I thought it was about time to introduce myself to APUG. Over the past year I have moved strongly back into the film side of photography mostly in the black & white / darkroom side.
I shoot and process about 10 rolls of 35 a week and have a neat two enlarger set up. I am a collector of developing tanks, I dont know why but I love them. I am a big fan of the Paterson Tank System.
I am currently exploring and experimenting on pushing various black and white 400 films to 1600. I just love the look of a good grain. I mostly find that Ilford works best over Kodak Tri-X and T-Max. I shoot Ilford 3200 as a base test to compare the results of my push process. I think it will take a life time to work through out the combinations of chemicals, films, developers and processing times / temperature.
I am still in love with Kodak chemicals but hope to make the transition over to Ilford later this year. My best results are with Ilford RC paper that I have adopted as main test paper because of the results. As you can tell I love to experiment with pushing film to the limit. Nothing looks as great in grain as sports.
My 9-year-old daughter has worked in the darkroom with me over the last year and now shares the duties of processing the negatives. She currently does 100% of the tank loading while I am at work. She doesnt do so badly at printing either.
While my favorite camera is a Nikon F100 I do more shooting with my Nikon Fm2n. Kate uses a Nikon F50 because she likes the gold finish.
Most weekends you can find my daughter and I either out shooting or working hard in the darkroom.
My motto is push film to the limits. I often do and the results are outstanding when you do it right. Oh yes I am from the Great State of Pennsylvania.
I shoot and process about 10 rolls of 35 a week and have a neat two enlarger set up. I am a collector of developing tanks, I dont know why but I love them. I am a big fan of the Paterson Tank System.
I am currently exploring and experimenting on pushing various black and white 400 films to 1600. I just love the look of a good grain. I mostly find that Ilford works best over Kodak Tri-X and T-Max. I shoot Ilford 3200 as a base test to compare the results of my push process. I think it will take a life time to work through out the combinations of chemicals, films, developers and processing times / temperature.
I am still in love with Kodak chemicals but hope to make the transition over to Ilford later this year. My best results are with Ilford RC paper that I have adopted as main test paper because of the results. As you can tell I love to experiment with pushing film to the limit. Nothing looks as great in grain as sports.
My 9-year-old daughter has worked in the darkroom with me over the last year and now shares the duties of processing the negatives. She currently does 100% of the tank loading while I am at work. She doesnt do so badly at printing either.
While my favorite camera is a Nikon F100 I do more shooting with my Nikon Fm2n. Kate uses a Nikon F50 because she likes the gold finish.
Most weekends you can find my daughter and I either out shooting or working hard in the darkroom.
My motto is push film to the limits. I often do and the results are outstanding when you do it right. Oh yes I am from the Great State of Pennsylvania.
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