I scanned this negative as just a sheet of paper on my flatbed scanner the other day (in other words, no backlighting). I haven’t had the time to get into the darkroom lately, and I just wanted to get an idea of how it turned out. It’s not the first time I’ve shot with my (relatively new) 8×10 camera, but this is the first image I’ve posted from it. The negative is pretty dense, as I don’t have a shutter for the lens I’m using (8 in. at f4.5, which is wide open). But I’m getting the aesthetic I’ve been wanting for awhile, I believe. And the good thing is this format will carry over to wet-plate nicely.

Now for the big news: I got into grad school. After applying every year since December 2003, I’ve finally been accepted somewhere, and I’m happy to say that the somewhere is Savannah College of Art & Design. Not only that, but I’ll be attending the new Atlanta campus. As you may know, a metropolitan area was a major factor in where I could even apply to school, for Stacy to find work. You can read more about it at CrazyWalker.

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