hello everyone :)

many thanks for your ongoing support and feedback. it’ very much appreciated.
today I’m going to reveal some steps I’ve done to create “RAY”

so here you go:

the “dry” part:
cam: plaubel profia 4×5
lens: symmar 210mm
negative: 4×5” fomapan 100 film

Development details on FilmDev

the “wet” part:
laborator 1200 enlarger with heiland splitgrade head
rodenstock 210mm/f8 lens
fomabrom classic paper
exp.-time 26 secs
dodge/burn center/sides ~10 secs

developed in agfa neutol
blue toned with rollei azur
bleached with thiocarbamide
berg copper toner

et voilà

thanks again and have a nice day :)
Vernon

I had the opportunity to meet one the best instructors in Europe, Quinn Jacobson, and attend a workshop in learning the Wetplate Collodion Process.
For those who are not familliar with the process, here are two links that describe it all in a brief understandable way.

http://www.studioq.com/statements/whatiscollodion.htm

http://www.alternativephotography.com/process_wetplate.html

There was a two days fun and all five attendees Read the rest of this entry »

Back from testing and shooting that took place two weeks ago, I could not wait too long until developing the new film. I was curious like a cat how the images would come out. A really BIG surprize and much better than expected.

I have tested the Rollei Universal 200, a black&white medium format film manufactured by Rolleifilm (http://www.rolleifilm.com) under conditions I normally use to take my pictures, including lots of structures, harsh light and deep shadows, using reflective clothes fabric and also a huge red scarf to test the red sensivity of the film.

What I can say now is, that the film honors the right exposure/metering with an immense amount of details and fine gradients from pure white to deep blacks.

I’m going to write a review with example images pretty soon, but for now I just wanted to leave these lines here and praise the film as my new film for the next shootings.

Have a great weekend, take care,

Vernon Trent