Just kidding, but after I made the video you can check here, where I talk about the new trend of AI creating photography, this idea came to my mind… what if? lol

Let me know what you think about the use of AI in the creation of art!

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I made a test with two different negatives: a very soft flower subject lighted with painted light and a very sharp subject lighted with a very contrasted light. I wanted to see how this printing process deals with different subjects.

I proceeded with some step test to find the corrected exposure for my negatives. I did 2 seconds steps and as you can see in the video I was a little optimist with my first strip of 2,4,6,8 seconds exposure. At the end the correct exposure resulted of 11 minutes.

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You can see the tests I made in the video below.

I was expecting shorter exposure times ’cause I seen some other boxes made with the same LED giving short exposure times with other alternative processes.

Still I like the slow times when I work with film and so I kinda like to have time to think while I wait for the paper to be exposed.

The Arduino timer is working greatly and it’s a pleasure to use this box!

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I have to learn to pose the emulsion better on the paper. The thickness came out not uniform and there are spots where the emulsion did not spread at all on the paper. Still I have a lot to learn but as a fist try I’m quite satisfied of the results.

The LabOldTech2000 kit is very easy to use and complete.

See you next time with new projects!

Here my answer. It is a little provocation but is exactly what I think.

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Let me know what you think.

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Here some images taken with Ilford HP5 and developer in Ilfotec HC. Click on them to enlarge.

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See you next time… perhaps with a little more serious camera!

Every day we are losing some more freedom and giving more power to the government to keep us “safe” from a virus.

Every day I look around and I see the danger of bureaucratic choices, taken without any flexibility or judgment, imposed upon the people.

People protesting or simply expressing an opinion not conforming with the government, are censored from the traditional or social media and fined for their respectful protests.

Few days ago in Milan, the owners of restaurants protested peacefully against the lock-down. The protester were fined 400 Euros each for illegal gathering. This is just an example but every day the same happens and most of the time does not even make the news.

Some people already decided to give up and suicide because they cannot produce anymore and they have no more a way to survive but are just accumulating debts.

This situation made me think about what can we do, as individuals, to keep ourselves free and not fall in the darkness of the European past.

This week the video is a little longer, sorry, but I felt the need to express my thinking in a proper way and few words were not enough.

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In the video I mention an inspiring speech by Cordie Lee Williams during a protest in Sacramento, CA. Here you can watch it.

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A little technical note since some people already asked me how I realized the effect on this image. Photoshop is not involved, I simply used a very nice and fun lens, the Lensbaby.

See you next week.