Before printing in the dark room, I did a test strip. I had the enlarger on a very bright light, so this test strip was done in 2 second sessions. The first block is 2 seconds, the second 4, the third 6, ect.
By looking at this I would have said about 4 - 5 seconds gave the clearest detail. So that is what I put my enlarger on.
This is the outcome of the enlarger being on at 5 seconds. The dolls house has come out very clear and in great detail, however the miniature figurines have come out very blurred and out of focus. The reason for this was because this what it look like on the negative - it wasn't the printing which did this.
I kept the enlarger on 5 seconds and did a different picture. This image came out very clear however it is slightly too dark for what I wanted. This has given very clear detail, however also it looks as if I have just cropped the Barbies head off - I haven't the Barbie had no head to begin with. >
< I redid this image with the enlarger on 4 seconds and slightly further down. This image is a lot better in detail and looking.
This image was done on a 4 second enlarger. It has still come out very dark, so I needed to change the f number on the enlarger. I love how the Barbies look like real people and how the styling matches. I like how it has been printed in black and white like I wanted to in the beginning and how I have used different gender models ( Barbies and a Ken) .
I have tried to be really controversial here, by switching the clothing. So Barbie is in the mans board shorts and Ken is in a dress. I did this too see what the outcome would be like. It isn't great and it isn't my favourite image, however it was worth a try because it's so unique. I don't like how closely cropped it is and I wouldn't try to redo this, I would just leave it as it doesn't work.
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