2016

Another year had passed. Rummaging through my stuff, I found a roll of undeveloped film, and a bottle of long expired Kodak HC-110 Developer. School's great, with school, comes school holidays where you are totally free to explore.

Expired film, expired developer, fixer with unknown shelf life, why not have a go at it?

I figured I should test the potency of the developer before anything, dropping the end of the film I snipped off into a rather concentrated developer solution, the film turned black after a few seconds or so. On hindsight, I should have used a working concentration to get a better feel of it's potency. 

Nevertheless, the developer still works and I set off to develop my roll of Ilford Delta 400 B&W Film. With some guess work from how quickly the film turned black when dumped into the developed, I used about 1.5 times the recommended developing time and hoped for the best.

Here are some of the better results, with some minor edits. :)

Majulah Singapura, Forward Singapore - Singapore's Coat of Arms on the gate to the Istana

Singapore's current President, Dr Tony Tan and his wife

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Since I'm at it, why stop experimenting? Here's a roll of expired Lomography ISO 400 Color Print Film from my wife, developed using the B&W process.

Pleasantly surprised by how some of them turned out. Taken at the now demolished King Albert Park McDonald's.

Works in Progress

Works in Progress, originally uploaded by moodoki.

Via Flickr:
Working out a proper film workflow

First scans after getting a relatively cheap scanner capable of scanning film, Epson Perfection V330 :)
While setting up a darkroom to do traditional prints is kinda prohibitively expensive, developing my own films and scanning them is the next best thing.
Films seem to have a higher dynamic range than my scanner though.
HDR film scanning? Hmm..

Film Once More

Just had a roll of black and white film processed at a shop... Despite the advances in digital imaging technology, I still think that film still gave a different feel somehow. And there's fun in processing your own film as well! :)

So.. I went out and got myself some basic darkroom equipment and chemicals. Dark bag, developer, fixer and daylight developing tank just for starters... And time to relearn processing after a roll or so :D