Before I used the film camera I captured some images using my Canon 5d Mark 2 camera to see what F stop it would be best on and to see whether I could achieve that effect.
Below are some examples of the ballet moving her arms up and down like a swan would do with there wings
You can see her arms clearly when they are near her side and are above her head. In between is a faint outline of her arms moving. I would like to try and capture this image again but I would use a black background in which her arms would stand out more and get the dancer to wear a white leotard instead of black. I used two continuous lights, whereas if I were to capture the image again I would use one light and pull the light further back.
I have only used the 5x4 film camera once. Therefore, I didn't know what the images were going to turn out like. I practised several times without any film in the back so that I knew what I was doing when it came to capturing for real. When I finally did end up capturing the image with the film in the back, I placed the film in and I removed the wrong side. Instead, I should have removed it from the front side so that this would expose the image. When I moved the back side, it fogged the top half of the image, possibly due to over exposure. Also, I went to release the shutter but I hadn't cocked it, then when I did cock it, I took the images before making sure the model was ready so I captured an image of her on point (her toes) but with her arms by the side.
I am happy with the images I have processed and I would like to try again using a different format camera and making the exposure much longer. I would also like to have a black background so the movement of her arms is more clear.
Below are my images I captured on to film.
The following week I asked I could use the darkroom to develop one or two images to see how the negative had turned out and to practice creating contact prints and the learn about the development of the print. Below are the examples of the prints
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