So far i have learnt a lot about photography in the 20th century and how it developed, to start my research i decided to go to the national gallery, i did this so that i could see how people were recorded pre the 20th century to see what an impact photography made to the public and to common people who would have be unable to pay for a portrait.
I have already purchased various cameras and film and although this is very expensive i feel like it will be much better to recreate the photography using cameras from the correct time period. when using old, damaged and out of production cameras there can be a lot of problems, such as; the film not working correctly with the camera, the photos coming out smeared, or not at all, not understanding how to use the camera, the film not being able to get developed as no where is able to.
Solving and dealing with these problems:
1) I have bought a lot of film and checked that it is able to be developed at a local photo specialist store.
2) The photography is domestic so mistakes may and will have been made this should hopefully only add to the look of my collection.
3) i have downloaded the original instruction manuals for as many as the cameras as i have been able to and have read them over so i can use the cameras correctly.
4) I have tested out the effects of using expired polaroid film, which i will discuss in my next post.
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