There Is Beauty If We But Look

Experiments

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Thinking outside the square. Photographic images can be the basis for many other kinds of art type tinkerings. I love what some of my friends do hand colouring, I am a painter at heart. Photography is just a different kind of painting, using light. These are my experiments.

The Road Home

16 Dec 2013 10 1 410
© Graham Hughes 2013 All Rights Reserved Canon AE1. With a few issues. Unsure whether its film or camera re light leaks. Unknown bulk loaded film, very old, emulsion seems damaged. Developed in HC 110 1:116. Stand devo for 60mins. I have a feeling this is some kind of Ortho film. I has developed grey….and pre development was white. When I washed it pre dev, no dye was evident at all.

Walking In The Dawn

16 Dec 2013 1 5 312
© Graham Hughes 2013 All Rights Reserved Canon AE1. With a few issues. Unsure whether its film or camera re light leaks. Unknown bulk loaded film, very old, emulsion seems damaged. Developed in HC 110 1:116. Stand devo for 60mins. I have a feeling this is some kind of Ortho film. I has developed grey….and pre development was white. When I washed it pre dev, no dye was evident at all.

Memories Of Another war

16 Dec 2013 3 343
© Graham Hughes 2013 All Rights Reserved Canon AE1. With a few issues. Unsure whether its film or camera re light leaks. Unknown bulk loaded film, very old, emulsion seems damaged. Developed in HC 110 1:116. Stand devo for 60mins. I have a feeling this is some kind of Ortho film. It has developed grey….and pre development was white. When I washed it pre dev, no dye was evident at all.

No Mans land

16 Dec 2013 1 307
© Graham Hughes 2013 All Rights Reserved Canon AE1. With a few issues. Unsure whether its film or camera re light leaks. Unknown bulk loaded film, very old, emulsion seems damaged. Developed in HC 110 1:116. Stand devo for 60mins. I have a feeling this is some kind of Ortho film. I has developed grey….and pre development was white. When I washed it pre dev, no dye was evident at all.

Dawn On An Unknown Road

16 Dec 2013 263
© Graham Hughes 2013 All Rights Reserved Canon AE1. With a few issues. Unsure whether its film or camera re light leaks. Unknown bulk loaded film, very old, emulsion seems damaged. Developed in HC 110 1:116. Stand devo for 60mins. I have a feeling this is some kind of Ortho film. It has developed grey….and pre development was white. When I washed it pre dev, no dye was evident at all.

The Way Home

16 Dec 2013 5 303
© Graham Hughes 2013 All Rights Reserved Canon AE1. With a few issues. Unsure whether its film or camera re light leaks. Unknown bulk loaded film, very old, emulsion seems damaged. Developed in HC 110 1:116. Stand devo for 60mins. I have a feeling this is some kind of Ortho film. I has developed grey….and pre development was white. When I washed it pre dev, no dye was evident at all. I have since learned that the sprocket centered marks are from not enough agitation in development..........they had puzzled me for ages. Thank goodness for old pros who know.

The Plane (Chateau Nz 1960)

14 Nov 2013 269
35mm colour negative Agfa 1960, bleech and redevelopment in kodalith, Original negative of Peter Inglis. Processed by Graham Hughes

The River Runs

14 Nov 2013 1 377
35mm colour negative Agfa 1960, bleech and redevelopment in kodalith, Original negative of Peter Inglis. Processed by Graham Hughes

Mitre Peak

13 Nov 2013 5 293
Silver gelatin paper print, bleech and redevelopment in kodalith, Original image from negative of Peter Inglis. Printed by Graham Hughes on Tura expired and peppered paper.

Still Life

13 Nov 2013 1 2 318
© Graham Hughes 2013 All rights Reserved Silver gelatin paper negative, bleech and redevelopment in kodalith, Origin negative taken on home made LF sliding box camera

The Bridge

13 Nov 2013 1 227
© Graham Hughes 2013 All Rights Reserved Silver gelatin paper negative, bleech and redevelopment in kodalith, Origin negative taken on Polaroid 900 Pathfinder, Yashinin Lens

Midnight, Fullmoon, The Bottle & The Dill Seedhead

13 Nov 2013 5 1 367
© Graham Hughes 2013 All rights Reserved Silver gelatin paper negative, bleech and redevelopment in kodalith, Origin negative taken on home made LF sliding box camera

Midnight In The Fridge

13 Nov 2013 3 2 374
© Graham Hughes 2013 All Rights Reserved Silver gelatin paper negative, bleech and redevelopment in kodalith, forget original LF lense. Homemade sliding box cam.

Lilian Gish Remembered

13 Nov 2013 4 324
© Graham Hughes 2013 All Rights Reserved Silver gelatin print, bleech and redevelopment in kodalith, Print from wet plate negative, a very bad one.

Caravaggio Remembered

06 Nov 2013 6 3 376
© Graham Hughes 2013 All Rights Reserved Work based on a 5 x 7 silver gelatin print taken from a paper negative, hand painted with acrylic paint, covered with gel medium and sprayed with Simple Green cleaning solution. Scanned and processed.

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