i've been going through my negatives from moscow-again- scanning them. even though i had actual photos printed from the negatives, years ago, some didn't get printed; some might've been too dark, or totally screwed up, or there might've been just a bit of an image on a negative strip, or for whatever reason, just didn't get printed; also, if the negative was too dark, they didn't print it.
i actually printed some of the bits and pieces, the screw ups- in the darkroom- a lot of trial and error-but got a few good, interesting prints. things i never would've seen if i hadnt printed them myself. BUT i've found, scanning them now, that i was missing even more images; some that didnt even come out when i tried printing them, but the scanner picks them up. some were blurred or double exposed or under exposed, but with my scanner and photoshop, i can fix a lot of them.
also the negatives seem to be changing color-due to age- and probably bad storage habits- but that's rather cool for some things- it makes them look even older than they are! but i can remedy that also in Photoshop- brighten them up- and also do them as B&W or sepia or whatever; and scanning black and white film as color yields some nice results.
on red square
i actually printed some of the bits and pieces, the screw ups- in the darkroom- a lot of trial and error-but got a few good, interesting prints. things i never would've seen if i hadnt printed them myself. BUT i've found, scanning them now, that i was missing even more images; some that didnt even come out when i tried printing them, but the scanner picks them up. some were blurred or double exposed or under exposed, but with my scanner and photoshop, i can fix a lot of them.
also the negatives seem to be changing color-due to age- and probably bad storage habits- but that's rather cool for some things- it makes them look even older than they are! but i can remedy that also in Photoshop- brighten them up- and also do them as B&W or sepia or whatever; and scanning black and white film as color yields some nice results.
on red square
in Gum department store
in the embassy compound
in hotel metropol
in front of Tass newspaper
