Something pretty funny (and scary) happened at the photo lab today when I dropped by to collect a roll of Provia 400X shot with my Sprocket Rocket recently. I usually lurk outside the lab until the boss gives me the thumbs up … then I’ll crawl in only when the processing is ready.
Today … while I was having a puff outside the lab … the boss appeared suddenly with a small pail … and in it was a the entire roll of developed negatives (the one I sent it!). He was holding one end of the roll and told me something about it ‘dropping off’ during the process. I was a little confused but before I could ask further … he told me that he’ll put it into the machine again and he rushed back into the lab. I was confused. Hahaha! Then after feeding that roll to the machine for the 2nd time … he came out to join me for another cancer stick. This time he explained that the sticky tape that held the end of the roll to some part in the machine … came off. Well … such things doesn’t happen all the time but what I was curious about (and asked him about it) was why he had to feed the roll into the machine again. He said something like having to let the roll dry and stuffs like that.
Some minutes later … he came out again and passed me the roll … now cut nicely into strips. I was told that a couple of frames got damaged in the ‘incident’ but when I looked at it … I told him that it is perfectly fine! Having some folds and weird stains … is gonna give cooler, weirder and ermm … unusual results!
This one above is the one which was damaged most. I still find it pretty neat with all the ‘stains’ and folds. Hahaha! Maybe I’ll ask the lab to deliberately do this again next time. Imagine how nice it will turn out if it were to be a roll of black & white C41 film? 😀
This one below suffered just a little bit …
My sis-in-law is gonna kill me. In both the photos of her in it … her mouth looks weird. Hahaha! Yeah I know … the wind was strong and was blowing her hair into her mouth. Hahahaha! Better not let her see this!
