My Large Format

My Results

This first photograph is reasonably successful in the sense that i have actually got an image on the paper when   doing this technique for the time. When actually looking at the image as a piece of art is dose not really hold a value, this was an attempt of a long exposure with subject walking around the framing leaving ghostly figures. This a clearly not been reflected within the frame but this may be due to the paper and how quickly it reacts to light so our subjects moved to fast for it to record any information.





   

This second image is one which again not worked for the main purpose for which I intended in showing ghostly figure within the frame. Despite this you can see signs that this has been attempted. This can be seen in the shadow of the in middle left of the image where it has gone grey instead of the pure white which we had before hand. This is because there must of been something for part of the exposure there to block the light, that being my subjects moving within the frame. As you can see on the whole of the scanned frame there are darker spots than others but this is not down to the exposure but the developer in the dark room being over used. This means certain parts of the image have not been developed as much as others creating this blob cartoon affect. I feel that this adds to the vintage look of the photograph and creates questions within the viewers to what these blobs are caused by and what do they mean.

This image has come out a lot better than my other due to have a well exposed photograph which actually shows on the paper. This photograph is faint which could be due to the developer in the dark room again being over used and then chemicals which do not react with the silver halydes enough to bring out the bottom of the image. When looking closer i see a long leading line from the bush on the right around the image letting the viewer take in all the information i want to show them. This composure has been taking from the work of Edward Weston, i feel that i have taken the technique and molded it to what i want to use it for instead of from was just practicing but i can still use it.   

                                           

This photograph is a little more intriguing in the fact that some of the image has been correctly exposed and other parts have not so this raised questions about how this has happened. After some hard thinking i feel that i have found the answer of what has gone wrong, It is the papers exposure range is not large enough to keep the whole of the image within its capability. What i wanted to achieve with this image was to show a real Ansel Adams technical aesthetic with the image and have a true black and white is a simple photograph. Unfortunalty this could not be accomplished with the kit i had so this has not worked and i have not got the affect i wanted. What i have managed to get from this photograph is a very well exposed sky which shows the clouds in great detail.

Conclusion

In conclusion i feel the i have made some images which are good examples of 5x4 experimentation. If i was to do it again i would use actual negatives as it will give me a much better result then positive paper as i will sure fire information on the ISO instead of educated guesses. One that is worth learning with this technique is your patience and really thinking about your image instead of just shooting away i must think about my composition.