The Photog Formula

I guess it pays off to write a wish-list for Christmas.  This is the first year in a long time that I wrote a list.  It’s actually an “all-year” list, and not just for Christmas.

And of course, everything on it was photography related!

A few of the things that were on the list, and that I was fortunate enough to get, were OHP Transparency Paper, The Darkroom Cookbook, Third Editionby Steve Anchell, Experimental Photography Workbook, 5th Edition by Christina Z. Anderson, an 8X Loupe, and a Diana F+camera.

The books are awesome.  If you haven’t read them, I would highly recommend you check them out.

Now, the Diana.

As you may know, I’ve been doing a lot of experimental photography in the darkroom.  I’ve made a pinhole camera out of a coffee can, done solargraphy, developed both film and prints using coffee, and even made some digital negatives.

With the addition of the Diana, I can now enjoy lomography!  And because I just couldn’t wait any longer, I put some Ilford Delta 100 film in her and started taking pictures.  The Diana F+ includes a flash, colored gels, 2 masks (for 16 shots and panoramic shots), and a pinhole setting.  Everything I need in one plastic camera!

Once I was done with the roll of film, I decided to develop it once again using coffee.  (If you haven’t done this before, check out my post on how to do it – Caffenol – Developing Film with Coffee).

The negative came out a little light without much contrast.  But I scanned them anyway and tweaked them a little in Photoshop.

And so here they are, in no particular order:

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