Photography class
Jan. 14th, 2005 01:51 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
velessaToday we processed our rolls of film in photography class. I'd never done this before, and I was pretty worried about having to do so much stuff in complete pitch black dark, especially working with scissors. First I had to figure out how to crack open the film cartridge and get it out of there. I was afraid I'd destroy it so I was too gentle and it took a long time to get it open. Then I had to pull out the film, cut off the ends, and wind it onto this metal reel thing. This is so hard to do when you can't see. There are itty bitty little prongs you have to hook the edges of the film onto, then you have to wind the film around the reel a million times without letting the layers touch together, all while touching nothing but the edges of the film and not bending it. I think it took about three or four tries for me to get it on there, even after I had practiced doing it a few times with practice film.
Then once the film is on the reel and in the light-tight can, you're finally allowed to turn on the lights and see again. Which means it's time to pour about fifty different types of solutions in the can one at a time, each for the right length of time in the right proportions at the right temperature. Oh joy. I never knew developing negatives was such a huge pain. But, as it turned out, I was one of the few students who actually managed to get their negatives to turn out well. *whew* Some people hadn't loaded their cameras correctly, so they had no pictures to develop. Others bought color film instead of black and white, so they couldn't develop theirs, either. And still others messed up putting their film on the reel, so it came out all tie-dyed looking and totally screwy.
Next week we'll actually make prints of our pictures; I hope mine will turn out okay. I have absolutely no idea how that is done, so it should be interesting.
Then once the film is on the reel and in the light-tight can, you're finally allowed to turn on the lights and see again. Which means it's time to pour about fifty different types of solutions in the can one at a time, each for the right length of time in the right proportions at the right temperature. Oh joy. I never knew developing negatives was such a huge pain. But, as it turned out, I was one of the few students who actually managed to get their negatives to turn out well. *whew* Some people hadn't loaded their cameras correctly, so they had no pictures to develop. Others bought color film instead of black and white, so they couldn't develop theirs, either. And still others messed up putting their film on the reel, so it came out all tie-dyed looking and totally screwy.
Next week we'll actually make prints of our pictures; I hope mine will turn out okay. I have absolutely no idea how that is done, so it should be interesting.
