Five Senses- Darkroom Experimentation

These photos show my development of ideas and my darkroom experimentations. I did the experiments so that I know which techniques to use during my exam but also so that I know which photos look best. The experiments that I did include: reversals, different time setting and joining negatives together. I think that the experiments came out effectively because I know which technique is good to use and what should I do to make them look as best as I can without them looking boring or unoriginal.

1. Different time settings. 

This was the first time setting. It came out a bit too dark for me so I decided to put the filter up a little bit more and put the time down by few mili-seconds so that it is a bit brighter and lighter 

This is the second attempt. It came out a lot nicer than the first one because there is more contrast and the flower looks more clear when it is brighter. I wrote down the time, filter and lighting type so that I can remember it for the exam. 

2. Time setting and reversal. 

This image shows my first attempt for timing, it looks good however I wanted it to only have focus on one side of the face rather then the whole face so I decided to put the filter up and also the exposure time.

This was my second attempt and for me it looks better because like I wanted, the focus is only on one side of the face because of the shadow showing part of five senses like nose, eyes and mouth. The flowers also look like they have more detail and look more clear. 

REVERSAL

This is a reversal for this image which came out looking interesting because the figure in this picture looks ghostly and the flowers instead of being white are black making them look more unique and mysterious. I think that this is a very interesting technique because it looks different and can be used in many types of photos.  For the exam I will be using this technique on some of my negatives.

3. Reversal 

This is how the original photo looks like before the reversal. It looks very natural and her eyes came out very contrasty and toned which I really like. 

This is the reversal for this photo. I don't like the way it came out because you can't see any features of her face and there is no focus on her eyes like there should be. Also the flowers look very simple and you can't really tell that they are flowers but more like leafs. The reversal looks like something went wrong during the process. I like the photo more when it is all natural. 

4. Joining negatives together

This is the original photo before it was joined together with the other negative.

This is how the photo looked after putting another negative on it. I think it looks very effective because it doesn't look blurry but it looks like it is moving creating a ghostly effect once again. However, I did not exposed it for long enough so next time I do this I have to make sure that the time exposure is long enough. 

5. JOINING NEGATIVES TOGETHER

This is a photo of two negatives joined together. I think that it came out looking effectively because...