from the darkroom

I mentioned that one of my goals is to shoot a roll of black and white film each week and develop it. If I have time I also want to play around in the darkroom too. Since the Mr had to work yesterday I had lots of time!

These photos were also the first look at results from my new (to me) camera. I bought a friend’s old Canon EOS 650 and I am super excited about it. It is my first Canon and I can use the newer EF lenses with it! Apparently the camera has only been used a few times and has been in her brother’s attic since the late 80s. It was hard to contain myself when she was offering it to me.

Anyway, I was anxious to see the results of my new toy so after I developed the roll I made a few prints. Making prints is challenging for me. I have no idea what I am doing. I always make a test strip (which I hate. It’s the equivalent of knitting a swatch before embarking on a knitting project, which I also hate). However, the test strip really doesn’t do anything for me at all. I still end up wasting paper trying to get things right. On the other hand, it isn’t really a waste since I am learning (I hope). My philosophy in life is that with practice you learn. Even if it seems like it doesn’t make sense at the time.

Here are a couple more:

I am enjoying taking my camera with me everyday to work and capturing things that I see randomly. Today I am going to head into Portland with my new camera to the Japanese Gardens.