Making Photos for the Sake of It

I’m sure I’ve mentioned it before in a post or two, but sometimes I’ll make photos for the sake of making photos and not because I’m particularly inspired. Sometimes this is an attempt to become inspired (it works, I swear!) and sometimes because I want an exposed roll.

In the case of the above, it was definitely the latter. As I mentioned in “first colour” post, I want to use more XP2 Super. It’s a chromogenic black-and-white film, designed for development in C-41 (i.e. colour negative) chemistry. There are some really magical properties to it and a film I really like. While you can develop it in black-and-white chemistry (and get wonderful results), it doesn’t feel quite as special to me that way.

Notwithstanding the bubbles that were caught up (they’re quite apparent on the right edge of the last three frames above), I’m quite pleased with the results!

Kodak used to manufacture a C-41 black-and-white (Portra 400BW, T-Max 400CN, BW400CN), but stopped in 2014. Already quite a niche product, unlike Ektachrome, which has a bigger niche, it was never reintroduced.