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CORERCTION: The post suggested Ilford Delta 3200 at EI3200 and developing it in DD-X. Not FP4.

Jason

Lou,

I have had varying opinions from people regarding what film Trent Parke is using in Dream Life. One person suggested that pushed FP4 would not give the shadow detail that are in Dream Life. WHAT SHADOW DETAIL! So I'm not sure if suggesting that is was NOT FP4 is correct.

 

Another person suggested 2 stop pushed FP4 developed in Ilfotec DD-X to give fluffy grain. That is sounding most likely give also that Trent is sponsored by ILFORD.

 

Where did you find out that Trent uses FP4. I wish I had the luxurey of time to experiment but I have school assignments due soon that I want to try this technique on! :-)

 

Thanks

 

Jason

BTW, Al, DD-X doesn't seem to be readily availible in Australia and the one place that seems to have it is selling 5L bottles at AU$70 which is a bit scary! Is there something similar? Or if you also live here is Aus, where might I get it from?

Al,

Correct me if i am wrong, shooting Delta 3200 at 3200 is really a push of 2 stops. So you will naturally lost shadow detail a bit (not that that is a bad thing). I like the suggestion of DD-X which sounds like the dev that will give the results I am after. I don't really want UGLY grain, but i do want a bit of grain.

 

Marco,

I might have to give the FP4 in Rodinal a go. although according to Al, the grian is a bit edgy. As for the APX400 in D76, is that image you shot pushed and what would you recommend for times and temperatures?

 

Not sure on the location since i live in Melbourne, but from my experience of Sydney it certainly looks like the eastern suburbs!

 

Thanks

 

Jason

Bruce,

 

Are you suggesting that the lens is well and truely closed up, therefore the shutter speed is slow and therefore it may infact be a high speed film, and not FP4?

 

Jason

Hi All,

 

For a school assignment, I am trying to emulate the magnificent

looking, grainy images created by Australian Photograoher, Trent

Parke. Refer to

http://www.stillsgallery.com.au/artists/t_parke/page02.php although

this is not easy to see grain at this reproduction size.

 

In another thread, it was noted that Parke uses Ilford FP4. I have

not used this film before, but according to the manufacturer, this

is a EXTREMELY FINE GRAIN film. I understand that processing in

Rodinal at a higher temperature and PUSHING by say 2 stops may

produce this grainyness even in FP4.

 

Has anyone had experience with cranking up the grain in pushed FP4

or even another film?

 

Thanks

 

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Thanks for all of your contributions. They have been most useful.

 

Allan, In regards to what you were saying, how did you get that elusive first wedding by yourself?

 

Following from an earlier comment, I just went to RMIT (a university here in Melbourne) and they have a number of notice boards around the place. I will have to put up a flyer advertising my services as a "budget wedding photographer" and see how that goes.

 

Jason

Hi All,

 

I had a question regarding starting out in wedding photography.

 

Recently I have gone out with a pro-wedding photographer to shoot a

couple of weddings which was very kind of this photographer. However,

I would like to start shooting on my own so that the subject is

looking at me rather then the pro-photographer who's shoulder i am

shooting over.

 

However, without an adeuqate portfolio or album this is difficult. I

was thinking of posting a small at at my local newsagent advertising

myself as a wedding photographer for people who were planning on

simply getting a friend to shoot their wedding. That way I get

experience and they get photos that are better than the average

friend would normally shoot.

 

Is this an appropriate way to get started in wedding photography? Or

have others of you got a better idea for starting out? Unfortulately

I don't know any friends who are getting married anytime soon either!

 

Thanks

 

Jason