Film Prints

During my development process, I took some photographs using the film camera. I proceeded to develop these in the dark room. This was to experiment using the process of film and to compare the outcomes with the ones I have digitally taken.

Once I had taken the photographs on the film camera, I firstly developed the film in the dark room.
1) Firstly, I wound the film back and opened the camera to remove the film.
2) I then turned all the lights off to remove the film from the case. Whilst still in the dark, I had to remove the film and place it onto a spool. Once on the spool, I placed it into a case and locked it in tight so that light could not enter.
3) I turned on the lights to prepare the developer, fix and stop baths.
4) After the stop bath, I rinsed the film with water and fairy liquid for 10 minutes to then be hung up to dry.

After the film had dried, I made a contact sheet and developed a few from the selection using the light sensitive paper. As these were testers, I printed these quite small to experiment with.

Using the printing process, I created various different prints due to the exposure. Clearly, some of them came out darker than others, however, I believe that they are quite successful. The effect that using the film camera has given to my photographs is that of a vintage effect. The black and white reflects photographs taken from a previous era. This suggests that my baking antics can reflect the vintage side to baking (as shows previously in my moodboards). It portrays how long woman have been known for baking and how long the stereotype has been around.