Burano, Italy in Black and White

Busy weekend with family and friends.  However, I did manage to finagle my husband into cutting out that one last drawer for me so I could staple in some plastic screen and voila! I now have three racks for drying my FB prints!! I also had some down time and went to YouTube to check out any videos they might have on the darkroom - just to see how everyone else is doing it!  Let me tell you, there are some real sloppy photographers in the darkroom out there!  I mean there is no reason for any one to have dirty, filthy, black trays!  They make cleaners for just that purpose!  Anyhoo, the videos erased any of my own doubts of knowing the process, that's for sure!

Today I headed into town and picked up some more chemicals and paper and storage boxes for 8x10 and 11x14 prints.  When I got home, I mixed up the chemicals and headed into the darkroom.  I have one more image on this first roll of film that includes Venice, Murano, and Burano, and a couple images of Croatia then I'll have finished the first roll from Europe.  Then I'll only have 12 more rolls to go!!!!!!  LOL!  But my favorite print today was one from Burano.  That's the town where the houses are painted bright vivid colors - and here I was taking images in black and white (as well as color).  The picture is the front of a house with two windows with flower pots in each window on either side of the doorway.  The doorways on Burano isle are somewhat left open, however, they cover them with a curtain, and it's the curtain that is so elegant looking.  It's brilliant white with folds in the drapes and it just looks elegant! Again, you can't see the whole image, like all of the windows or the bottom of the drape that has scallops on it, but here it is:

I almost didn't print this one out as I thought it looked overexposed.  Well, I was there in the middle of the day and everything was so dang bright!  But, as it was, it came out faboo!

Yesterday was the day I went and picked up all 18 framed images from the Latitude's Restaurant from their two month hang for Auburn Art Walk.  Then I headed across the street to City Hall and dropped off my two images of No Hands Bridge for the next two month Auburn Art Walk!

I wanted to mention that my friend Chris Buckley who works at the camera store I go to, and a fellow digital photographer, are giving a "Beginning Digital Photography" class on Sunday June 17, 2012.  If you'd like more information you can visit www.MirthToEarth.com/PhotoClasses  That's my 'share' of the day!