Making the RWB Print

I’m writing this blog post a few days after I made the print "Red, White & Blues".  From the last blog post, you know that I biked back downtown to the truck Saturday afternoon.  I was exhausted, so I waited until the next morning to process the film.

I do all my black and white personal work processing at home.  It's actually easier than I thought at first.  I just use the beginner home film developing kit from B&H Photo with all the equipment you really need to develop 2 rolls of 35mm or 1 roll of 120 at a time, which is plenty for me right now.  Do a quick YouTube search and you'll find plenty of videos on it if you're interested. 

Pulled the film out of the tank and knew I had some bangers in there.  One of them being "Red, White & Blues".  A few shots were ruined/had an abstract artistic touch to them from the rain (see last blog for more).    

This actually ended being a pretty simple print to make.  Using my Beseler 23CII, after a few test strips, I ended up using f/8 on the lens with a #3 contrast filter for 10 seconds as a base exposure.  After that I burned in the bottom third where the people are for about 2-3 seconds.  That's really it for this one.  I think it turned out nice and punchy but still with detail in the shadows. 

If you're interested in this limited-edition print, click here to go to the print page.

Leave a comment with any question and I'll respond when I can!

-Tyler