Darkr

[Rob MacKillop]

For fun I downloaded Darkr from the iphone App store. I’ve only half-heartedly taken a shot to test. It’s a really fun app which simulates a darkroom experience, including test strip choices, dodging and burning, etc.

There a number of ‘cameras’ to choose from, including Large Format, which has the image upside down, as it would be in a full-format camera. Bit of a laugh. Medium format and Pocket Camera also available, not upside down.

It’s not as gimmicky as it might sound, as the quality throughout seems high. Images rendered b&w.

I hope to do better than this Large Format and cropped shot by spending more time with it, but it was fun to do.

 

[Rob MacKillop]

Pocket camera version:

 

[Ralph Turner]

Sounds like fun..

 

[Rob MacKillop]

It is, so I just thought I'd mention it here.

 

[Ralph Turner]

I've downloaded it to have a play myself at some point

 

[Brian Moore]

It is, so I just thought I'd mention it here.

I'm going to try it. Thanks, Rob.

 

[Rob MacKillop]

I should be on commission!

 

[Gary R. Smith]

I suppose I'll have to go to the app store for more details? I assume this uses the phone camera to suppy the initial shot and following that is where the "fun" starts?

 

[Rob MacKillop]

Yes, it does.

 

[Gianluca Drago]

I don't have an iPhone, barely have some phone that I usually forget I have. These photos don't seem to bear your signature, Rob. At the very least they lack contrast, but I understand that you need to get familiar with the new tool.

 

[Rob MacKillop]

Oh, it’s just a bit of fun, Gianluca. I do indulge in such things on rare occasions.

 

[Gianluca Drago]

Oh, it’s just a bit of fun, Gianluca. I do indulge in such things on rare occasions.

And you do very well.

 

[Rob MacKillop]

More contrast:

 

[Gianluca Drago]

I have contrasting feelings...

 

[Rob MacKillop]

Don’t worry, my friend, I am not putting this forward as ‘one of my images’, but just playing with an app.

 

[Gianluca Drago]

Don’t worry, my friend, I am not putting this forward as ‘one of my images’, but just playing with an app.

I know, I know. I was joking.

 

[Stevenson Gawen]

Interesting indeed. I too, have doubts, but I shall nobly and selflessly put them to one side and make a beeline for the App Store without further ado!

 

[Rob MacKillop]

I’d happily open up this thread for any images folk might want to share from using Darkr. Even things that don’t work out, so we learn from that too.