Skaters – on x-ray film

This one is from the summer of 2008.

I was walking in down town Nicosia with my Speed Graphic and some film holders loaded with x-ray film (cut down from 15x30cm sheets) looking for something interesting to shoot.

Enter a group of teenagers with their skateboards in front of the neoclassical Faneromeni school.

It was late afternoon, so light was getting low. Asked if I could take some pictures of them, and quickly setup the camera pre-focusing on the spot where they were doing their jumps.

For some reason I decided to try stand development on these negatives. First and last time I did that with the Jobo 2509n reel and the 2521 tank. This negative has about 4mm on the long edge (top of the picture) significantly overdeveloped.

Didn’t find the processing notes, but at the time I was using mostly Rodinal in dilutions between 1/100 and 1/300. Time must have been between 10 and 20 minutes. The negative is slightly under developed, which makes it a bit thin.

The picture here is a scan (cropped the top out) from a contact print I did a couple days ago on Ilford MG Warmtone RC Pearl.

Seascape on x-ray film.

End of summer, 2015.

The sun was setting as I was setting up for a seascape.
The people on the right were still in the dimming sunlight, while the ones on the left were already in the shade of the hill behind us.

Speed Graphic 4×5, with Optar 135mm.
Agfa x-ray film (CP G+) at 100asa.
Developed in Ilford MG 1+40 at 20C for 4min, Jobo.

Scan from contact print on Ilford MG Warmtone RC Pearl.

Artist’s Studio – x-ray film

Picture from 2009.
Speed Graphic 4×5″
Pinhole 0.25mm
Focal Length 75mm
f/300
Exposure Time 15min.
Agfa CP G+ at 50asa
Developed by inspection in Rodinal 1+200 at 20C for 12min.
Scan from negative, finished in PS.

Petra Tou Romiou – x-ray Film

Afternoon light at Petra tou Romiou, Cyprus.
October 2015.

Speed Graphic 4×5 with Optar 135mm.
Agfa x-ray film (CP G+).
Developed in Ilford MG 1+80 at 22C for 8min on Jobo.

Portrait On X-ray Film 01

Shot just after sunset, illuminated by the soft glow of the western sky.

Speed Graphic 4×5, with Optar 135mm.

Agfa x-ray film (CP G+).

Developed in Ilford MG 1+80 at 22C for 8min on Jobo.

The Old Ship On The Shore – x-ray film

Late afternoon light at Latchi, Cyprus.

October 2015.

Speed Graphic 4×5, with Optar 135mm, at f/8.

Agfa x-ray film (CP G+).

Developed in Ilford MG 1+80 at 22C for 8min on Jobo.

The Olive Tree And the Monolith – x-ray film

Late afternoon light at Latchi, Cyprus. October 2015.

Speed Graphic 4×5, with Optar 135mm, at f/8.

Agfa x-ray film (CP G+).

Developed in Ilford MG 1+80 at 22C for 8min on Jobo.

Drilling For Wine – Part 3

Six Months Later…

First picture is a Polaroid, shot in end of October (well actually it’s Fuji FP-100C film, shot with an old Graflex Speed Graphic and the standard Optar 135mm lens)…

Second picture was shot in end of April, right after we planted the cuttings…

Their growth was amazing…

Ioanna’s New/Old Polaroid 195

A portrait of Ioanna with her newly acquired Polaroid 195 camera, which I shot with a Graflex Speed Graphic on expired Polacolor ID-UV film.

Polaroid Portrait

Yesterday I did a few headshots for Ioanna’s author profile…

After shooting a substantial number of pictures with the 5D-II, I put the old Arca Swiss on the tripod and did a couple of shots with the Sironar MC 5,6/210 on some VERY expired polaroid stock…

It’s so weird that even though the quality of the new materials is so much better on a technical level, the color faded polaroid was the picture we both liked best…

Something to do with its tangible qualities I suppose…

Polaroid portrait of author Ioanna Mavrou