David Ondrik Photography (blog)

Today I spent the better part of 3 hours in a color darkroom, trying to remember how to make chromogenic prints. It was a mixed bag. I certainly got better as the day grew longer and the stack of photographic paper smaller. I was even told by a good friend that knows about such things that my whites were dingy, and that this meant the chemistry was bad, which could be why the colors were so…strange. It was an interesting experience, that’s for sure. I’m hopeful that the next couple of hours will be even better. Then I can really throw that R2400 in a river.

I’m working on a new project that will take some time to complete. I’m very interested in food: where does it come from, who grows it, how much food can Albuquerque produce locally, etc. So I’m going to spend the next year (at least) going around to various Community Farms and Community Supported Agriculture sites to take photos. Here are some of the first photos from the project.

These are from the Rio Grande Community Farm. There’s a few CSAs, but there are also some Community Gardens. I’ll be visiting both to see what, um, develops.

I just got back from the New Topographics show at the Center for Creative Photography in Tucson. Seeing all the great, small, black & white photos has me questioning whether I really want to get into color work. So now a comparison:

What to do, what to do…

Organ Mountains, originally uploaded by davidondrik.

According to Flickr, this is my most interesting photo. Yikes.

I’ve been playing with Nelson Gold Toner. All the prints are on Ilford warm tone fiber paper. First is untoned, then toned for 6 minutes, then for 12.