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Just wanted to share something that turned out to be a biggest disaster since the first time I touched film.
Anyway, I was trying to make this kind of crazy photograph of my 501 jeans, that was supose to look like some kind of a stylish advert, but just for fun.
It involved 7 meters of burlap for curtains, some linoleum, a couple of props, my 501 jeans, and a couple of tungstens
First I spent like one and a half hours just trying to set up the burlap curtains sweating like a pig in a room with no air conditioning.
And finally I did it, so I figured out what I'm going to shoot and how I'm going to light it, and I was "ready"
Then I spend like 20 minutes framing and focusing the MF camera.
I wanted to shoot it on Kodak Ektachrome 64, because I wanted a kind of a retro look, but I had some Provia 400F in the camera, so I figured, I'll take it out somehow, roll it back tight in the dark, but before I do I'm just going to make one shot because this is an exelent chance for comparing filmstocks.
So I set my 35mm SLR to ISO400 and metered the scene, and I shot one frame of Provia on the MF camera.
Then I went to the bathroom, closed the door (it's absolute dark in there, or is it..?) and took the film out, rolled it back to original position, and then turned around, and saw something glowing on the floor.
I looked closer, and it was an outline of a little rug on the floor lit by some light comming under the door.
I supose I should have waited for my eyes to adjust, I might have flashed a couple of frames of film.
Plus now that I think about it, changing midroll may not have been such a great idea anyway, but we'll see when the film gets developed.
Ok, so I remember, Jesus I forgot to take some Ektachrome 64 out of the deep freezer.
So I quickly took it out and it was freezing cold, so I though: what to do, what to do..
So I warmed up some water, and put the candy wraped roll in the warm water before exposing it to air. It warmed a bit up, so I think it didn't condensate when I opened it up.
Maybe that too was stupid, but I don't know
So finally, I put the film in the camera, metered again, and took a few photographs on EPR, I was really tired at this point and was just getting started.
After nearly burning up a light gel due to "unpractical" use of barn doors, I managed to get 5 shots.
Then It took me like a half an hour to put everything away, and finally I sit back all sweaty and tired, but satisfied.
Then it hit me...
Remember folks that I first used Provia 400F? Yea, and I set my SLR iso to 400, but forgot to change it to 64 later.
So I was like: F..CK !!
To make things worse, It was night, and when I finished it was like 3 am, which made me even more pissed.
Anyway. The whole night I made only one picture, and then probably flashed it in the bathroom, and the ones that were supose to count were underexposed by almost 3 stops on a film that has zero underexposure latitude.
It's all just like an episode of mr. Bean
I'm going to have to do this tomorow again.
p.s. Oh, and among other things, I think I found out I'm alergic to jute
Anyway, I was trying to make this kind of crazy photograph of my 501 jeans, that was supose to look like some kind of a stylish advert, but just for fun.
It involved 7 meters of burlap for curtains, some linoleum, a couple of props, my 501 jeans, and a couple of tungstens
First I spent like one and a half hours just trying to set up the burlap curtains sweating like a pig in a room with no air conditioning.
And finally I did it, so I figured out what I'm going to shoot and how I'm going to light it, and I was "ready"
Then I spend like 20 minutes framing and focusing the MF camera.
I wanted to shoot it on Kodak Ektachrome 64, because I wanted a kind of a retro look, but I had some Provia 400F in the camera, so I figured, I'll take it out somehow, roll it back tight in the dark, but before I do I'm just going to make one shot because this is an exelent chance for comparing filmstocks.
So I set my 35mm SLR to ISO400 and metered the scene, and I shot one frame of Provia on the MF camera.
Then I went to the bathroom, closed the door (it's absolute dark in there, or is it..?) and took the film out, rolled it back to original position, and then turned around, and saw something glowing on the floor.
I looked closer, and it was an outline of a little rug on the floor lit by some light comming under the door.
I supose I should have waited for my eyes to adjust, I might have flashed a couple of frames of film.
Plus now that I think about it, changing midroll may not have been such a great idea anyway, but we'll see when the film gets developed.
Ok, so I remember, Jesus I forgot to take some Ektachrome 64 out of the deep freezer.
So I quickly took it out and it was freezing cold, so I though: what to do, what to do..
So I warmed up some water, and put the candy wraped roll in the warm water before exposing it to air. It warmed a bit up, so I think it didn't condensate when I opened it up.
Maybe that too was stupid, but I don't know
So finally, I put the film in the camera, metered again, and took a few photographs on EPR, I was really tired at this point and was just getting started.
After nearly burning up a light gel due to "unpractical" use of barn doors, I managed to get 5 shots.
Then It took me like a half an hour to put everything away, and finally I sit back all sweaty and tired, but satisfied.
Then it hit me...
Remember folks that I first used Provia 400F? Yea, and I set my SLR iso to 400, but forgot to change it to 64 later.
So I was like: F..CK !!
To make things worse, It was night, and when I finished it was like 3 am, which made me even more pissed.
Anyway. The whole night I made only one picture, and then probably flashed it in the bathroom, and the ones that were supose to count were underexposed by almost 3 stops on a film that has zero underexposure latitude.
It's all just like an episode of mr. Bean
I'm going to have to do this tomorow again.
p.s. Oh, and among other things, I think I found out I'm alergic to jute
