Doll House-Creepy!

[Chriscrawfordphoto]

I went with a friend to an abandoned house just north of Fort Wayne to do some pictures yesterday. The house was totally trashed inside and there were several dolls strewn about.

All shot with Leica M4 on Tmax 3200
The first with the 50mm Summicron, the second with VC 35mm f2.5 PII

 

[crawdiddy]

Creepy indeed, Chris. I especially like the 3rd one.

 

[snausages]

Those are great shots. And wisely you brought that disposable Leica gear - can't risk damaging the OM's in a place like that!

 

[Chriscrawfordphoto]

Those are great shots. And wisely you brought that disposable Leica gear - can't risk damaging the OM's in a place like that!

LOL! 😀 Yep, so true 😀

 

[Michael Markey]

Wow Chris, that is creepy. Bet you didn`t stay in there long,but what great shots.

 

[Chriscrawfordphoto]

Wow Chris, that is creepy. Bet you didn`t stay in there long,but what great shots.

Was there a while, went with a friend. She's a lot bigger than me, so if the dolls came to life I'd make her fight them off. You ever seen the Child's Play movies? LOL

 

[squirrel$$$bandit]

Whoa, those are great!

 

[robklurfield]

creepy and well-recorded. your shots and the tonal range convey a great sense of horror. nice work.

 

[xayraa33]

That is as creepy as David Letterman.

 

[FrankS]

Yep, dolls in abandoned houses spell creepy all right! Good shots.

You've got an M4 now?

 

[Chriscrawfordphoto]

Yep, dolls in abandoned houses spell creepy all right! Good shots.

You've got an M4 now?

Yeah! I posted a thread about it when I got it 🙂

 

[FrankS]

Yeah! I posted a thread about it when I got it 🙂

Must have missed it. Congrats anyway, you deserve it.

And you do good work with it!

 

[gb hill]

Chris those shots are fantastic. Love the shadows which adds to the mood. Congrats on the M4. Hope you sell many more prints.

 

[Chriscrawfordphoto]

Chris those shots are fantastic. Love the shadows which adds to the mood. Congrats on the M4. Hope you sell many more prints.

Thanks 🙂 Tmax 3200 is great film for giving harsh contrast like these have. I shot some on Tmax 400 too, but I haven;t scanned them. They had to be shot at much lower shutter speeds (1/15 at f2 or f2.8 mostly) so I was afraid they'd be blurred. So I popped a roll of the 3200 in at EI-1600 to do the ones you see here. Most of the 400 ones came out as it turns out, but I still need to scan them. I somehow think I'll still prefer the Tmax 3200 shots because the harsh tonality and grain just look right for these!

 

[Chriscrawfordphoto]

Here's some more:

These are from Tmax 400 film (TMY-2) developed in Tmax developr diluted 1+7

 

[hans voralberg]

Great pics Chris, what speed did you rate the Tmax at and what dev may I ask?

 

[Chriscrawfordphoto]

Great pics Chris, what speed did you rate the Tmax at and what dev may I ask?

I forgot to write in my second posting of pics that those were the Tmax 400 images. I just edited the post. The ones in my original post were Tmax 3200 at EI-1600 developed in Tmax Developer, diluted 1+4 at Kodak's recommended time for 1600, which is 10.5 minutes at 68 degrees.

The ones in my second group of photos are Tmax 400-2 at EI 320 developed in Tmax Developer diluted 1+7, 68 degrees, 9.5 minutes. Kodak doesnt give a time for the 1+7 dilution at 68, only at 75. I wanted to use 68 because thats the temp my tap water was yesterday when I processed these. So, I extrapolated the time. I think it worked. 9 minutes at 70 degrees works too for TMY-2 in Tmax 1+7.

I agitate first 30 seconds, then 4 inversions each minute.

 

[Sparrow]

Is it just me or is one of those dolls moving about?

 

[hans voralberg]

Thanks alot Chris, I've only shot Tmax once, your pics are an inspiration to give that combination a try again

 

[thomasw_]

Chris -- I do not "like" the shots, as they are rather disturbing and creepy; but they are excellent and beautiful shots artistically! Well seen and captured and developed! It seems clear that you are enjoying that m4 and 50/35 kit!