Colour photographs

Progressing on from black and White, I have been working in the colour dark room developing my colour negatives. It is a harder process than black and White, however there is a machine that soaks the photographs in the developer, stop bath, fixer and drier therefore it is a lot faster than doing it manually.

I have struggled getting the filters right, as my photographs are coming out red or green. However, through experimentation, I have found out that if the photograph is one colour then more of that colour needs to be added and the exposure needs to be lengthened.

I tested the double exposures and although some photographs were not what I wanted, they look very effective. I intend to keep practising in the colour dark room and improve on my skills and technique.

I am really happy with the result of this photograph. I have double exposed a photo of scaffolding in Manchester and graffiti. The colours have worked well and it looks very effective with the face from the graffiti. The scaffolding makes it look like the face is caged. I like how the photograph is black and White on the left and gradually moves in to colour.