A good friend and long time pro photographer relayed his worst miss-adventure with "Large Format Photography".
A good friend and long time pro photographer relayed his worst miss-adventure with "Large Format Photography".
He shot weddings in 4x5" B&W. And of course he processed his own works. He had shot a wedding with reception and when he got home, he decided, in spite of being tired, he would do the film that night. He used a series of sheet film holders in a multi-tank system for processing.
He loaded the holders and started to 'soup' the film. It was only then he realized that he had his eyes closed, but neglected to turn the lights off in his darkroom! The entire wedding was there in front of him, rapidly turning solid black in the developer...
I believe that was his last wedding. And the lesson here is that anyone can totally screw up what the do as routine, if you are tired enough. So, do not push yourself too hard, you will not like the consequences.
He shot weddings in 4x5" B&W. And of course he processed his own works. He had shot a wedding with reception and when he got home, he decided, in spite of being tired, he would do the film that night. He used a series of sheet film holders in a multi-tank system for processing.
He loaded the holders and started to 'soup' the film. It was only then he realized that he had his eyes closed, but neglected to turn the lights off in his darkroom! The entire wedding was there in front of him, rapidly turning solid black in the developer...
I believe that was his last wedding. And the lesson here is that anyone can totally screw up what the do as routine, if you are tired enough. So, do not push yourself too hard, you will not like the consequences.
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