Night photography is known for its mystery and atmosphere between man and darkness, and this is exactly what I want to explore, using both film and digital cameras to compare and observe techniques of famous night and street photographers.
Artists: Brassaï, Trent Parke
Software: Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Lightroom, Procreate
BLACK AND WHITE NIGHT PHOTOGRAPHY
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I developed all the photos manually and it took about 5-6 minutes for each photo (not including washing). The first thing I noticed was that small scratches appeared very often due to possible carelessness while moving them into each tray of chemicals and also due to the nature of the film which itself had graininess and texture in the photographs. Also, for each photo, a sample or a test-strip had to be made in order to understand how many seconds it would take for accurate development (for it not be overexposed or underexposed).
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DIAGRAM OF HOW MANY SECONDS THE LIGHT WAS EXPOSED
55 CM (DISTANCE BETWEEN LIGHT AND PAPER)
5.6 APETURE
DEVELOPMENTS:
5.6
5.5
5.2
5
4.5
4.2
4
3.9
3.5
3
After I developed the selected photos I realized that on average it took 4.5 - 4 seconds to develop and the darker the photo the fewer seconds it needed in order to be exposed correctly.
After I developed the selected photos I realized that on average it took 4.5 - 4 seconds to develop and the darker the photo the fewer seconds it needed in order to be exposed correctly.
BLACK AND WHITE DIGITAL
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In our time, digital photography has replaced film, which has given us more opportunities and even replaced film itself using digital negative techniques, which I want to compare with film.
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To compare film with digital photos, I decided to make digital negatives and develop them in different techniques. One of them is a regular 6x4 digital negative, printed on an acetate printer and developed in a darkroom at a distance of 55 cm with f/s 5.6. For the second technique, I printed the photos as film thumbnails on acetate and developed them in a darkroom at a distance of 45 cm and f/s 8-11.