SS's Debt Diary!

kathfisch

southernscouser wrote:

Don't be daft! Hijack away!

What are the pics of? Was it a particular subject or anything you wanted?

Do you get to print them for free or do you have to pay for them? :eek:

He he, you wanna be careful inviting me to 'talk away' :rotfl:

The photos are of a variety of things, a mixture of photographic art, documentary projects, some installation and video work. Mine are about a housing development near my (parents') home. Hopefully they make people think about the architecture of these new developments and the social and political issues around them. That sound academic enough? :rotfl:

Basically, I asked people to stand outside their house and used a really old bellows camera to get a picture of the house, its surroundings and the people. They're going to be about 23 x 19 inches big on the wall, 5 of them. I'll give you the address of the website too when its done if you like (did I mention I was doing a website too?! :eek: :rotfl: ).

As for the money, I try not to think about it!! I pay £40 a year darkroom fee which is extremely cheap because I get unlimited use of the facilities and chemicals. But then I have to buy the film and have it processed and then buy the paper to print it on, then pay someone to mount it. Oh, and we've all paid £100 towards the production of this book, arrrggh! To give you an idea, for this project, I'm going to end up spending about £800. Thank heaven for parents who are happy to pay and don't want me to do a 'real' subject, hey?! :rotfl:

Ok, really will shut up now :rolleyes:

southernscouser

I'd love to see your stuff!

Ever thought about using a digital camera? You don't have to pay for film that way! :rolleyes:

kathfisch

southernscouser wrote:

I'd love to see your stuff!

Ever thought about using a digital camera? You don't have to pay for film that way! :rolleyes:

I will be sure to give you the website address when it's up and running

Hmmmm... the great digital debate!! For the kind of quality I want its just not possible (money-wise) to use digital. That seems silly cos I just said how much film costs but to get equivalent quality I'd need a digital slr that'd cost about £1000 - £2000 and it'd be out of date in a year or two :mad:

The camera I do use is based on the very earliest types, totally manual etc. It takes negatives that are 5 x 4 inches big and the quality is amazing :T Mind you I did look a bit silly 7 feet up a step ladder peering into one of these :rotfl:

**purpleprincess**

Hey you SS!!! How's it going?

southernscouser

kathfisch wrote:

I will be sure to give you the website address when it's up and running

Hmmmm... the great digital debate!! For the kind of quality I want its just not possible (money-wise) to use digital. That seems silly cos I just said how much film costs but to get equivalent quality I'd need a digital slr that'd cost about £1000 - £2000 and it'd be out of date in a year or two :mad:

The camera I do use is based on the very earliest types, totally manual etc. It takes negatives that are 5 x 4 inches big and the quality is amazing :T Mind you I did look a bit silly 7 feet up a step ladder peering into one of these :rotfl:

What the bleeding hell is that? :eek:

Looks like something the army would use! :rotfl:

I know what you mean about digital cameras. The ones they use at work are awesome but cost about £15k a piece! _pale_

And how can you say about them being out of date! Look at what you use! :rotfl:

I might just be waffling here but don't they say the older cameras are better for special effects or something!

southernscouser

**purpleprincess** wrote:

Hey you SS!!! How's it going?

Hey PP! Not too bad ta! You?

Just getting some photography lessons from Kath! :rolleyes:

**purpleprincess**

southernscouser wrote:

Hey PP! Not too bad ta! You?

Just getting some photography lessons from Kath! :rolleyes:

I'm fine thank you!! Home from work so that's good!!

Cool!!

southernscouser

**purpleprincess** wrote:

I'm fine thank you!! Home from work so that's good!!

Cool!!

Don't talk to me about work! Friday night they decided to change everything we had spent 3 days doing! :mad:

Then carried on changing it Saturday! They better bloody pay me more money soon! :rolleyes:

We're having a BBQ for dinner! :drool:

**purpleprincess**

southernscouser wrote:

Don't talk to me about work! Friday night they decided to change everything we had spent 3 days doing! :mad:

Then carried on changing it Saturday! They better bloody pay me more money soon! :rolleyes:

We're having a BBQ for dinner! :drool:

That sounds a bit pants!!! You should mention the money thing.

Mmmmm, love BBQ!!! Been ages since I had one!!

southernscouser

**purpleprincess** wrote:

That sounds a bit pants!!! You should mention the money thing.

Mmmmm, love BBQ!!! Been ages since I had one!!

Think the weather might p!ss on it though! :rotfl:

Am talking money in 2 weeks! Hate getting my hopes up though! I could halve the time it takes to be debt free! :j