Work, the work ….

Now I am working on just “planets” trying to get the tone and texture has proven a bit tricky with how I expose the negative to the plate. When the explosion flashes and exposes the negative the light doesn’t always go in the direction you would like or anticipate. And while it may seem that (or more wishful thinking) a flash of light would have equal exposure across the plate …. It doesn’t. Also other raised bits on the plate block and shift the light, so while I can control where the explosion goes off I can’t control the lights direction or intensity. I am however finding ways to work with the unpredictability of the materials and have had success here and there, which I will be showing over the coming days and weeks.