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A “tragedy”

Once upon a time, there was a wee “Wanna”. Just your regular, bog-standard Wanna. Nothin’ too flash, just a plain ol’ Wanna. It fancied everythin’. This, that, the other, and Jaysus, it couldn’t go on without the whole lot. Wanna knew that if it didn’t holler, no one would know what it fancied. So it started yappin’: “I’m mad keen, so I am!” But not in front of everyone, mind. Just sendin’ whispers over the airwaves. Whoever tuned in could hear it.

By some feckin’ chance, a “Notions” picked up on it. (That was Wanna’s own fault, really. It was mad for Notions.) Beautiful, untouchable Notions. Nah, I’m not havin’ it, Notions said. I don’t fancy it. Not from you, not from anyone.

Now, this was a right kick in the arse for Wanna. “Why d’you not fancy it?” Wanna typed over the air.
“Eh? What’s it to you?” Notions shot back.
“Just tell me!” Wanna pleaded.

But Notions was havin’ none of it. No matter how much Wanna yapped on, Notions stood firm. “Listen here, ya eejit,” Notions said. “It’s nothin’ to do with you, but I don’t fancy it. Get it?”

Poor Wanna was desperate. It stretched itself three feckin’ meters tall, all puffed up. A proper sight to behold. Notions nearly dropped dead from the fright. “Get away from me, you big mad yoke! I don’t want you anywhere near me!”

Wanna was gutted. Properly deflated. Like an old airbed with a hole in it, lettin’ all the air out, slow and steady. It got smaller and smaller until it was just a wee scrap of itself. Barely there at all.

“Notions, please…” Wanna muttered.
“Please what?” Notions snapped.
“Please fancy me.”
“Not a chance,” Notions said. “And stop yer beggin’, ya sap.”

“I’m wearin’ me best trousers,” Wanna whimpered.
“Still don’t fancy it,” Notions smirked.
“Chancers like you don’t get the time o’ day,” Notions added.

“Chancers like you,” came a voice from above. “Will be stuck together. Forever.”
The big fella in the sky wasn’t takin’ no for an answer. And so Wanna and Notions were stuck, together but apart, arguin’ into eternity.

Listen close, and you can still hear ’em.
“Wannaaaa…”
“Not havin’ it!”

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I’m constantly on the go…..

I haven’t really stopped at all over the past two years, except for a short vacation in Catalonia this year. Even though I always carry an arsenal of cameras and different types of film, I rarely get the chance to take them out of the car to capture a shot. Still, I have a few shots that I’d love to share with you.

  • Nikon, Bronica, Contax,…
  • expired: Kodak, Ilford, Fomapan, Adox,…
  • I still only use developers that I mix myself at home
  • The featured photo is the only one taken with my old D800, which I still haven’t given up on
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just a perfect day…
Misha

And a bit of music to wrap things up. Unlike me, my son doesn’t let the muses sleep…

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games of the light…

I haven’t posted in a very long time. Sometimes it happens that nothing seems to be happening around, or the second case when there is too much going on and then there is no free time left for fun. That’s why I’m only adding a few shots while playing with the light and the developing in the studio

  • Nikon F4 + MF Samyang 2/135mm
  • Fomapan F100 +1 EV
  • pseudosolarization process with Rodinal & red light
  • Fomabrom C112 + Bürki@Jenny WT

  • Nikon F4 + MF Samyang 2/135mm
  • Fomapan F100 +1 EV
  • pseudosolarization process with Rodinal & red light
  • Fomabrom C112 + Bürki@Jenny CT
  • Bronica S2 + Nikon P 2,8/75mm + YF
  • TK100 (technical negative)
  • Rodinal 1:25
  • Fomabrom C112 + Bürki@Jenny CT

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lith & Lilith…

I spent several long nights experimenting with my own positive developer, with which I could make photographs with and without grain, black and white and monochrome, and most importantly to make it suitable for lith print… just the holy grail. In combination with the paper used, I managed to achieve quite interesting results. I used one pack of Fomabrom N 112 for testing. At the moment when it became clear that this developer, composed of three solutions, can do a lot of effects depending on the given ratios, I used Fomatone MG clasic 132 paper. Because the lith print result seems really great to me, I named this developer Lilith The basis of this developer is the excellent negative developer 510Pyro in a dilution of 1:200. By mixing the other two solutions in different proportions, we get an almost infinite number of combinations of the results in the photo 🙃🎞📷🖼

First exploration of this developer’s abilities on Fomabrom N112 papers

  • Nikon F4 + Nikkor f1,4/50mm
  • Kodak 2237 ISO 1@12 (push 3EV) + 510Pyro
  • Fomatone MG132 classic + Lilith(own formula of developer)
classic print
lith print

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back to the childhood

Every summer I travel to places where I spent my childhood. And sometimes I’m allowed to take pictures of my current childhood. I would ask the father of the little boy in the water to write to me so that I can send him a photo in better resolution…. 🙃🎞📷

  • Zenza Bronica S2 + Nikon F4
  • Nikkor P 75mm+ YF + Sigma 17-35mm
  • Foma Ortho 400 + Kodak 5231
  • D76

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theme: grain & wind…red weed…hand

Those who have known me for a long time know that I always take pictures with several cameras. Why? Nobody puts my cameras in the corner …🙃📷🎞

  • Bronica S2 + Nikon F4
  • Nikkor P 2,,8/75mm+Sigma Apo 2,8/17-35mm
  • Fomapan F100@200 + Kodak 5231 exp 2009
  • Agfa Rodinal 1:25 + FX 37 1:3 + Diafine
  • Fomabrom Variant 112 split grade + Burki@Jenny CT (intro with sepia toner)
Fomapan 100 Agfa Rodinal
Fomapan 100 Agfa Rodinal
Fomapan 100@200 Diafine
Kodak Eastman 5231 + FX 37

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roll no.: 35206023

Today, while waiting in the parking lot, I asked two drivers if I could take pictures of their vehicles. Neither of them refused. And that doesn’t happen to me often 📷🎞🙃

  • Nikon F4 + Sigma APO f 2,8/17-35mm
  • Foapan 100 pushed 1EV + Agfa Rodinal 1:25
  • Fomabrom Variant 112 (split grade)+ Burki&Jenny CT

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the end of generation…

  • Fomapan 100
  • Fujica ST901 + Canon EOS500 + Nikon F50
  • Takumar 55mm + Canon STM 50mm + Nikkor 50mm
  • D76 dev + Agfa Rodinal + MP271
  • Push 100@200 + 100@200 + 100@800(intro)
Agfa Rodinal push 100@200
Agfa Rodinal push 100@200
D76 push 100@200

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the wait…

Every photographer sometimes waits for the good light that will make the shot more interesting. Sun was still hiding behind the clouds and I waited and waited…

  • Nikon F50 + Nikon D800 + Sigma 1.8/20mm asph
  • Fomapan F100 Push 1EV + D76 dev(homemade)
analog
DSLR

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Fomapan 100 push to 800…

I did another test with my two-bath MP271 developer, which advanced the Fomapan 100 film by 3 EV. The result looks pretty decent. Don’t expect any artwork though, but the result surprised me.🙃📷

  • Nikon F50
  • MF Samyang f2/135mm + Sigma f1,8/20mm aspherical
  • Fomapan 100 + two bath developer MP271
  • scanned negative

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