Upper School Art Gallery
Nick Warner TBS '10
Suburban Wilderness
Black and White Silver Print
This photo took a lengthy process to create. The first step was shooting our first roll of film. We then learned how to develop film as well as get it from the camera to the developing canister with out exposing it to light. Then many different chemistries were used to develop the roll. This included agitating. The film was dried. After that I cut it into fives and put it in a negative saver. I printed the negatives into a cover sheet from which I selected which photo to enlarge. Then I tested various light times and aperture settings until I found one that brought out details and contrasts the best. After this I did the same thing with filters. Once I had found the right amount of exposure and the right filter I enlarged the photo. This was a learning experience, it being the first time that the class had done any of this. I dropped my film in the dark closet which almost ruined my film. This picture is of the fence in between me and my neighbors yards. You can see the elaborate "snow skating" park in the background. I liked this shot because it is in a suburban environment but still has different aspects of nature embedded in it. The snow and the trees give it a natural feel, while the human interferences; such as the fence, the road, and the park materials, balance it out. It shows that things don't have to be one way or the other, black or white. They can encompass different and opposite aspects in one scene. They can form a nice gray.
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