Every now and again happy accidents happen.
Just back from India, in the middle of developing the negatives, I was excited, keen and impatient to see the photographs in print.
I also wanted to share the excitement with others as I was looking at the negs through the enlarger. So I thought I could try photographing the projection of the negative, allowing me to text it to friend…
Out came the I-Phone, held next to the enlarger lens, et voilà, something was captured. But it didn’t really work as they were much too dark to see and anyone receiving it as a text would not be able to make out what it was. So I decided to run it through Photoshop and make it lighter.
Now obviously, I soon realised that to just make it lighter would have been a complete waste Photoshop’s abilities and, quite frankly, my time. Cue the image inversion, adjustment of curves, upping of the blacks, perhaps a frisson of contrast and a final touch, darkening the image. And there we go – an extremely grainy, fun, filmic raw image.
There was absolutely no need for me to do this and now that I have done the final prints these I-Phone images are completely redundant.
But it was fun.
Who knows, there may be some people out there who prefer these images to my final prints or there may be some who choose to use this technique for themselves, so rather than have them sitting on my phone gathering dust I thought I would post them here, and share them with one and all…
May 19, 2019
April 26, 2019
January 28, 2019
March 19, 2018
February 15, 2018
January 11, 2018
October 3, 2017
September 3, 2017
June 2, 2017
May 18, 2017
April 27, 2017
February 27, 2017
November 11, 2016
November 7, 2016
November 5, 2016
September 25, 2016
July 1, 2016
June 3, 2016
May 24, 2016
May 24, 2016
April 9, 2016
March 20, 2016
November 11, 2015
November 10, 2015
October 20, 2015
September 12, 2014
August 15, 2014
July 1, 2014
June 2, 2014
April 20, 2014
April 19, 2014
November 28, 2013
June 10, 2013
May 8, 2013
May 3, 2013
March 24, 2013
February 23, 2013
February 22, 2013
February 21, 2013
February 7, 2013
January 22, 2013
November 29, 2012
November 1, 2012
June 9, 2012
June 6, 2012
June 5, 2012
June 3, 2012
February 3, 2012
January 20, 2012
January 19, 2012
January 18, 2012
January 17, 2012
January 5, 2012
September 3, 2011
August 19, 2011
May 24, 2011
April 21, 2011
April 20, 2011
April 10, 2011
April 8, 2011
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March 22, 2011
March 16, 2011
March 3, 2011
March 2, 2011
March 1, 2011
February 28, 2011
October 20, 2010
October 15, 2010
September 16, 2010
August 22, 2010
August 5, 2010
August 3, 2010
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June 25, 2010
June 19, 2010
June 15, 2010
June 2, 2010
May 23, 2010