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27) Conclusion

Throughout this project I've learned that there isn't always an end result and a art project can be everlasting as there is always something new that can be added or changed to take it further. With my project as the results are less controllable and each outcome is different I could simply do another shoot and there could be an element of that shoot that leads into a whole new area of work, and therefor it can never really end. This is something that I will definitely continue experimenting with post A-level as it's something that I can easily dip in and out of when I want to. I won't always want to shoot with destructive film as it can get in the way of other elements of photography that I like.

26) Coca-cola shots

Even though the household items shoots didn't work out very well I was still really pleased with the few that managed to work. I managed to get some really nice colours. I feel this shoot shows the possibilities of photography that push passed the boundaries of a normal photo, it starts going more into creating abstract colours, shapes and patterns. I like to see this process a bit like making a cake. The camera, the setting, the lighting, the destructive film and the development are all ingredients that have their own effect on the final outcome. Even if you followed the same steps you're still going to get a different result every time, which makes each shoot and shot unique. It would takes an enormous amount of time to be able to re-create some of these shots as I have no control over the elements such as the colours created and the arrangement of the dots ect. What I need to do from here is just see what works well and what doesn't and just continue experimenting. If I were to do another shoot with the lemon juice I'd try only leaving the film in the juice for maybe 2 minutes and see if I managed to get some results then. 

I really like the tiny hints of blue and pink seeping into the white area of the image. I also love the little bit of light in the top left hand corner, it reminds me of being underwater and looking up towards the surface.

25) Products from around the house, destructive film preperation

After looking at Matthew Cetta I wanted to experiment further into destructive film than just boiling the film. Matthew Cetta's results were a lot more toxic and artificial as appose to Dustin Adam's shots have a much cleaner modern feel to them. Matthew Cetta experimented with a lot of acidic househeld items such a lemon juice, drano and frebreeze. I could only find fairy liquid and lemon juice and I bought a bottle of coca-cola to use as well. I poured the liquid into an old mug that I wouldn't use for drinking and left the film inside for about 5 minutes before leaving it to dry. Then I washed the mug out so that there was no remains of any of the previous liquid that could effect the results of the next shoot.

After taking doing the three shoots I took them to ASDA to get them developed. They refused to take the fairy liquid shoot as the emulsion was all over the canister and they were unable to get any results from the lemon juice shoot. They only manged to get around 5 shots from the coca-cola shoot. So it wasn't very successful but in my research a lot of even the experienced photographers like Dustin Adams said that even though he's been doing it for so long, it's still very hit and miss.