Film Assignment 2 Journal

Again, I think the reason I loved this assignment was because I loved my negatives. I loved the images. I loved the people in them, and I didn't mind printing them thousands of times:) The photo of Sydney worked really well in the LCD developer. The image looked slightly antique, she was sitting on stone steps in front of a brick wall with somewhat vintage clothing on, so I thought the warm-tone side effect of the LCD would work with the picture nicely. It did. The RC was pretty good, neutral fiber even better, and the warm-tone fiber exceptional. The color and subject of the image were definitely my favorite parts. The focus and dust control need improvement-but I'll work on that. Love that last photo. The photo of Kara with a banana smile was tough. Loved the image; it still makes me laugh when I look at it. Technically, this photo was shot poorly. She isn't facing the sun, and so while her face is dark the right side of her head is blown out as is the wall behind her. Portraiture is tough because the most important thing is skin tone, and then you have to manually edit the rest. Burning was a pain.. but I finally got it. It's definitely not perfect, but it's acceptable. Again, the warm-tone fiber is by far my favorite. I think that's what we have learned from this assignment; the photographs we make on that paper is worth the extra worth and expense!