1 Hour Photo

"Similarly in drawing, one must not count on selling one's drawings, but it is one's duty to make them so that they have a certain value and are serious; one must not become careless or indifferent even though disappointed by circumstances."
Vincent van Gogh, letter 242

I stayed later than I wanted to at work (12:30pm), then ran 13.75 miles around the South Farms in the early afternoon. Bathed and ate when I got home, and finally got into the darkroom at 6:00pm.

I contemplated missing the session, but since I did not work yesterday I thought it important just to get in there and work on something.

I picked out a negative from 2005, a landscape at Roswell, New Mexico. I vividly recall the place, it was a bird sanctuary, and I made some exciting film exposures. Unfortunately I was experimenting with a new film at the time, Bergger 200, and I found out after developing these particular negs that the film is horrible - it easily splotches, had numerous tiny holes in the negs, was very flimsy, and was not even numbered. I lost about 80% of the exposures due to film defects. I never used the film again, although when I see the negatives I still cringe because of what was lost.

I was able to find a good neg out of that batch, a simple landscape (I was looking for an easy neg to print since I was feeling beat from the run), made 2 prints, and was out of the darkroom in 1 hour. I usually like to work a minimum of 2 hours, but I wanted to get off my feet, relax, and do some reading.

Print Info Sheet for Roswell, N.M.

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