my first print!

terri · Jul 22, 2004

I used just plain old Agfa classic 118, 8x10 paper.

It really is a fabulous paper.

BTW - I was embarrassed at my darkroom class yesterday, but in a good kind of way.

My instructor loved my print, and during the critique segment of class, he went on and on about virtually every aspect of it, from the paper I used (I guess most of the students are using less expensive glossy to learn on; it just happens that I have this paper on hand so I didn't buy anything) to the image itself. Which, frankly, I didn't think was a particularly kick-ass image, I'm always in and out of that cemetery. He agreed I needed to dodge some more and he also recommended increasing the filter factor somewhat. He's from Israel and has a cute sounding accent, and he kept saying, "With this image I can feel the stone, just feel the stone!!"

I'm sure my classmates hated me by the end. :blulsh2: