laugh again, to stop and think or just simply to look at it again… Like using a Big Time Machine…

     That’s why the name of my blog is Indian Summer. I remember to look at it when I was younger. It was so thin, so beautiful, so magic and so fragile as well. But you could take photo of it to hold in time forever…

 Photography is my big passion but because of lack of the time which I have, it never became even a little bit professional, what I would have always liked to be. I’m taking shots for my friends on their family occasions, like christenings, birthday parties etc.

     This year I’ve decide to take it a bit more seriously and I’ve started Digital Photography Academic Course in Griffith College. It’s a big challenge for me, first because English isn’t my native language and second because of the lack of time. I am also a  Montessori teacher full time and I attend college in the evenings after work.

     I hope that with every step on the course I will be growing and becoming more confident and each next photograph will be taken more as a professional shot. I hope you will enjoy that journey with me…