filmphotography – Luigi Barbano Photography

What if Artificial Intelligence…

Barbano Luigi — Wed, 28 Sep 2022 14:07:06 +0000

…is already creating art and most of what we see in the Web and on social media is the digital equivalent of the famous Artist’s Shit by Piero Manzoni?

Just kidding, but after I made the video you can check here, where I talk about the new trend of AI creating photography, this idea came to my mind… what if? lol

Let me know what you think about the use of AI in the creation of art!

DIY UV Box Tested!

Barbano Luigi — Mon, 23 May 2022 13:43:13 +0000

It passed quite a while since I built my UV Box but sometime life gets in the middle of our fun projects! Now finally I tested the UV Box and I can say it works great.

I made a test with two different negatives: a very soft flower subject lighted with painted light and a very sharp subject lighted with a very contrasted light. I wanted to see how this printing process deals with different subjects.

I proceeded with some step test to find the corrected exposure for my negatives. I did 2 seconds steps and as you can see in the video I was a little optimist with my first strip of 2,4,6,8 seconds exposure. At the end the correct exposure resulted of 11 minutes.

You can see the tests I made in the video below.

I was expecting shorter exposure times ’cause I seen some other boxes made with the same LED giving short exposure times with other alternative processes.

Still I like the slow times when I work with film and so I kinda like to have time to think while I wait for the paper to be exposed.

The Arduino timer is working greatly and it’s a pleasure to use this box!

I have to learn to pose the emulsion better on the paper. The thickness came out not uniform and there are spots where the emulsion did not spread at all on the paper. Still I have a lot to learn but as a fist try I’m quite satisfied of the results.

The LabOldTech2000 kit is very easy to use and complete.

See you next time with new projects!

Black and White Tales, The Book

Barbano Luigi — Tue, 26 Jan 2021 14:53:23 +0000

Before I start with the new projects for 2021, here some final considerations about my Black and White Tales project and the presentation of the book.

The book can be previewed and bought here on Blurb.

I kept the book very simple, with a short version of the tales and just location and camera used for each picture.

See you with the new projects…

Black and White Tales, Print #45

Barbano Luigi — Mon, 16 Nov 2020 15:37:33 +0000

To keep the mind awake, specially in lock downs, books are a great tool.

This image is inspired by a Buzzati’s novel. Not the right book to read right now, being a little bit too much kafkian, but a book that came to my mind this week and inspired this picture years ago.

See you next week… and we will see if the tide brought something useful…

Black and White Tales, Print #44

Barbano Luigi — Tue, 10 Nov 2020 11:28:32 +0000

Sorry guys… there were some glitches in the system when I was printing my image November 3rd… Here all I got…

See you next week… hoping there will be no more “glitches”!!!

Black and White Tales, Print #43

Barbano Luigi — Tue, 03 Nov 2020 13:22:00 +0000

A lot of things are going on right now.

The most important is the vote for the presidential elections in USA.
Dear Americans, vote wisely so I can continue to work on my plans and keep my dreams. If not, I will have to switch to survival mode, exactly as my parents and grandparents did in the 1940s.

See you next week, I hope with my plans still intact.

Black and White Tales, Print #42

Barbano Luigi — Tue, 27 Oct 2020 13:50:03 +0000

The Covid anxiety is back. Media, here in Italy, push continuous news about the cases count and create panic. The numbers don’t add up, but who cares, all they care about is creating enough panic to justify the socialist government grab of power.

In this environment I was thinking at the good old days when the news came from newspapers, just once a day.

See you next time! Still 8 weeks to go…

5 Steps to PROPERLY start with film photography

Barbano Luigi — Thu, 08 Oct 2020 21:14:14 +0000

Lately I made many videos talking about film photography and equipment. Thanks to that I had been asked, mostly by millenials, how to start with film photography.

Here my answer. It is a little provocation but is exactly what I think.

Let me know what you think.

Gear Talk: Holga 120S

Barbano Luigi — Fri, 02 Oct 2020 16:27:28 +0000

Sometime a cheap plastic camera can be a lot of fun. This camera has character created by all the defects of a cheap camera put together!

Here some images taken with Ilford HP5 and developer in Ilfotec HC. Click on them to enlarge.

See you next time… perhaps with a little more serious camera!

It’s not just that I’m an old dinosaur…

Barbano Luigi — Thu, 24 Sep 2020 15:04:17 +0000

I had been asked many times why I still use film for some of my projects. Sometime the fact that I’m an old dinosaur was implied, but is not just that.

The fact is that I really like film photography for many reasons and not just for the better aesthetic for some situations.

Here my main ten reasons, you can read just the titles or you can open the video below and hear the complete explanation I give:

It’s simple
Better learning curve
More control
Film means reality
Visible without tools
Variety of formats and cameras
Aesthetic
Value
It’s a slow process
It’s analogue!

If you want to see a comparison between film and digital, you can read a couple of articles I wrote some time ago:

Digital Fuji Acros vs Ilford FP4 Film

Fuji Acros Digital vs Fuji Acros Film

Until the next time!