Monday, 11 April 2016

Shoot 5 - Film Destruction and Fish Eye


This is my 5th shoot. I used my cannot T70 which is a automatic film camera with manual focus, I chose the camera as I didn't have to think about the numbers and take time to get the speed and aperture right. I also used it due to how it had a lens that could work with the fish eye attachment which I chose after looking into different lenses and out of the specturm of different lenses I chose the fisheye. This shoot was taken on a trip to Reading over a weekend.As usual I had no theme to my pictures but they were all taken in the same location and with the same camera and method, which can be utterly random.
 I also boiled this film for a lot longer,  which was a bad idea, as I forgot that the film would be effected by heat in the way it was, It had crinkled, which when the film was developed they were unable/refused to print them off as they had been damaged. So I was given the film back and got it scanned. After this long winded prices I got the pictures back, one-half the film was damaged but was still able to be scanned. I think this was the start of the film as it would have been closer to the start of the film.
This shoot went very well despite the problems that came up. The images had 2 types of manipulation on it. The lens and boiling which was all done before I started shooting. So far this shoot has been the most manipulated of them all as the pictures were scratched accidentally when handling mixed with the boiling it produced some holes in the pictures which add to the effect.
There are some green and yellows in the shoot which indicates the boiling water had gone down onto the layers of the film to the point of nearly removing the colour from the picture. The mix of unusual colours in the pictures creates a surreal atmosphere to the pictures.
My best shots are the ones that really show the perks of both the lens and the boiling, the best example is the top right on the contact sheet, as there are marks created by the boiling but there was a diagonal line made by the gutter on the building, but due to the lens it has bends with the lens distorting the image.
For my next shoot I want to explore double exposures again and also use cola to destroy my film, to see if that will have any different effects on the film and how much it will change the colours.











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