Test Strips helped a lot in this project. One of the best ways to learn how to use the materials was by experience to get a feel for the effects of exposure time, developing time techniques, and filters. Light, though simple, has very profound effects with only small changes. At first it is quite tedious to learn the methods to improve a photo, because there are so many steps where something can go wrong, so it is hard to be consistent enough to perfect anything. It definitely takes persistence and patience to get it right, since each failure takes about 10 minutes to discover. Eventually, I did warm up to it, but actually, my very best photo was my first, by some luck. It was my favorite photo anyway, so I am fine with one good one. The easiest thing to perfect was focus, since it is immediately noticeable. The hardest was exposure time, and filtering.

This project definitely developed my artistic practice, since I've never done any photo developing besides the previous rayogram project. I've learned a lot about developing techniques, and how light behaves. This is fairly easy to represent dimension, since it is automatic. Value however, is harder, because contrast and exposure must be adjusted. I learned that filters create more contrast with whiter whites, and darker darks.