Chad Hill

Archaeologist, photographer, dilettante.

"Pleasingly bonkers, and surprisingly effective"

Co-Champion of the 2022 Shitty Camera Challenge: #InstantRegret

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2024-06-03 14:14:22

Buttercup Cottage Barn, Cresheim Valley Drive, Philadelphia 2024
Bi-pack bichrome image, Seneca 6 5x7 with a pack of ortho-litho, red filter, and foma 100.
Not a lot of colors here, and a boring sky, but the green comes through!
#BelieveInFilm #TrichromeEverything #TrichromeParty
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2024-06-02 17:45:17

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😄
when you get the right light, it’s hard to beat IR. 😅
Also, I love this lens so much.

2024-06-02 17:42:51

Weeping willow, Morris Arboretum, Philadelphia 2024
🎞️ Bessa L with Chroma Double Glass 24mm f11, Rollei IR400 and 720nm filter
#BelieveInFilm #Philly #Infrared
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2024-06-02 03:02:52

Pencoyd Bridge and Iron Works, Philadelphia 2024
Restored Seneca 6, 5x7 paper negatives on Arista RC VC
This historic site has been redeveloped into a hotel and restaurants but kept a surprising amount of the cool old steel works infrastructure.
#BelieveInFilm #Philly #LargeFormat
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2024-05-28 03:11:24

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Hetty A Jones: “She laid down her life on the altar of her country in its hour of need. ‘To live in hearts we leave behind is not to die’”.
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/22321916/hetty-ann-jones

2024-05-28 03:08:40

Memorial Day: Hetty Jones (1807-1864), Leverington Cemetery, Philadelphia 2024
Bi-pack Bichrome, restored Seneca 6
Tomb of a nurse who died while treating wounded soldiers with Ulysses S. Grant at City Point, Va. in 1864.
#BelieveInFilm #TrichromeParty
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2024-05-27 18:44:56

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it can be tricky for sure! There are a few places where you can improve things, so sometimes I -
1. Adjust the black and white images, before combining, to try to eyeball them to balanced individual monochrome images with good contrast.
2. Adjust the balance of individual layers after aligning and blending but before “flattening” (I only do this for egregious color problems!)
3. Adjust color using “Camera Raw” filter after flattening to adjust WB, temp/tint!

2024-05-27 18:21:38

Color in the garden, Philadelphia 2024
Trichrome on kentmere 400. Bessa L, Chroma Double Glass 24mm f11
#BelieveInFilm #TrichromeParty
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2024-05-26 04:02:48

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yeah, they are cool! I’ve printed 2x 4x5s (one for a friend) and 1x 8x10 (for pinhole).
Morten really is a mensch and seems willing to help out with generating parts for particular lenses or uses.
I haven’t sorted out the problem I had with the 8x10 though. I need to do something to recess the pinhole as it’s vignetting on the cone, but now it’s all stuck together and I haven’t spent the time to take it apart and fix!
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2024-05-26 03:35:04

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yeah, by the time I could have justified getting one they were gone done. But now chroma and others fit that niche and I’ve 3d printed the similar and very free WillTravel cameras that are really nicely supported by the designer, Morten Kolve.

2024-05-26 03:23:41

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nice!! And on the travelwide. I really wanted to order one of those when they first announced but didn’t have a lens and so, at the time, decided I couldn’t justify the cost for the body and a lens and no darkroom so would have had to pay per-sheet processing. 😢

2024-05-26 03:11:16

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and “W” was the first film washi product at all, right?

2024-05-26 03:09:01

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well… I do most of my 4x5 tray processing in a <$15 3 drawer organizer I got at an office supply store (i have 2: 1x that fits 4x5-5x7, 1x that fits 8x10!) which I’ve also successfully used outdoors/away from my darkroom in a dark bag. 😅🤷‍♂️
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2024-05-26 02:36:49

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That's what the voice in my head is saying constantly, too! 😅
(I have gotten rid of a bunch of gear, and am saving up for something, but also havent managed to avoid ALL gear purchases!)

2024-05-26 02:32:47

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I was shocked how much the reversal process didnt work and I am not entirely sure why. So since there are only 12 sheets in a box, I am just going to shoot these as negatives as designed because the textured effect is really quite nice, I think. I think it works better relative to the scale of the image at 4x5 than 120 or 135.

2024-05-26 02:30:11

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👀 !

2024-05-26 02:28:54

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yeah! They make it in 4x5! Though I haven't seen it used too much.
What I REALLY wanted to do was reversal process it. To get an extremely textured emulsion-lift-like positive. But my initial test of that was 100% a failure. 🤦‍♂️

2024-05-26 02:26:56

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My reasons for scanning it wet were twofold...:
1. It will be hard to get flat once it's dry and I was worried I would have to wait a LONG time to then flatten it before I could scab it.
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2. But also I was not even patient enough to wait for it to dry in the first place, and just wanted to see it immediately!! 😬 😅

2024-05-26 02:23:13

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The setup!!
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2024-05-26 02:19:26

Log Cabin (1908), Morris Arboretum, Philadelphia 2024
Pre-anniversary Speed Graphic, Film Washi "W" (Kozo paper base). Rated Iso 6, f22 @ ~15s. Dev'd in HC-110 1:100. DSLR scanned wet.
Lovely trip to the arboretum today with my daughter.
#BelieveInFilm
#LargeFormat
#PaperNegative
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2024-05-26 00:16:34

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also, I love the description as “The duct tape and optimism school of photography” and have already referred to this elsewhere (with credit given!). 😅

2024-05-26 00:12:48

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thanks for tagging me in this, Morag! Super cool.
I thoroughly enjoyed listening to these. I definitely liked “Transmitting for years” and it’s hard not to automatically root for a band called “Republic of broken hearted nerds”!
I also dug “BBB (Big Boomer Bænd)” and enjoyed learning about the hilarious derogatory guitarist insult - “boomer bends” (for aging rockers who bend too many notes) 😅

2024-05-25 18:26:04

More nerding out while doing Saturday morning crafts with my daughter.
The keystone plate company was just down the road from us.
#BelieveInFilm #ShrinkyDinks #Keychains
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2024-05-23 20:26:46

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I’m so glad they got there and that you like them! ❤️

2024-05-21 00:56:34

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😅👋

2024-05-20 23:27:19

Testing, testing. Philadelphia 2024
Ricoh Xr-p, Ricoh 50 f/2, kentmere 400
My usual test shot in the darkroom mirror while trying to fix the sticky mirror. Mirror and winder are both now fixed!! Woohoo!
#BelieveInFilm #ItWorks
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