Week 36: Reichstag Berlin ...
I visited Reichstag in Berlin with my family. Reichstag is the seat of Germanys parliament - Bundestag.
There is always a long line of people wanting to see the building. There are 3 million people per year visiting that building. Most of them just to see the dome put on top of the building. While standing in the line I took the chance to take a few pinhole shots.
Since the last weeks have been a bit short of side prints, this week I want to show you three of them. All done at the entrance of the Reichstag building.
When I browsed through my stock of paper I found that there still is a box of Fomabrom Variant. I was never very successful with this paper and lith developer.
So I thought (like several times in the past) let's give it a last try - the last try. Since the paper has a tendency to have pretty chaotic infectious development I tried it without any additive (so no bromide and sulfide). And I also used it very diluted (1+50) in warm lith developer. With this setup the paper needed only a bit of overexposure (1 or 1.5 stop). And this time it worked out pretty well - in my opinion.
Week 37: Reichstag Dome ...
Now last week you saw some images of the outside of Reichstag, this week I will show you some images from inside the Dome. I also thought that these images should go with a bit less grain.
And it was a really tough decision for me since I like this weeks side prints as much as I like the one I decided to be the image of the week. Maybe I should have splitted them up to cover three weeks, but that would have been too much Reichstag. So here is this weeks image and also give the side print a closer look.
Compared to last weeks images you can see how different lith prints may come out with a little bit different setup of the developer and a different paper.
Week 38: Pinakothek der Moderne ...
During this years summer vacation we also visited Munich. And there we went to Pinakothek der Moderne where besides all the art work I was also interested in the architecture of the building itself.
Unfortunately I was not allowed to take my little Gorillapod in because tripods were not allowed - no matter how small they are. At some places people are really serious about rules, but at least I was allowed to photograph. So I had to find locations where I could sit down the little Zero2000 to take the image which was quite a bit of restriction.
This weeks photograph shows one of those images where a tripod would have made it much easier. So the camera was sitting on a balustrade and leaning at a wall. I was fortunate that I could do the image without camera shake.
All images shown in this post are lith prints on Fomatone MG FB. The first side print shows the same negative as this weeks image, but with not enough exposure, so the blacks went a bit too deep. This weeks image is the second try on that negative, this time with more exposure and the lith developer aged by one print. That resulted in a much more colorful image. And I think the color very much supports the subject.
The other side prints show the entrace to the building (well, one entrance to the building) and the ceiling of the main hall, with the camera again sitting on a balustrade.
Week 39: Pier ...
This week I do not have any side prints, just the image of the pier which I photographed while having a stop in Lindau at Lake Constance.
As in the weeks before, a lith print on Fomatone MG FB.
Week 40: Berlin Airlift Memorial ...
This is an image of the Berlin Airlift Memorial. If you want to know more about it and why it is there: Click!
A bit late this week, I know.
Week 41: Goldfischli ...
This is the left over from an evening with friends - snacks and it took all of my self-control to wait the 14 minutes for the pinhole exposure.
I did some kallitypes of the heliopsis negative I showed weeks ago. So I thought about doing this negative also as a kallitype. Unfortunately it was not developed in my favourite developer for negatives which will end as kallitypes. The contrast was not high enough and I had to use a kallitype developer which increases contrast but disappoints tonality. Note to self: Next time think first!
What a Nice Surprise in the Mailbox ...
Today the door bell rang and my daughter opened. I just heard that she was talking and that is was the postman. Then she called me that there is a small package for me. "Who is it from?" I asked and she responded something that sounded like "blurb" Well, I almost told her not to talk while eating ... But then it really was a package for me from - "blurb".
Never heard of them but remembered that a friend told me that he is going to send something. Since we often talk about photography and from the size of the package I thought it might be a pile of images. But then I got a really nice surprise. He took all the content from my blog and produced a nice litte book. Very nice. And, if I would not see it in front of me I would not believe it, the print quality of the images is really good. And also the rest is good. Great job.
Thank you! Crazy Craig! The one and only reader of my blog.
The book is about week 1-26 and now I am even more motivated to make it through the rest of the year.