This afternoon a good Flickr Friend of mine sent me a panicked email:
“I recently gave an ilford HP-5 for development at my usual photo studio. I used my regular camera and clicked a model’s pics in low light with flash. The problem now is that the studio says that I do not have any images on the film at all! It is totally blank after development! Another roll used on the same day, however has images. Any clue? I don’t know if the studio is responsible since they do film development for me very regularly and I have had nocomplaints so far.”
I think I found a way to tell if the studio did screw up. Can you?
. As far as I am concerneddarkroom or photoshop are tools, and both need high level of skill to get the most out of them. In fact my use of photoshop has been significantly helped/enhanced by the techniques I learnt in the darkroom – things like dodging, burning, masking, edge burning, contrast, toning etc. I also like the fact that now I can creatively 
mix and match analog and digital techniques to get some interesting photographs – like my 
Downtowns are schizophrenic – during day you see busy professionals shuffling along and taking care of business and at night you see street dwellers, bar goers, and folks that in general enjoy night life. Indianapolis is no different. I took full advantage of a pleasant evening yesterday and decided to explore the city a bit more but stayed away from the center of downtown until the end. I wandered down side streets and the arts/business districts looking for interesting things, patterns, window displays etc. to photograph. It is amazing what one notices by just slowing down a bit and lingering at a spot long enough. I have been experimenting with Fuji Neopan 1600 film after a 
