Right.. a smile.. I knew there was something I forgot... This is my first real attempt to make a self-portrait, so keep the comments comming, I can only learn from them.
Hi Matej, good to hear from you again too ;-) The choice for B&W was temporary, my original plan was to use it more often inbetween. This specific roll was intended to experiment with grain, that is the reason why I pushed it to 3200. I could've used a regular ISO3200 film, but the camera-shop I go to only had ISO125 and ISO400 (that camera store is one of the better in my area btw, the others most of the time only have Ilford ISO400). But, as I got the roll back from the lab, I was a bit disapointed, and I decided to hold back on the B&W untill my technique and knowledge of my new camera have improved. I will post some more of the B&W roll here later on ((here) today, tomorow, next week). As for the developping: no, I used to do it myself, when I was about 10 yrs old, when my mother was teaching me to shoot with my old trusted friend the Praktica LTL3. I still have the equipment somewhere in a box, but I don't have a dark room available, and time is a problem too with a full time job in IT and two small children (not to mention the wife!!). I still plan to do my development myself one day though.
Good to see you Bjorn. Congrats on your new camera. I see you've used B&W film - is that a temporary switchover, or do you plan to stick with it? Are you doing your own developing? I've been told that if you use higher film speeds than necessary, you get very strong highlights, as may be the case here. Were you shooting the rest of the roll in low light, or was the pushing just an experiment?
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