My first roll of film

I’m not a great fan of Tri X – too grainy for me. However it was recommended for the darkroom course because it’s easy to develop and tolerates inexactness in temperature. I could see as soon as I laid the developed film strip out on the light box that I had overexposed pretty much every shot. I also had a lot of shots where the focus was off. No idea why. Usually I’m ok with the Olympus. And then looking at the scanned images I got back from the lab in Manhattan it all looks pretty nasty.  I don’t think they did as good a job as Michael’s Camera House back in Melbourne, who perhaps have learned to correct for my deficiencies. There also seems to be a slight light leak, still, despite having paid almost $300 to get Olympus serviced just before I left.

Ahh well. It’s still the first roll of film developed by me since my early 20s and there are some shots that are ok-ish. The first bunch I took on a day trip with some friends outside Toronto and the rest are of Bushwick, around Maria Hernandez Park and Myrtle Ave.