Review of final David Bailey shoot.

What happened? 

I photographed my friend in underwear in the style of David Bailey. I rented out both the studio and a medium format camera. I then processed and printed the photographs myself. A huge issue I encounted with the photographs was during the processing stage, upon taking the film off of the sprawl I immediately noticed there was a huge cream coloured smudge all down the film. I knew that this was from during processing the film was stuck together and therefore the fix couldn't get to all of the film. I decides to pour some fix into a tray and put the film again. Luckily most of the smudge disappeared, however there was some still on the film, and on a couple of photographs it is noticeable. 

What went well? 

Other than the one issue with processing the film, I feel it went quite well. I feel I was successful in replicating a similar lighting to david Bailey. My aim was to keep the model in the light however not the background, keeping it grey. To do this I took a poly board and put it in front of the light, covering about a third of the bulb, preventing the light from falling on the wall behind the model. Something I didn't intend for but I feel added character to the photograph was the amount of shadows on the model. If I was to do this shoot again Id keep a similar lighting because I like the drama it adds.

What didn't go well? 

I feel through out this shoot the two big issues was the problem with the fix, which if I was to do this again I would ensure the film has been put on the sprawl properly, preventing it from being stuck together. The other issue I encountered during printing. Because the enlargers in the dark room aren't designed for medium format film, I was forced into making a frame out of card so that the frame could be included in the photograph. However because I had to make this frame myself, I feel it compromised the quality of the image. It was quite unsuccessful because I could only include one edge of the film because the frame wasn't big enough to include both, if I was to print this film again I would ensure I used an enlarged designed for medium format film