Having not enough time on my hands, I recently spent more time on my other side project and not as much on photography. That being said, my focus will certainly shift back to photography over the next couple weeks, although I won’t be posting any new pictures or update this blog in August.

First, I took some pictures at a 6,7km fun run. The next morning, I went to see the Impossible Project factory in Enschede, The Netherlands and in the evening I did some urban exploration at an abandoned rusk factory.

I printed my first 10x15 cm pictures from 6x9 cm negatives last week and was quite surprised that the first test print turned out completely dark. I had used the sample paper and exposure times similar to the last batch of 35mm film I printed.

It took almost two months for the Moskva to arrive from a remote part of Russia. She(?) appeared to be in excellent condition and I was about to load the first film.

Yesterday, I set up a darkroom in the basement and did my very first print on Fomaspeed paper. What a satisfying feeling to go through the whole process of doing test prints, determining the desired time to expose the paper, the actual exposure, moving the paper through the chemicals and the joy of holding result in your hands.

waiting for a parcel from far far away…