Rosh Hashanah

Ardele Lister decided to cancel seminar in video today in the name of Rosh Hashanah. I decided to make the most of the no-class holiday by spending all day in the darkroom, first B&W then color. The first assignment for my photography class with Annie Hogan is to experiment with something, anything, be it a technique or subject or process. Since I haven't been in the darkroom for two years I thought this project was a good opportunity to experiment with printing- no deep meaning attached, just plain old printing. I used negatives of various images taken within the past year, both from my nikon slr and disposable cameras. After the initial scrambling around I found that I got right back into the swing of things. The truth is I love being in the darkroom, focusing the enlarger, testing the aperature, witnessing an image appear on paper in the developing bath, adjusting little by little. The entire process of creating an image on paper manually is completely taken for granted with digital work. I'm definitely going to continue working only with film for now. I always think about the process as opposed to the end result, and right now it's the process that is holding my interest.