Essence // Chackra Energy

Soaked this expired film canister with that beautiful bowl of flowers

I had SUCH high hopes for this session. I looked around my garden and noticed I had all the colors of the chakras and wanted to work with the energies for this series. It started beautifully and then the weather turned and I chose to work with the elements rather than stop the process. I may have to try this method again when I know the weather is going to be better. BUT, I did learn a few lessons so that is always a plus!

I choose all of my flowers and the intact film canister ( used an expired roll of Kodak Gold 200) and soaked them in creek water, I let everything steep all day in the sunshine to absorb all the good vibes. After soaking all day, I pulled the film out of the canister and was so disappointed to see the emulsion started coming off the film strip. After I pulled the strip out of the canister completely, exposing it to light, I cut the strip into 4 workable strips, attaching them to a piece of watercolor paper and securing with clips. I soaked the plants in developer made with passionflower essence and laid them on the film to sit for 20min. After exposure, I washed the film (no fixer) and scanned turning the negatives to positives in Lightroom.

Lessons learned: expose the film to light BEFORE soaking film and don’t soak expired film all day. I’m also not a 100% fan of soaking flowers in developer and laying them on the strip. More practice may be needed.

To be honest- I thought about NOT sharing this session with you. BUT I think it’s still important to share our failures. It’s the only way we can learn sometimes.