Camera Obscura | Analog Film + Chemical Processing

A gallery for old school black and white, using film, an old 35mm camera, and most endearing of it is doing the darkroom chemistry myself and using alternative processing - sephia toning, Van Dyke, cyan type, alcohol transfer. There is something to be said about throwback & rediscovering the imperfections and naivety of old snapshot photography. There's a different, pleasing texture and contrast that makes film camera and chemistry technique unique from digital photography. {Camera=Room in Italian; Obscura=Dark in Latin}

Paper: Ilford RC Pearl. Darkroom Exp: f8 | 3sec | No filters

Paper: Ilford RC Pearl. Darkroom Exp: f11 | 4sec | No filters

When does a normal subject turns interesting?

Sephia Toning Alternative Process. Paper: Fiber based. Darkroom: Split Filtration. f11, 10sec, 0 Filter | f11, 6sec, 5 Filter

Sephia Toning Alternative Process. Darkroom Technique: Split Filtration. f8, 12sec, 0 Filter | f8, 16sec, 5 Filter

More analog photography. Darkroom chemistry takes quite some very tedious techniques that I did not master in our short class, even in two separate courses. Think of the Ansel Adams and all other masters who have ever practice the art of chemistry processing. It's not easy to make your images into piece of compelling artistry.