One of my first prints

In Photos on 5 November 2009 tagged B&W, blackandwhite, building, film, print with 4 comments

I tried to get this scanned print as close to the real thing as possible. I cropped out the white borders since they weren’t clean. I didn’t write down how I exposed this in the enlarger – shame on me, I guess.

Lastly, since this was our first assignment, our teacher hadn’t shown us contrast filters or dodging and burning. Don’t analyze this to death.

Film: Arista.EDU Ultra B&W 400 35mm
Camera: Pentax ME Super
Lens: Kiron 28-105mm f/3.2-4.5
Paper: Arista.EDU Ultra VC RC Semi-Matte 8×10
Scanner: HP ScanJet 7400C @ 600 DPI

Comments?

4 Comments

We already know you’ve got the eye and skill. Can’t wait to see what you do to your prints once you have more of the darkroom technique down. It’s a good start. Thanks for putting yourself out there and sharing this. It’ll be fun to follow your progress.

Posted by Nicole on 5 November 2009 @ 8pm

I love it! Your photos never fail to amaze me.. great stuff. The quality is just amazing. Where exactly is the above photo?

Posted by Charlie on 6 November 2009 @ 7am

Charlie: Thanks! This was taken in an abandoned warehouse in El Monte, California. (See it geotagged at Flickr)

Posted by Bryan Villarin on 6 November 2009 @ 10am

Nicole: Aw, thanks!

Posted by Bryan Villarin on 6 November 2009 @ 10am