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26 February 2007
-- "It could have been worse!"
Some encouraging words on a Stockholm wall.
Can't see how it could though... *lol*
25 February 2007
gum bichromate
© Jeanne Wells
a bowl of pears from a year ago -- I might get back to it one of these days. This is a wonderful process, and lets me work with more realistic images more comfortably. Much harder than liquid emulsion, but worth the work.
Fairytale wedding
Grandma and grandpa wedding photo, I've looked at it many times.
Some people have that gift of touching things and it looks so
so *faboulous*, with an air of 'special' about it.
This photo is like that to me.
It looks so fairytale.
-- I bet they were nervous?
-C
Something about going home for the weekend
Dad's got a new bird feeder
Me and great grandma
Simon playing with the lens cap
23 February 2007
22 February 2007
Tri-X - anything else needed...?
Dateline 1940: “The fastest film in the world is the new Tri-X, with
twice the speed of Super-XX.” If you want the numbers, the British
Journal of Photography Almanac for 1940 (actually written in 1939)
reckoned it was 7000 H&D.
Tri-X processed in ID11 plusSometimes I am contemplating if any other film than Tri-X is needed?
The classic which was introduced as early as 1939-40 as sheet film,
and 1954 as roll film 135 and 120 formats. The most recent version
packs a few years and it is my impression that the grain has become
even more appealing, and that tonality has improved. Tri-X is fantastic.
It stretches the tonal curve in shadows like no other film.
Tri-X precessed in X-tolTri-X and D-76 is a well proven combination of film/developer, but now I have
begun using X-tol which works equally well, and in addition is less hazardous
to the environment. If however you want the smallest grain and maximum
resolution, it can be a good idea to make your own D76, and in this case
replace the metolen with fenidon, with the strength of 0,3 g/liter.
This will give you Ilfords late ID11 plus, which has been discontinued.
D76 and ID11 are known to be basically the same developers, only Ilford
made a special version named ID11 plus. More expensive, but by what I can
see from my Tri-X negatives from this time, it renders a clearly finer grain
and a delightful tone/resloution of detail. With this developer the following
question is brought to life:
Is there any need for more than Tri-X?
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Pictures and text by Nils Bergqvist who kindly translated his article to English.
See the original text (in Swedish) here. -urbano
invited guest: Peter de Ru (part two)
Rotterdam Maas River
Tank cleaning. Pause. Peter de Ru´s pictures from the port of Rotterdam, are captured on three
different occasions 1979, 1994 and 2006. I am impressed by how Peter finds
the people, the workers, the bargirls in a place with such huge dimensions, with
so much tonnage being loaded and unloaded.
Right now Peter de Ru is working on a documentation of the beautiful Villa San
Michele in Capri, Italy. He is also working on a new book that we hope to hear
more about at the F Blog later on.
Peter has a long experience of exhibiting his work. Let me just mention his
participation at the Spring Salon which is a featured event at
Liljevalchs Konstmuseum in Stockholm. The same year (2000) Peter de Ru
also exhibited his work at Galleri Maneten in Gothenburg.
peter.gerrit.jouke.de.ru@gmail
Tattoo Cannon
Sailors on Greek
Animal food in Botlek
Pigeon in Botlek
Tank cleaning
Rotterdam Docks
21 February 2007
Gruppo F inbox: Werner Heyckendorff
Bus 306...little to say...lesser to carry.....none in sight
....do you hear it too?
Werner Heyckendorff was our invited guest 21 January 2007
hello, hello, i'm at a place called vertigo...
lights go down. it's dark. the jungle is your head can't rule your heart. i'm feeling so much stronger than i thought.
your eyes are wide and though your soul it can't be bought.
your mind can wander. hello, hello, i'm at a place called vertigo...
vertigo - u2 /@warsaw.pl.2003/
vertigo - u2 /@warsaw.pl.2003/
Invited guest: Peter de Ru
Boatsman in WaalhavenPeter de Ru benutzt die Kamera als ein Instrument, um die Vorposten
der Welt zu erkunden. Es ist eine der Eigenheiten der magischen Linse
und der Emulsion, solche Spuren sammeln und sichern zu können.
- Peter Cornell
I first met Peter about four or five years ago. There was not much time
to talk about photography, but I remember him showing me the book
with pictures from Rotterdam. I was struck by the great quality of
Peter´s work and his pictures stayed with me a long time. So, by pure
accident, we happened to meet in Stockholm the other day. I told
Peter about The F Blog and he agreed to participate with a series
of pictures.
I am glad to be able to show some of his work here.
Peter was a student at the almost legendary Christer Strömholm´s
Photo School (Fotoskolan) from 1971-73.
At the exhibition "Christer Strömholm - Lebenswerk und Fotoschule"
in Berlin 2003 Peter de Ru was one the former students at Fotoskolan
who exhibited their work along with Strömholms pictures. The others
were Anders Petersen, Gunnar Smoliansky, Dawid, Kenneth Gustavsson
and Ulla Lemberg.
The exhibition was a great success and the newpaper Tagesspiegel called
it the most important in Berlin during the spring of 2003.
Back to the pictures from Rotterdam. And back to a text by Peter Cornell
translated to German.
Ein Foto aus dem Rotterdamer Hafen zeigt eine Kompaßnadel, die das
Aussehen einer abgenutzten Rotunde oder militärischen Abschußrampe
hat. Ehe die Erzschiffe auf den Atlantik hinaus entschwinden, korrigieren
sie ihre Kompasse, indem sie diesen einsamen Vorposten umkreisen, der
gleichermaßen Hilfe wie Mangel bedeutet.
In the second part of this presentation of Peter de Ru´s work, I will tell
you more about him and his current projects.
peter.gerrit.jouke.de.ru@gmail
invited by ulf fagelhammar
Compass Dukdalf in Waalhaven
Ape in bar
Bargirl Café Maashaven
Late Afternoon
The Black Swan
Car
whats that fuzz about gloomy days?
I need the winter to get a perspective, I bloody hate it, but I need it.
Somehow I feel that it is essential.
One of those things that are incorporated, an integrated part of me.
Like that feeling of getting snow inside the collar in december.
Like that feeling of getting beat up by the schools worst maniac in snowy january.
From here it can only get better.
So whats the fuzz, this is not the end, it is the beginning.
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