August 25th, 2019

Photo by s2 art on Unsplash

This weekend was a darkroom weekend.  I have enough negatives that have not seen the enlarger to last me a bit of time, plus my collection of paper has grown to an uncomfortable level.  

I decided to open some larger paper that I bought.  This is larger than my standard 8x10 paper.  At 11x14 inches it is enough real-estate to have a little bit of fun.  Last weekend I was at a ranch and took four rolls of 120 using the Mamiya C220 so I developed them and took them into the darkroom. 

Since the Mamiya shoots square format, I had to select a template to work on the 11x14.  I made this out of some mate board I had laying around.  This would help me keep it flat in the enlarger, ensure I had clean boarders and keep the image properly placed on the paper.

The goal with these images is to make a series and hang them in a wine cave we have finished building.  The goal is to keep the theme consistent but fill a massive wall we have.  I will keep printing from the images I have captured, and then pick a final four to hang.  It was wonderful to see the images printed so large, with plenty of detail to nitpick over.