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Fun in the Kitchen with Film and Eggs

April 13, 2008 by Nicole 27 Comments

Breaking an Egg

Although I haven’t written much about it, my black and white photography class has taken center stage in my life for the past several weeks. At first it was difficult and frustrating moving from digital back to 35mm. But I’ve slowly started to become a darkroom addict! Although I’m only in class for 6 hours per week, I have been spending several extra hours per week in the school’s photography lab trying to learn printing techniques from other teachers and students with more experience.

It’s amazing how time flies when I’m in the photo lab. Although I can’t imagine spending eight hours in photoshop trying to perfect one photo, last week I found myself in the darkroom for eight hours one day trying to perfect a single print. And I enjoyed every minute of it!

I guess you could say I’ve found a new passion 🙂 And since this new passion has kept me from updating Pinch My Salt as much as I would like, I decided to move back into the kitchen for my latest photo assignment.

Flying Egg

For our current project, we are supposed to be exploring motion. We are required to make one photo featuring frozen motion and one that shows blurred motion. These egg photos are from my first attempt at freezing motion. I shot an entire 36 exposure roll of nothing but eggs. And now I have a bowl full of liquid eggs in the fridge that need to be turned into a quiche or custard…or maybe both!

The lighting wasn’t great for these shots but this was really just a practice roll. I’m still happy with the way they turned out! These digital versions were scanned from the negatives with some post-processing done in Aperture. I haven’t tried printing any of them yet.

Cracking an Egg

If you are interested in seeing some of the other photos I’ve taken so far this semester, I’ve created a photoset on Flickr. The final prints that I turn in as assignments end up looking quite a bit different than the online versions that have been scanned from negatives. Hopefully the actual prints look better! I plan on scanning the prints from my final portfolio at the end of the semester and then you’ll be able to see why I’ve been spending extra time in the darkroom!

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  1. Suki says

    April 16, 2008 at 3:49 am

    Wow, lovely intro to your blog :D I will so certainly be back for more!
    Reply
  2. Jonathan says

    April 19, 2008 at 6:49 am

    Brava! I love the quality and graininess of non-digital photography. Great shots!
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  3. naqsh says

    April 26, 2008 at 2:00 am

    Wow! Wish I could be that good! Let the photography alone, I wouldnt ever dare to play around with eggs like that, ever!
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  4. janelle says

    April 29, 2008 at 10:10 am

    WHAT FUN!!!! I loved the motion of the eggs; and I love that you are in class pursuing your passion. Guess it is in the blogosphere---I am adoring being at culinary school and with five hour labs... happy sigh. Keep those gorgeous photos coming!
    Reply
  5. David says

    May 1, 2008 at 10:15 am

    I can tell you're having fun.
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  6. Candygirl says

    June 7, 2008 at 8:34 pm

    Oooh, I love your photos. I took a summer class in photography more than 10 years ago. I miss printing my own photographs. Good luck with your final portfolio and enjoy your classes!
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