Old door

Starting up a new small series on old doors.

Tri-x in Diafine, Rolleiflex

P'tit dej

One of the best moment of the day, the breakfast :-)

OM10, Zuiko 50mm 1.8, Tri-X, X-Tol

Cluny's market

Last saturday morning, on Cluny's Market, a typical village of South of Burgundy where you can also visit the Abbey of Cluny.

All shot on Tri-X, with my R3a. Developped in X-tol (1st time i use this developper). The soup was at 28°C when i developped the roll, so i tried to compensate at 5'30 in place of 9'' (following the Ilford Compensation Table)

Finally back in my new darkroom

After more than one year and a new location, i installed again my enlarger.

It was plan to have a dedicated room but because of short time i decided to put it in my guest room.

Two shots that i wanted to print for a while:

Eukobrom 1+9 for 3 minutes f:11, 30x40 rc tetenal TT Varyo. Which from this negs:

I printed also this one which is a bit contrasty so i tried to get the maximum of it. Stil contrast is high. f:11 9s, 3' in eukobrom on the same paper.

This shot comes from this negs. Taken on the way from Arusha to Dar El Salam.

They are not extroardinary pictures but they means a lot. I officialy started again to print after so long time. It s the end of the process, much more pleasant than a scan from negs.

Abbey of Cluny

Last week, i had the pleasure to have my family with me for some days.

We have been visiting quickly the Abbey of Cluny which is located in the South of Burgundy. The monument are very beautiful and we regret to do not have enough time to visit the whole place. Unfortunately, we regret also the cold welcome from the receptionist.

i took some shots with my beloved Rolleiflex. Tri-x souped in Diafine. Will add more photos later.

High flight over the Alps

The Mountains of the Alps

Shot through the windows. I was flying back home to Amsterdam, at 5.00 am over the Alps. An impressive view.

Tri-X in Diafine, Rollei 35 SE

Couples

From my holydays in my hometown, Albi, Tarn, in the south west of France.

Mtei Express

Mtei Express

On the way from Kilosa to Bongo City (Dar El Salam). This is the bus which do the trip Arusha to Dodoma and then Dodoma to Arusha everyday. A small stop on the side of the road to buy water, vegetables etc..

Tanzania 2012
Tri-X & Rollei 35 - Guessed exposure

May Day Manifest

One of my first manifest, covered personally with my beloved R3a and 1 roll of tri-x.

International Workers' Day (also known as May Day) is a celebration of the international labour movement. May 1 is a national holiday in more than 80 countries and celebrated unofficially in many other countries.

More information on wikipedia about May Day

     

     

     

     

     

     

Forbidden area

I took the opportunity few weeks ago to explore a forbidden zone. It was the biggest labyrinth that i went inside. You can get lost for days.

I tried to get a consistant workflow with those snapshots. First time that i look at the negs i realize that it was a place which could be the perfect environement for recording a new star wars

Kodak Tri-x - Diafine
Bessa R3a, nokton 40mm

 

Au marché

First attempt with diafine. here it is the results. Not excellent but not so bad. I have to note that Diafine works very well with an hybrid workflow, between, it's ok for scanning.

Grain is here but what ? It's at 1250 isos. I admit, i love grain, perfection is not for me.

Scan with epson scan, little adjustment of contrast & levels in photoshop.

Bessa R3a
Nokton 40mm
Tri-X@1250 isos, Diafine 3'A & 3'B