New images

The negatives i scanned to get these images were quite thin however i am pleased with the results as it gave some of the images a very graphic high contrast look to them.

Update

Planning on a trip to wales this weekend to see if i can shoot some final star trail images.

Update: images from last shoot

Update

Well, spent all day in the darkroom doing my second silver emulsion on canvas print and frankly its worse than the first one i tried, i dont think the canvas was porous enough so the emulsion lifted and ran everywhere, i might just use photo paper. 

First emulsion on canvas print

Here is my first attempt at making a silver emulsion on canvas print, although i think it looks interesting its not quite what i was aiming for, i dont like how low the contrast is or how many bubbles have appeared, on the day i made it i was rushing, the darkroom was quite busy as well as the negative i was using was very thin. Next time I will:

1. Choose a day when i will have the darkroom to myself.
2. Plan ahead better.
3. Leave the emulsion in the preliminary hot bath for longer to make it more liquified. 
4. Take more care when coating the canvas with an emphasis on consistency.
5. Apply at least 2 coats.
6.  Use a fan to cut drying times.
7. Use more even negatives to print from.
8. Use a blank canvas to focus on.
9. Make sure test strips are coated identically to the canvas.
10. Go slower.

Stereoscopic images from last shoot

One technique i love to use is stereoscopic photography, this involves using a multi lens camera which takes multiple images of the same subject from slightly different perspectives, then once the film has been scanned i process the images in photoshop to create a 3D GIF image.

Update

I spent today working in the darkroom on my first photographic emulsion on canvas print, i have left it in collage overnight to dry, picture soon! 

Artist Research: Taiyo Ohorato and Nico Krebs- Light of other days

I recently came across these artists and there project- light of other days, in the spring/ summer edition of photoworks journal. The images are made on 20 x 24 sheets of black and white positive paper, which is exposed directly inside the camera for at least one minute. The easiest way to describe the subject of the images is as it says in the article that they are of "curious acts and objects" The images evoke a feeling of metaphysical realities and are compared with spirit photography as well as featuring "movement and light with no earth-bound logic" I really admire the visual qualities of the images as well as there mysteriousness and ambiguity, the article also describes some of the photographs as having a "sensory undercurrent of surrealism" this is something which i have felt present in some of my previous work but until now have had trouble expressing, it is also a style i would like to continue with and employ in this project. Below I have included a photocopy of the article in which i have hilighted points of interest.

Artists website: http://www.tonk.ch/