Processing Black and White photos

1.) Materials

• Film
• Photo Paper
• Chemicals

2.) Chemicals needed

• Developer
• Fixer
• Stop Bath
• Hypo Clear

3.) Summary
When you get into the darkroom you need to remove the film from the cassette. Load the film onto a metal or plastic film reel. Either one is fine. You need to place the loaded reel in the film tank and cover it. You may turn on the light after. The film is now in a light tight container. Now you begin processing. First, set up your chemicals which include a film developer, a stop bath, a fixer with hardener, and a hypo eliminator bath. You need to make sure that the temperature of the chemicals is carefully controlled. The chemicals are affected by the speed of the film and the temperature of the developer. Next you have to pour developer into the open part of the sealed film tank and cover it. Leave it there for how ever long you are required to. When your done, take the lid off the sealed film tank and pour it out. Now pour running water into the film tank for one minute to stop development. It's time to use a fixer with hardener to fix the image to where it can be viewed in normal light. It will take somewhere around 5 to 10 minutes. After fixing, you remove the tank cover completely and let the film settle in cold running water for 5 minutes. Now you need to remove all traces of the fixer to avoid the appearance of white spots on your negatives. Then pour in a tankful of Hypo eliminator and agitate for 2 minutes. Finally you wash it for another 5 minutes. Now pull the film out of the tank and hang the film  up to dry in a dust-free area. The film should be done drying after a couple hours.

 Definitions
1. Contact sheet- a photographic image produced from film.
2. Agitation- keeping a chemical moving.
3. Enlarger- a specialized transparency projector used to produce photographic prints for film.
4. Developer- a solution used for developing a film or photographic paper.
5. Stop Bath- an acid rinse for stopping the action of a developer before fixing a negative or print.
6. Fixer- removes the undeveloped silver iodide from the emulsion.

What the pros are doing - Repetition

Happy Halloween
A pattern of lights forms a giant 275-foot jack-o-lantern on the side of WaMu Center in downtown Seattle.

1) The lights and buildings give the photo a pattern. The pumpkin in the very middle completes the picture and it's the main focus. It's captures the viewer's eye.

 

Doe-Eyed
Lisa Simpson appears on television screens on a new Singapore Airlines Airbus A380 after its inaugural passenger flight from Singapore to Sydney, Australia.


2)The seats on the airplane make the whole picture symmetrical. It has a nice pattern going on with the square Televisions. What draws my attention when I look at this picture would be the cartoon on the Televisions and how there are so many of them.

Slice of Heaven
Judges rate Alpine cheese in Oberstdorf, Germany. Jury members at the 5th Alpine Cheese Olympics rated over 700 kinds of Alpine cheese from all over the world

3)There is all different shapes and sizes of delicious cheese lined up. That's the pattern I see. What catches my eye first is the big wheels of cheese in the two front rows.

American Soldier

2)

A. The most powerful picture to me would be the photo of Ian and his friends on Ian's bed. It's a really powerful picture because it's emotional how they are all crying together.

B. The most power sequence of photos is "Signing up" because is shows Ian growing up into a man, going off to the army and saying his goodbyes.

C. The images are all in order and they show you what an American soldier went through.

3)


A.  Present tense

B. They enhance the photographs by helping the viewer understand the situation more.

4)

Chapter 1: Signing Up, picture 2
Jeromy sits with his two best friends Lisa(left) and Mike(right) while they have their first high school assembly of the year about the school's dress code.

Chapter 4: First Assignment, picture 4
Alex gets his first tattoo in the local tattoo parlor with all his friends watching.

Chapter 8: Coming Home, picture 26
Greg walks to his car in the airport parking lot with his mother Abigale and his girlfriend Jessica. 


5)

A. The other features on the website help the viewers understand more about Ian's life and what he had to go through.

B. Videos are so much better than photographs because you can get more information then just looking at a picture with a little caption. It doesn't really say a lot. When I was looking at the pictures in Chapter 9 I didn't really understand why Ian was holding a bottle of pills but when I watched the video for Chapter 9 I realized they were for his broken ankle.

C. Photographs are better than videos because you can capture Ian's emotions. The videos are just Ian talking about what he went through. In Chapter 5 there is a picture of Ian and his friends hugging and crying, but in the Chapter 5 video Ian doesn't talk about his emotions.

Iraq slide show

It looks like this photograph is portraying the rule of thirds because the man is on the far right. The photograph is showing the man's steps and where he came from. It's an excellent photo because it shows all of the destruction that's been done in Iraq. The picture also has a lot of details. Especially on the wall and ground. I picked this picture mainly because the man in the photo is carrying a gun to be secure. I  also picked it because you can see so much destruction. There is this random patch of blood where the man is walking and it's mysterious to me. 

When I look at this photograph, I think of Balance. You can tell the photography wanted symmetry while taking this. It's a cool photo mainly because of the chandelier. It really brightens the photo and it helps the viewer focus on the main subject. I picked this photo because it was a very good example for symmetry and because I like the chandelier.

Funny Captions

Carl and his girlfriend Sindy were cruising down the street. Suddenly they saw a hairy man on the side of the street. They man waved and they pulled up to see what he wanted. "Excuse me sir, but how do I get to the nearest corner store?" the man asked.

Little Kenny woke up in the middle of the night and was craving a peanut butter and jelly sandwich. There was one problem though, the jelly was on the top shelf  *DUN DUN DUN* so he climbed his way up.

Camera man Tim Smith was trying to capture the bull running through town, but as soon as he took the picture the bull lost his balance and went straight for his camera lens. Hopefully Tim survived. :)

Marlboro Marine

In Marlboro Marine, Luis Sinco used more than just photos in the slide show. It has lots of audio including wind chimes in the very beginning and in the end of the video. James Blake Miller is talking for most of the video about his experience. The background music is James playing his guitar. The slide show has captions for those who are watching the slide show. The editing is really cool because when you watch the slide show some of the pictures are being pulled up so fast it looks like a video.

A. The  most powerful picture in the slide show would have to be the picture of James smoking a cigarette. Just by looking at the photo you can see how depressed James is. He has his head down and his eyes closed.

B. The sequence of photos with the building exploding is the most powerful to me. While looking at the pictures you can see the damage that was being done at the time.

C. The audio gives you more of a sad feeling while watching the slide show and helps you understand James' depression.

D. The images work together to make a story because while James is narrating, the pictures go along with what he is talking about.

Contest Preview Part 2

This photo is so crazy! It's a 9 month old baby girl floating by herself. The baby's facial expression is hilarious. She just looks like she's enjoying floating on her back. It's crazy how a little 9 month old baby can swim and when I was seven years old I was terrified of even stepping into the water. That just shows how intelligent babies can be.

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I liked watching this video because UT games are so excited. Basketball is such a fun sport. It was funny when people were rushing to get in their seats before the game started. 

Contest Preview

ATPI Fall Contest

I think the vibrant colors are what make this photo so powerful. Especially the butterfly. The light is focused on the butterfly. It gives you a creepy and mysterious feeling when you look at the photo because of the dark contrast. It has a lot of dark areas but the butterfly is bright. The picture is composed of simplicity.

Academics Preview

The Story

What pops into my head is that this is a band performing for a small crowd. It's their first gig and their owning it. The locals are going wild and the band's music is phenomenal. The band members are feeling so relieved and happy that the crowd is loving them. They are so excited that the don't even remember playing because it all went by so fast. After their performance a man offers the them a gig at his coffee shop.

Action and Emotion

This picture has a lot of emotion. The cute little girl has a happy facial expression. The man is holding her in a very caring and lovable way. Just by looking at the photo it gives you a warm fuzzy feeling. The action would be him about to pick her up.

Filling The Frame

The frame is filled with lots of vibrant colors. You can see all the beautiful artwork the young man has created. You can see his reflection in a mirror as hes using oil pastels. 

Great Black and White Photographers part 3

Emmet Gowin

Willaim Klein

1) When I first looked at Emmet Gowin's photo I noticed the little girl  laying in the grass. Then when I looked at William Klein's photo I first noticed the boy holding the gun and his facial expression. I chose these photos because they are so interesting. They're very different and unique from other pictures out there.

2) When I look at Gowin's photo I see the little girl laying down. I see grass all over. I see dolls surrounding the little girl. I hear the wind blowing in my ears. I hear grasshoppers chiroing. I hear the little girl yawing and enjoying her day. I taste dry air. I feel the warm sun beaming down on me. I feel the wind blowing in my face. I feel happy and peaceful.

When I look at Klein's photo I see two little boys. I see a gun pointed at me. I recognize the facial expression on the boy's face. I smell sweaty boys. I hear the two boys communicating with each other. They're fighting and they're very loud. I taste cigarettes from the people walking on the sidewalk. I taste dry air and sweat. I feel annoyed.