Back on April 12th, Chris and Connie travelled up to Edmonton for another edition of the Beer Parlour Project. Actually Connie didn't make it up until the next day, when we visited the Viking Hotel. On Friday the 12th Chris and I ventured out to the Warspite Hotel. This visit is referred to as BP 11.0.
These are two of the first negatvies from that trip that I have developed. Both were taken on Kodak T-Max 400 film, pushed to 1600 iso. Development was in T-Max developer, 1:4, for 8:20 minutes at 20C. I'm generally happy with the results. The lighting in these old taverns is very sketchy and it has been very difficult taking large format portraits. Pushing the film works, but the resulting negatives get pretty grainy and contrasty. I'm thinking about experimenting with some additional artificial lighting. I don't want to drag out my entire studio light setup... but perhaps a couple small light stands with LED bulbs.
The first portrait is a shot of Hope and her grandmother Steph. Steph lives on a farm nearby, and the two were visiting at the hotel. I shot this with my Ebony view camera and a 125mm lens. It was taken on April 12th at about 4:45 in the afternoon. The exposure was F11.0 at 1/15 second.
The second portrait is a local named Shane. He visited with Chris and I and was able to provide a bit of history about the town and the hotel. I shot his portrait with the same camera and lens, but it was a little later in the evening, shortly after 5:00, and the light had fallen off a little. The exposure for this one was F8.0 and 1/15 second.
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