24) Regular film shoot

I did a shoot with the same camera in the same location with regular, unmodified colour film to compare to my boiled film shoot

I really like this image as it shows how even though it's a natural landscape, it's still very man made as the trees are in rows creating a path through the middle.

I find these images of the frozen lake very relaxing. I especially like the composition of the top one and I really like the darker areas in the corners of the pond, I feel it gives the image more depth.

I really like the top image with all the dark areas as it makes the viewer look into it more and use other areas of the image to interpret it, it adds a bit of mystery and uncertainty to the image which is what I want from my images, I don't want it to be 'given on a plate', I want the viewer to look at it for a while and think about the image rather than just glance at it and think, "oh yeah that's a nice landscape" and move on.  

The bottom image out of these two is definitely my favorite out of thew shoot. I was using a 50mm lens as that's the best one I had for landscapes, but as it has a fixed focal point it's better for portraits and singling out a subject in a area. I was able to take advantage of this and get a really nice shot with a great depth of field. I really like the clean organic film feel created with the out of focus area of this image.

23 Matthew Cetta film chemistry

Matthew Cetta has done a ton of experimenting with different liquid substances to see the different effects that you can create from damaging the film. He goes from everyday household items that we consume or use, to much harsher, more dangerous chemicals. Matthew also uses cheap 'toy' cameras often with plastic lenses to accentuate the effects.

Drano

Febreeze

Ginger Juice

This is probably one of the most unique images out of the series due to the edges looking like they've been melted into. My guess is that the ginger juice completely washed off all the emulsion from that those areas of the film.

Olive Brine

22) Boiled film shots

I am really pleased with the outcome of this shoot; the boiling water managed to distort the colours of the photos and add some nice shapes over the top, as well as being able to still see a lot of the scenery.

I don't particularly like the light pinks and purples with the green of the trees and plants but I find it more interesting of an image than if it wasn't there. Yet again, that is part of the fun with film and destructive film photography is that you're never sure what outcome you're going to get, the more I experiment the more I can narrow down what works best, but I still don't have 100% control over it, which I like as it encourages me to do more shoots.

 The top image out of these two is probably my favorite from the shoot as it is the most abstract. I love the warm blues and purples that the boiling water has created. I know as the photographer, that it's a shot of a river and all the light dots on the left is the light from the sun reflecting off the water.

I love the shapes created in the top image. They have a very toxic feel to them whit the big blops and lots of speckles.

21) Putting Film in Boiling Water (Preperation)

After really liking the images from my lomo shoot, I wanted to experiment further into messing around with the colours and textures of the images. Dustin Adams stated that he'd boiled his film in some of the shots on his Flickr. I looked further into boiling film and how to do it. Some people said to  unravel the film first to help it soak all of the film and others said that it's fine to just keep it in the canister, so I tried both. My lack of experience with film let me down here as I was unaware that even in the darkroom the film gets ruined die to it being exposed to light, so the unrelieved film was ruined and next time I'm going to use a black box.