The second time printing, I spent the rest of the day in the dark room up until 7. I had already done my exhibition piece (20x24), which was the old man with his eyes closed and also I used him for one of my three littler prints (9.5x12). I began focussing on printing an image of Ben, (one of my classmates) who I spotted outside and asked if I could take his photograph. I really liked this image as it had worked pretty well, the only problem I had noticed, though I had seen the issue while taking the photograph, was the background, (the church) was wonky. The tones in the photo came out well and is one of the reasons I prefer it out of the other two black and white photos I took. The other reason I prefer it is, ignoring the wonky background, because out of the other two the person is in complete focus and the eyes are open. In regards to the others, the man has his eyes closed because it blinked and the girl is blurry because she moved slightly when I took the photo. However both of these I could have prevented and I can learn from this. I am really happy with how the photo of Ben came out and because of this I therefore chose to print it out onto the 20x24 sized paper as well. As I hadn't much choice with what photos I had I made do with what I was available. Although the photo of the girl is blurry for some reason I still quite like the shot. Due to this I chose it as my final 9.5x12 print. Printing both the Ben photo and the girl was fairly easy, there wasn't any major problems. I did test strips, worked out the timings and printed my final images. I worked on the same deveer as previously (the 1st one straight to the right as soon as you walk in) so I new how to work with it and the settings roughly that I had used before. I enjoyed printing my own photos again as I like to watch them come through in the developer solution and working to get the print as best as you can. There is also a sense of accomplishment and achievement because I have done it myself.
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