ryan,

oops sorry,

the photo is Amazing...Black and White is beautiful and timeless. Your Aunt I'm sure is proud and pleased to have such a gifted guy behind the lens for her most special day. I'm really in awe that you composed this and processed it, in the way a photograph was meant to be done. (don't get me wrong I love digital but we (me and =Tachy-on...my roomate and friend on this site...)haven't looked back since all the darkroom equipment was destroyed in a fire in 1998) I don't think I've seen my cousin Kim since I was a young boy. She emails me lately with pictures of the girls though...and I would have loved to have been there to see her in person. I went to Cape Breton this summer and travelled through the town where she lives on the way...but was too nervous to get off the main road for fear of getting lost. Kim's mother is my real mothers (Doreen Hachey) older sister (Juliette). I'm Todd and I think you and I would be second cousins. (???) I only have one picture on this site...but have been snapping pictures for over 2 yrs now...just waiting for the day I sit down and deal with them and own them and post them on my page.
Great shot.
Hope school and everything is great...don't forget to leave room for your art.

wow, what a small world eh! i think i remember someone telling me there was someone on the Hachey side into photography but i never thought anything of it. i'd love to see your work, and i'll be sure to tell kim about the random encounter!

classy and classic - congrats to your aunt + (new) uncle!
i'm rather pleased to see some traditional develop-it-yourself darkroom stuff from you - i've always loved your work.

What filtered did you use on this? i think you could experiment with contrast and even up it a notch if you wanted to..

great capture.

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sweet dreams are made of these

thanks. i started with a 2.5 filter (Ilford) but it was too contrasty. So i dropped it down to a 1.5, still a little too contrasty so i ended up using a 1 filter. Only i didn't adjust my time, which i think i should've because i could still use a little more detail in the highlights and the shadows can still be a bit darker.

ah.. i see i see.
i'm definitely looking fwd to more of your b+w darkroom stuff

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sweet dreams are made of these

i've got another print i'll be adding once i'm home next

very nice print, although I'm not sure about the tone, a warm tone developer would have been probably better, looks a bit cold to me, but that could also be the result of the scan..... share more prints! I'm going to build up my tiny darkroom in the bathroom soon - scanning negs troubles on my nerves.

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SKIFAHRER.

nice. yeah this is one of my first prints ever. and actually, when i scanned it, it scanned in colour so it's a bit purple i think.