#1 E&P

My first print from the E&P roll is of a basketball hoop. The subject was good because there are basic shapes and lines, but when I created a print, I realized that the background was darker than expected, which made it so there was less contrast. This could be because I took the photo on a cloudy day, or it could be because my enlarger aperture was not opened enough. I also could have overexposed the 5x7 paper.

My second print was not as good. There is a faint line on the bottom right corner left over from the developing process and the whole print is pretty cloudy. While the foreground is purposely blurred, the upper trunk and the leaves are also out-of-focus. I think this was because I had just gotten the camera and had never shot with a black-and-white one before. 

A#2 Still Life

This was my first print off of my still life roll. There are a few small spots on it which were most likely from the developing process. I purposely blurred the foreground so the focus was on the piano.

This is my second print off of my still life roll. I prefer the first print because I did not get a good background on this print. It's distracting because there is a pattern on the wood floor instead of a solid background. Again, a few spots remain from the developing of the negatives.

A#4 High Contrast

This is my first print off of my high contrast roll. I like it more than the second print because the contrast is better and so are the subject and angle. The angle was good because it was not straight over the piano, but off to the side and up. This gives the photo good depth. 

This is my second print on my high contrast roll. It ended up darker than I wanted it to, but I think that was because I overexposed it in the developing process. Also, the negative was smudged and I didn't realize that before I developed the photo. The contrast would be better if I exposed the photo paper for less time.

Solarization

My best solarized print is of some tree branches. There is a grey blob on the left which is the sun, but because I solarized it, you can't tell that it's supposed to be there. I closed my aperture on the enlarger three clicks. I put it in the developer for around 15 seconds then exposed it to light for two seconds. This was my favorite print because the blacks are deeper and the whites brighter than on any of my other prints of the same negative. I think this is because I only closed my aperture three clicks, and on one or two of my others, I closed it more. I didn't change the contrast at all.
-CF