{"id":5566,"date":"2023-04-02T14:12:06","date_gmt":"2023-04-02T13:12:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tazmpictures.com\/site\/?p=5566"},"modified":"2025-10-20T20:55:39","modified_gmt":"2025-10-20T19:55:39","slug":"holi-in-bangladesh-part-2-the-ruined-roll","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tazmpictures.com\/site\/?p=5566","title":{"rendered":"Holi in Bangladesh Part 2: the Ruined Roll"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

A bit of clicking around this site will reveal I’m a film photographer. And when I went to photograph the Holi celebration for my previous post, I took with me three rolls of film. Only two turned out as intended.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I had two small developer tanks that hold two spools each – two in one, one in the other. And no sooner had I added the developer and started agitating them (I turned them upside down, as I normally do) when the lid popped off one and the film spilled out. As Murphy would have it, the one with two rolls in it. Of course, I quickly shoved the spools back in the tank and got the cover back on, but I instantly knew it was all ruined. Because a shutter exposes film for the tiniest fraction of a second, and this film had spilled into the kitchen sink for a good 3\/4 to full second. Ever hopeful, however, I continued the process to its conclusion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When I went to hang the film to dry, I was surprised to see images on the “ruined” rolls. They gradually became dimmer as I reached the end of the strip – the part that had been closest to the outside of the spool – but the “inner” parts seemed to be okay. I suspected the photos wouldn’t be perfect, but at worst, I was hoping for some “happy accidents.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In film development, a “happy accident” is when something goes wrong – film is doubly exposed, or there’s a light leak, you leave your film in a hot car, or it’s just old film – and you end up with something kind of cool and different. Like what a lot of those lomo folks are aiming for with pre-treated or tinted films.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So, long story short, most of the photos were completely ruined. But a handful actually turned out interesting. Still disappointed they weren’t as intended, but fun nevertheless. I’ll share a few of the best below. Happy shooting! And make sure that lid’s on tight next time you’re processing film!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The ruined rolls were one each “lomo purple” – one of those aforementioned “tinted” films that is intended<\/em> to give you somewhat<\/em> funky results. This one was mostly just overexposed along the edge, so I applied a mask in Lightroom to darken the edge – not perfect, but at this point I’m just going with it:<\/p>\n\n\n\n