Between raindrops, I spent most of my summer shooting and developing color film. Here's a brief synopsis of my experiences:
Roll 1, Konica 160:
I mixed the chemistry wrong! 😞 In my defense, the writing on the bottles was really small. I had to order more chemistry from California, so I had to wait a couple weeks.
Roll 2, Konica 160.
It worked! 😀 I agitated the chemistry like black and white film and the result was grainy, blue images. I did touch these up in Lightroom. An IG friend told me to develop hotter to get rid of the blue. The developer I'm using allows you to develop at 3 different temperatures. I chose to develop at 100F.
Roll 1, Konica 160:
I mixed the chemistry wrong! 😞 In my defense, the writing on the bottles was really small. I had to order more chemistry from California, so I had to wait a couple weeks.
Roll 2, Konica 160.
It worked! 😀 I agitated the chemistry like black and white film and the result was grainy, blue images. I did touch these up in Lightroom. An IG friend told me to develop hotter to get rid of the blue. The developer I'm using allows you to develop at 3 different temperatures. I chose to develop at 100F.
Roll 3, Konica 160:
This roll turned out pretty nice. It still has quite a bit of blue/purple, but I liked them, my family liked them and they did well on Insta. I think my self developed color seems to have a nice deep look. I shot all of these rolls with my Olympus OM1. My son, Connor, loves to shoot my OM1. I was able to find another OM1 for him. So, now we shoot together and we both have the same cameras.
This roll turned out pretty nice. It still has quite a bit of blue/purple, but I liked them, my family liked them and they did well on Insta. I think my self developed color seems to have a nice deep look. I shot all of these rolls with my Olympus OM1. My son, Connor, loves to shoot my OM1. I was able to find another OM1 for him. So, now we shoot together and we both have the same cameras.
Roll 4, York 200:
This was by far my favorite roll. Unfortunately, they no longer make York film😕. The roll I shot expired about 10 years ago. Your film was made in Italy. I found this roll in my office (I know, hard to believe).
This was by far my favorite roll. Unfortunately, they no longer make York film😕. The roll I shot expired about 10 years ago. Your film was made in Italy. I found this roll in my office (I know, hard to believe).
Roll 5, Ektar:
This roll turned out pretty well. Ektar is a highly saturated film and is my favorite film for nature. Ektar, however, is not great for portraits because it is too saturated.
This roll turned out pretty well. Ektar is a highly saturated film and is my favorite film for nature. Ektar, however, is not great for portraits because it is too saturated.
Roll 6, Konica 160:
This roll turned out purple again, I'm thinking Konica requires a higher temperature than Ektar. I'm kinda digging the purple, though.
This roll turned out purple again, I'm thinking Konica requires a higher temperature than Ektar. I'm kinda digging the purple, though.
I have a few more rolls that I did that aren't shown here. The results were pretty similar to what's here.
In the end, developing color has been a fantastic experience! It's nice to have something "new" come along and reignite my passion for photography - developing color is like that for me😃!
In the end, developing color has been a fantastic experience! It's nice to have something "new" come along and reignite my passion for photography - developing color is like that for me😃!