What can be done with a bit of frozen water

I'm printing a short series off some old negs for my portfolio and to practice printmaking. The prints are actually a bit less contrasty than these scans, but cheap scanner + cheap photo editing software = so-so scans. Must get PhotoShop... and a better scanner/printer. According to the work study at the lab, I make great prints - and she's jealous. =) I love playing in the darkroom. I can, and do, spend hours at a time in there. It's interesting to me that so many of the students detest printing. They're a lot of the same students who complain about having to shoot film. I think it all stems from being raised on instant results from digital cameras. Sad, so much can be done on film and in a darkroom.

First Assignment

Our first assignment was to fool our camera meter and be able to correct it - white on white, black on black, backlit. This was my first print. I'm pretty happy with it. The assignment is due Thursday... we were told tonight it's pushed back to next Tuesday. *sigh* I'll be amazed if we actually get through all the assignments this quarter. I hate when teachers cater to the slackers. =(