Okay, this is the last Christmas post of the year (I promise!). These were all on a roll of film from the Canon-AE1 that I developed this weekend. I had a bit of a scare with this roll - I started to rewind the film, and must have done something wrong, because the film counter wasn't moving. So I went into a closet, had Nate shove a towel under the door to keep as much light out as possible, and pulled the film out of the camera to attempt to wind it back into the canister manually. No dice - it must have slipped off the spool inside the canister, because turning the spool wasn't working at all. In a desperate effort, I attempted to shove the film back into the canister, which worked for about four inches of film, before no amount of shoving would budge it. In the end, I pulled all the film out of the canister, wrapped it up in thick black fabric, stuck it inside a holiday-themed tin, put the whole thing inside a black zip-up wine carrier (all while inside a pitch-black closet!), and carried it to the photo store. Luckily, the clerk did not treat me like crazy person (I felt pretty awesome explaining all of this to him, haha), and no photos were lost. Hooray! There's a little bit of damage to the pictures - you might notice some small white dots and blue lines - but considering I could have lost them entirely, I'm happy.
Happy Thursday!
5 comments:
Well done! I (very briefly) worked in a photo lab and we had a special dark box for opening people's cameras and manually rewinding films - we had to use it several times a week so you're not alone, just more resourceful than most!
Ah, sitting in the closet while trying to save film. Good times. I once had to sit on the couch with 3 blankets on and around me (because it was the middle of the day) and did the same, tried to save a roll.
Oh my goodness! I think these look marvelous! The slight damage done to the photos actually enhance them (in my opinion - I go weak in the knees for vintage-y looking photos). Love them all! :)
Quick thinking!
These are beautiful! I have to agree with Erin, I think the slight bit of damage actually gives the photos a charming look. The little light-up Santa is my favorite!
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