C41: It's the New Black (& White)
Colour. There's that cliche in movies or TV when someone falls in love, or smokes pot for the first time, and everything goes from monochrome to colour. The Wizard of Oz moment. B&W's fine, it's just time to move on. Which makes discovering these formulae really very fortuitous. I've got some of those chemicals for B&W developing anyway. C41 developing, playing around in a sink full of warm water is the sort of innocent fun you don't get much in adulthood. Thanks to this guy , in this Flickr DIY Color Group thread for passing on the craic. I've been trying to get that on and off for years. My mate cliffdotmac flickrmailed me tonight and said he was giving up on film, because of the expense. Which is fair enough, if you've shelled out for a DSLR and its all-singing-and-dancing lenses, I can see how film would feel like and extra expense. But if you haven't done that, if your biggest expense has been a few hundred quid a ...
Blimey!Thanks for those.
ReplyDeleteHad heard one or two but not the whole Kit and Cab...
Cheers for the 'ripper' (not ripping) link Garry.
ReplyDeleteA while back I worked with a bunch of crazy Australians on a construction job in Jarrow and one of their slang terms 'ripper' which still floats round in my head just sums up how you made me feel tonight - good work man...!!