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Darkroom

Techniques

Arriving

Turn on the

warning and main

light

Turn on the fan

Lock the door

Stick your music

on

Film Development

Prepare your

chemicals

Collect equipment

Lights Out! Find film end

Cut film end

Spool film

Fill Canister • Place spool

on column

• Place spool

in container

• Close lid

tightly

Lights back on!

Find the timer

Know chemical

times You can find these on the

bottles.

Add chemicals Developing is very time

dependent,

Stopping and fixing are less

time-vital.

Try to keep to the timings!��

Agitate

Wash the film

Fill and empty the

container 3 or four

times. Your don’t need

to keep the lid on once

you have fixed the film

Dry the film

Cut the film up and

store it.

That’s it! Your films

done!

Wash and Dry

Film processing summary

Prepare chemicals

Collect equipment

Turn all lights off

Open film canister and remove end of film

Spool film onto film spool

Put everything into the tank - light on

Add chemicals for correct times - agitate

Wash then dry the negatives

Printing

Arrange Chemicals

Contact Print Use a contact print easel to

see all of your negatives as

positives

Select your negative

and place it in the

enlarger

The enlarger! With Contrast adjustable head

and many other Pleasing

Features and

modern conveniences!

Safety light on

Use a print easel

Compose and focus

the print

Change the aperture

Put your paper in

Expose

Expose paper for

5 seconds

Cover a small

section

Repeat, exposing

the uncovered

area until whole

sheet exposed

Process

Place the print in the

Developer for 1 minute

Move the print into the

STOP for 30 seconds

then to the FIX for 60

Wash the print for 2

minutes.

Examine under white

light

Dry the print

Once the print is fixed it can be exposed to white light.

You can then dry the print.

Squeegy the print to remove the surface water.

Then hang it up until its visibly dry or feed it to the dryer.

Contrast

A picture with too much

or too little contrast can

be remedied by

changing the contrast

grade.

Adding magenta will

increase the contrast,

increasing the yellow

will decrease the

contrast.

Low Contrast

High Contrast

Dodging and Burning

• If your print has sections that are either brighter or

darker than you wish, you can burn or dodge them.

• Burning is where you cover all but the lighter part of

the photograph and allow more light onto that part of

the print.

• Dodging is the opposite, this is where you cover only

a dark part on the print allowing less light to hit this

part of the print and making it lighter.

Printing Summary

• Prepare chemicals

• Print a contact print & select a negative to print

• Turn on enlarger and put the negative in

• Focus and recompose the picture

• Process the print

• Test print, repeat…

• Adjust contrast, repeat…

• Dodge and Burn if necessary

• Dry the print