I have started my 2023 series of “Photographic Journals”, photo walks, rides and drives, sharing any points of interest i see on the journey before fully capturing the destination.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Journal number one is titled “The Walk To Church”.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Note: As of 28\/12\/2022 it is not finished yet but will be end Jan 2023.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n This is a great starting journal for me as it is one I can repeat as often as I need, to fix any tech or photographic issues I may have, and have had detail next, as its a 2 mile or so walk from my house to our church on the hill.<\/p>\n\n\n\n I have photographed this often as it is so picturesque so an obvious first destination subject for me.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Project Progress Timeline<\/em><\/strong> Found a light leak In one of my SQ backs (NOW FIXED 24\/01\/23)<\/strong><\/em> so getting them both checked over. Going back one more time with rolls of Kentmere 100 & 400 120 & my Bronica ETRSi 645 to do some final test shots. <\/p>\n\n\n\n 24\/01\/23<\/strong>: Used a roll of Tri-X 400 to test my light meter skills as I was not happy with the overall tones of my negatives. Note, I am aiming to make my negatives “correct in camera” to make printing via my enlarger easier and to give a wide range of tones in the images. A bit like a RAW file in digital. I am pleased to say that my test, indoors because it was freezing cold out, was a success and once I confirm my findings at the church using the rolls of Kentmere 120 film, I will make a full post on my “new to me<\/em><\/strong>” light metering technique. Project is still ongoing and once finished the results will be posted here.<\/p>\n\n\n\n I wish you a very happy new years and pray that 2023 brings you all that you desire.<\/p>\n\n\n\n DC x<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" A well used phrase of which if you will allow me a small indulgence of adding one word to make the rest of this post make some kind of sense. It’s not about the destination, it’s also about the journey I have started my 2023 series of “Photographic Journals”, photo […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":303,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_vp_format_video_url":"","_vp_image_focal_point":[],"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[151],"tags":[154,152,23,153],"class_list":["post-865","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-journals","tag-church","tag-journals","tag-photography","tag-walk"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/davesphoto.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/landing.png","jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/davesphoto.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/865","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/davesphoto.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/davesphoto.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/davesphoto.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/davesphoto.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=865"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/davesphoto.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/865\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":925,"href":"https:\/\/davesphoto.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/865\/revisions\/925"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/davesphoto.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/303"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/davesphoto.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=865"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/davesphoto.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=865"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/davesphoto.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=865"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
I have created this timeline to share with you the key points that are, as I am still creating this project as of Jan 2023, key moments in making this project happen. I hope in sharing my successes and failures it might be helpful to someone who is on their own photographic project creation adventure.
22\/12\/22<\/strong> : Shot 8 rolls of Tri-X 400
24\/12\/22<\/strong> : Developed the rolls but had fixing and washing failure leaving very purple negatives
04\/01\/23<\/strong>: Purple negative issue fixed by developing 4 more rolls of Tri-X 400 using correct 1:4 strength of Ilford Rapid Fixer.
14\/01\/23<\/strong>: Tested the good negatives by enlarging and printing them using E-72 paper developer which I am happy to say worked very well and will be going forward with this for my projects.
19\/01\/23<\/strong>: The prints session above showed weaknesses in my negatives that I want to fix in camera so went back the the church with some new to me spot metering knowledge and shot 6 rolls, 1 in Ektar 100 colour film.
21\/01\/23<\/strong>: Developed the rolls using Barry Thornton’s 2 Bath and for me the Kentmere 400 and 100 rolls came out with the feel I am looking for.<\/p>\n\n\n\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/davesphoto.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Kentmere-400-shot-2-1024x1024.png\")
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31\/01\/23:<\/strong> Went to the Church with a roll each of Kentmere 100 & 400 in 120. Used my Bronica SQa, Sekonic L-558 Light meter & along with my new found light meter skills put into practice hyper focal distance focusing. Detailed post with samples is here<\/strong><\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n