digital film and DARK ROOM...

Today we were in the DARK ROOM to make our film pictures. We started off making the film reels fixed to stop them getting over exposed in the sun light. this is because before the film is fixed then the reel is very sensitive to light so even a fraction of a second of sunlight will ruin the picture. To stop this the procedure is done in a light proof bag. After this is done we have to leave the film to dry for a while.

Once the film dried we made the pics larger and printed them onto photographic paper. However first we did have to make a test exposing different parts of the picture with different amounts of light. This let us know how much exposure the paper needs to get a good picture.

We also took some digital photography that had to include a certain object in every shot. I had to include a car headlight. My photos worked well and I also used a mini tripod to get a really good shot from a weird perspective. Our shots had to include leading lines, rule of thirds and balance to name but 3. Afterwards we edited the pics in photoshop to improve contrast and also crop the pictures we took.