A Renewed Focus on Film Images A season of travel and hiking, along with some new equipment, brings a new emphasis on my old passion: Film. Facebook Twitter LinkedInMore I have been trying to put together a film kit for...
Part of my recent adventures in the darkroom has been to try to settle on a film / developer combination to stick with so that I can make my film work more consistent. The first steps in this has been...
An Elwood 8×10 enlarger arrives to stir things up a bit.
The new darkroom is small, so I’m setting it up to work small, even when developing large format. I bought myself new daylight developing tanks with reels that work with both 5×7 and 8×10, plus a smaller tank for 4×5....
©2020 Gary L. QuayI took this picture in October of 2020 in the shadow of Rowena Crest along the Historic Columbia River Highway. I’ve said it before, but Oregon’s dry side has become my favorite place in the world.This would...
My true passion in photography is film. I have struggled with it over the years, especially with the large format stuff. It is decidedly not easy, but therein lies the challenge that drives me onward: the desire to get it...
Color Film Images Color film was at one time the holy grail of photography: mythical and elusive. Early attempts yielded sludgy colors, and took hours to print a single picture. Then, Kodak introduced Kodachrome. Color became easy. Steady improvements in...
A couple of months ago, I created a makeshift darkroom out of a spare bathroom, and part of the spare bedroom. I did this with blackout curtains, thumb tacks, and gaffers’ tape. Soon after, I loaded some film, and made...
It’s been 5 years since I packed up my last darkroom. My life as a photographer revolved around having a darkroom well into the digital age. I remember the moment that I started tearing apart the sink that I had...