Tuesday, July 22, 2008

Film processing stories: Dog park pics

I have found that due to a combination of forces (weddings!) I am not at the park as often lately...and when I am, I seem to drag my feet about making time to develop the negatives. This has me mildly alarmed, but ya know? I can't do everything, and this is my one personal project. Everything else is for other people, and it keeps me hopping. Yesterday I needed to go to WSC to pull images for a publication. While waiting for the final image choices to come in, I figured I had an hour or so, so I processed 5 rolls of film. As I discovered when I stepped into the film processing room, there was lots of prep work to do first. The summer session class in June was managed just by the professor- no lab tech this time. The place was a mess when I went in yesterday. The chemistry was old (developer), bad (fixer), empty (permawash) and moldy (photo flo). There were beakers, reels, thermometers, and developing tanks all over the place. The trays to catch drips were a disaster. The counters had so much chemistry on them I had to scrub for a LONG time to get it off. The sink was slimy. Aaaargh! At any rate, here are some dog park photos.

2 comments:

twoodard said...

I LOVE the top 2 photos.

Love the perspective of looking up at the dog's butt. what the world looks like to a dog.

Billie Mercer said...

I agree. The first two are definite keepers.