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Digital Camera World
Digital Camera World
Mike Harris

I’m VERY squeamish – I didn’t need to know that blood can be used to develop film photography, yet here I am…

Scary film portrait developed using pigs' blood, with inset post from the photographer's instagram as well as the Nauseated Face emoji .

Who needs to know you can develop the camera film using blood? Not me! I’m extremely squeamish. I only just managed to get through the recent critically acclaimed horror, Nosferatu, because it has the best cinematography I’ve seen in a long time. And when a friend once suggested I watch Midsommar, I felt weird for days. Grisly modern horror just ain’t my bag. And it’s because of all the blood!

So, a huge thank you to Vancouver-based fashion photographer, YouTuber, and Instagrammer @yhanson_photography – seriously check out her work, it’s fab – for uploading a Reel and a YouTube video describing how you can develop film using blood. And an equally big thank you to Digital Camera World Editor in Chief, James Artaius, for gifting me this darn article to write.

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