Back Room 3
All combined under the enlarger in a darkroom
Darkroom magic
The following gallery contains images assembled on 11 x 14 inch duplicating film using registered masks.. The artefacts are retouched by hand.
Honda - Big on Reliability
Agency: CPS – AD: Berry Bendel – Client: Honda Lawnmowers == Created in the days before computers, this shot is done mostly in-camera, The set is model built around a real lawnmower including some plastic men in the background. The final photo composite, to add the eight real men, was done superbly by Obscura in London. These composites are created in the dark room on 11×14″ duplicating film using an enlarger and multiple registered masks. Any artefacts are retouched by hand.
Bill board and Press advertising. – Circa 1988
Honda - Car Wash
Agency: CPS – AD: Berry Bendel – Client: Honda Lawnmowers == Created in the days before computers, this shot is done mostly in-camera, The set is a model built around a real lawnmower. The final post production photo composite, to add the front seven real men, was done superbly by Obscura in London. These composites are created in the dark room on 11×14″ duplicating film using an enlarger and multiple masks.
Bill board and Press advertising. Circa 1988
Honda Blue Print
Agency: CPS – AD: Berry Bendel – Client: Honda Lawnmowers == Too complicated to describe here. Come to one of my lectures and I will explain how it was done. – Circa 1989
Fina - A Helping Hand
Agency: CPS – AD: Terry Trower – Client Petro-Fina. == A two part dark room composite on dupe film. Very careful measurement of all the elements is essential if things are going to fit correctly. – 5×4 Tungsten Ekachrome, Photo-composite by Obscura – 1988
JVC - Dad
Agency: Demond Advertising – Client: JVC. == A conventional photo composite of 4 images. The adult dog, the pups 2 + 1 and the room with tv and video recorder. Obscura combined these elements in the dark room, onto a single sheet of duplicating film using registered masks. – 1984
Four by Four by Four
Agency: CPS – AD: Berry Bendel – Client: Honda == To safely create this photograph it was necessary to build scaffolding to support the 4x4s which were then lifted into position using a crane. The scaffold was largely covered by the vehicles but where it showed through, the sky was photo composited into the space between the bikes. It’s the same idea as cloning the sky in using Photoshop but this was all done the hard way in the dark room on film by Obscura. – 1989