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The black lines and borders are not added - it is the film.

I have been playing with scanning negatives (positives in this case) that are split over two frames - as opposed to between frames. Then moving these "spliced" scans about into different sequences.

I have been doing it with shots that are linear in sequence - so down the same street or same place at different times. Or in this case, every few steps down the length of a city bus.

E-6 film goes pure black where not exposed which is included in the scan which is then usually cropped out at the area where the light fall off on the film plane starts. But Not here. ;-)

Style was inspired by a great shot on flickr where the photog shot 120 format film and exposed for 6x9, but advanced the film as if it was 6x4.5 - Giving one continuous overlapping story for the full length of the film.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/nicolai_g/62287070/

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John Roshka 2 years ago

Amazing image, Richard, I really like the effect.

Richard Ford Thanks John

ris 3 years ago

great! like a good movie that tells a lot without conversation.

Richard Ford I think the wide/panoramic style is what also helps to give the "Movie" like feeling. Check out a shot of mine on my profile page of the people hugging. It is cropped to 16:9 and feels very "Movie" like too.

Christian Aires 3 years ago

Simply perfect.

Richard Ford Thanks to a lot of trial and error. ;-)

Jeremy Russell 3 years ago

Nice one.

Works very well.

Richard Ford Thanks Jeremy.

Ben Goossens 3 years ago

In color... and in very well composed format: perfect:-))

Richard Ford Thanks Ben. I have been trying to get over my fear of colour and I am starting with very neutral and desaturated films. However this shot came out as I would have liked - even though it was shot with a so called "Vivid" film.

Ben Goossens Life is in color, so don't be afraid. Maybe some subjects are better in BL/W, but mostly a difficult choice.
I like desaturated colors!!!!

Regards,
Ben

Richard Ford Vivid colours are not my thing. SO I am going to use the so called "Wedding Films" like Astia and Porta and try for these pale, true to life colours as small step up from monochrome.

Ben Goossens Rihard,
I don't know if you use Photoshop:
With a desaturated copied layer > blending mode on color > +-50% or less, you can reach the same desaturated tones.

Regards, ben

MaxHamish 3 years ago

I have come back for a second look and need to say how impressed I am with this. Really great work...

Richard Ford :-)

Angela Bacon-Kidwell 3 years ago

This is really good. Hope to se more.

Richard Ford Thanks Angela. It is pretty hard. Well for me it is hard to pre visualise - so I am just picking scenes that I think will work well and then shooting them linearly. And then seeing what falls out or not. I wanted to do the same as he flickr photog - but in time. Once I get good at doing 2-4 frames - I'll see about 16 exposures/12 frames worth.

Angela Bacon-Kidwell Well, keep it up! You don't necessarily need to pre-vis- just shoot a lot and you will find your own niche.
What is the link to the photographer on flickr?

Richard Ford Found it!!

http://www.flickr.com/photos/nicolai_g/62287070/

Angela Bacon-Kidwell Thank you! Your image grabs me more that his work.

Richard Ford I went looking last night hoping it was in my favs - but it isn't. I'll try to find it again. I found it while searching on holga and 120 cross process stuff....

Tommy Str 3 years ago

Quality work! Love it. The left and right side fits perfectly as scenes from the book playing in her mind

Richard Ford If the guy's shadow on the right did not have the glasses clear - then it would be a bust... needed to have those elements of humanity in there.