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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