Lost photos

Several photos I had picked out for a series in my folio was old film shot, mostly from my Seagull camera. One night last week, I re-scanned them, because the old files I had weren’t big enough for printing. I was surprised the scans turned out so pale, I tried to boost the photo by post processing, but it just didn’t work. Sadly, the negatives I used were cheap and maybe also expired, so they have faded a lot over time.

The new scan

The old scan

This is one of my most favourite photos, I’m really quite sad and frustrated about loosing it, many other shots have suffered the same fate. I swear I will never use cheap or expired film again, EVER! I also want to send all my films to pro labs, but I doubt I can afford that, though it’s certainly cheaper than loosing my best shots…