FUJI FP100c Negatives

 

FUJI FP100C NEGATIVES

So I bought a pack of Fuji FP100c and decided to take a weekend to shoot random things.  The out come of the negs were so so.  The bleach does something cool to the negs after the ink washes away.  There is a muted quality to the neg and it's vibrancy is reduced.  When using the bleach product on the neg, one has to be careful on the amount product used.  I suggest to have water running on the neg as you use a brush to remove the ink. That way it doesn't seep in to emulsion. Take you time and you can get some really decent images.

This is a portrait of Mat I took with the sun behind him.  The original Fuji pic had a deep blue sky like the picture of the basket ball hoop above.   I enjoy the sloppy edges of the neg and the shift of colors.  These negs aren't intended to be tac sharp and high quality.  I used a Land Camera 104 for these images so sharpness was never an issue.  I knew this would be soft in the first place.   There is a painterly quality to these negs. 

This is a portrait of a tattoo artist/car enthusiast named Tommy that has a shop outside of my work. He was outside smoking a cigarette and asked if I could take his picture. Even though the neg was damaged, I like it a lot.  It reminds me of how wet plates turn out if the emulsion is not coated evenly.  I like this portrait a lot. The purple hues on the edges make it very special

This portrait of Kristina is very retro looking. I enjoy it a lot. There is a 1970s feeling to it. This is probably one of the best negative I reclaimed from the batch. I believe I can do a better job next time with taking my time and using a diluted solution.

Fuji FP-100 Negative Reclamation!

After seeing a post about the new Type 55 film that is being reborn I was looking through the interwebs and saw that people were creating a usable negative from the Fuji FP-100 instant pack films.  When I saw the video I was amazed.  That means, you can scan your negative and even print your negatives through an enlarger and create an amazing C-print.  Check out the video!



Here is another one. Music is kinda lout but you can see the aftermath of the scan. Its pretty good and still keeps the nostalgia of the polaroid/instant film. I have heard of people using flatbed neg scanners that are only capable of scanning 120 film.  People have scanned the negs in halves and stitched them together in photoshop!


Pretty awesome. I think I will try this next year and purchase a polaroid 600SE which has an excellent mamiya lens with manual exposure settings. SICK.