Safety and Whatnots

• What are some of the health and safety concerns with using Sprint's Standard Film Developer? What should you do if you get chemistry on your eyes or skin or ingest the chemistry?  The Standard Developer may cause some mild eye and skin irritation, and breathing in the vapors also may cause one to become dizzy, light-headed, or nauseous.  If it is ingested, it may cause kidney damage, or teratogenic  (the study of abnormalities of physiological development…aka birth defects) effects, or life-threatening asthma.  If you get developer on your skin, wash the affected area with soap and water for a few minutes, and if it persists, call for medical attention.  If you get developer in your eyes, rinse them out with water, remove contacts, and continue rinsing for fifteen minutes, call for medical attention if persists.
• What are some of the health and safety concerns with using Sprint's Quick Silver Print Developer? What should you do if you get chemistry on your eyes or skin or ingest the chemistry?  Some of the health and safety concerns include: skin contact (burns, depigmentation, or sensitization of the skin), inhalation of the vapors, eye contact, and ingestion.  If you get the developer in your eyes, you must quickly rinse them out with water, take out contacts, and continue rinsing out eyes for fifteen minutes, and get medical attention.  If developer gets on your skin, wash the area with soap and water for fifteen minutes, take off contaminated clothing or shoes, and get medical attention.
• What are some of the health and safety concerns with using Sprint's Block Stop Bath? What should you do if you get chemistry on your eyes or skin or ingest the chemistry?  Inhalation, and skin and eye contact are the main health and safety concerns.  If you get it on your skin, wash the area with soap and water and get medical attention if it persists.  If you get it on your eyes, rinse them out with water and remove contacts, and get medical attention.
• What are some of the health and safety concerns with using Sprint's Record Speed Fix? What should you do if you get chemistry on your eyes or skin or ingest the chemistry? Inhalation, and skin and eye contact are the main health and safety concerns.  If you get it on your skin, wash the area with soap and water for several minutes, get medical attention if it persists.  If you get it in your eyes, rinse them out for several minutes, remove contacts, and get medical attention if it worsens.
• What are some of the health and safety concerns with using Sprint's Archive Fix Remover? What should you do if you get chemistry on your eyes or skin or ingest the chemistry?  It may cause skin irritation or sensitivity, if inhaled may cause headache, light-headedness, dizziness, nausea, and may create eye irritation, or if ingested, life-threatening asthma or teratogenic effects to embryo.  If it gets on skin, wash the area with soap and water for several minutes, get medical attention if it persists.  If you get it in your eyes, rinse them out for several minutes, remove contacts, and get medical attention if it worsens.
• Where are the material safety data sheets located in our darkroom? I don’t know, I cannot find that info anywhere.
• Is it ok for me to post your name on the class blog if I post your answers to these questions? Yup, that’s cool with me.

Here’s a darkroom safety website to check out: http://scphoto.com/html/chemicals.html

Here is a photographer who, I think, creates some cool stuff: http://forma.la/2010/12/10/otaku-gangsta/

The photographs might not use the rule of thirds, but they show great contrast with blacks and whites, and strong emotions portrayed with very simple imagery.

An artist who I absolutely love: http://willbryant.com

I don’t know how his stuff relates to photography though.  Some pieces he uses the rule of thirds, sometimes not, but it’s always something cool.

Another amazing artist I love is Doze Green.  Amazing. Check it out:

http://jonathanlevinegallery.com/?method=Exhibit.ExhibitDescriptionPast&ExhibitID=AD88E01C-115B-5562-AAA98DC2E480C8BE

            A cool video of him doing a quick painting: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rSk2RkuBHsM&feature=related