I went back into the dark room for the first time since the last project which was Landscapes where we used a 5 x 4 camera with black and white film, which we are also using in this project too. I got all my equipment and started to print on the enlarger known as a deveer, as this is the one I needed to use due to having 5 x 4 film. The other smaller enlargers wouldn't have allowed me to print 20 x 24 either. I had a few little hiccups at first but that was mainly, if not entirely, because of memory. I just had to get back into the swing of things. I only had one decent photo to use/ work with really, which was the old man outside the church with his eyes closed. I was able to do a contact sheet of this and another photo I took of a girl, in front of the church, in the same spot. Of the older man image I was able to print a 9.5 x 12 photo as well as the 20 x 24 print out that we have to do. Both turned out pretty well and I am pleased with them as I think both look good and that I have managed to get the timing right on the enlarger. I had to try a few times to get the right amount of seconds for the gentleman in front of the church shot as it was either too light to begin with then ended up slightly too dark. I used the contact bored first and did those then printed my 9.5 x 12 and printed the 20 x24 last as I waited for the bigger bored to be able to do so with the larger paper. These images below are the test strips I did.
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