My first attempt at retouching a silver gelatin print
I recently learnt that a majority of people who produce their own silver gelatin prints in the darkroom have to
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darkroom developing
Practicing the ‘Burning In’ Technique in the Darkroom
In one of my latest Darkroom sessions I decided I wanted to enlarge a photo I’d taken of some logs
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Mishaps in the Darkroom Part 1
A couple of weeks ago during one of my darkroom sessions, I decided to do an enlargement of a black
Silver Gelatin Prints make lovely gifts
I was thinking today about the satisfaction I’ve had recently in being able to produce silver gelatin prints in the
How different a photo can look from basic scanning to printing a copy of it in the darkroom
I suppose it’s quite obvious that there will be differences in a photo from being scanned onto a computer compared
Developing Prints in the Darkroom
I have now visited the Brighton Community Darkroom a couple of times since I joined and am slowly getting more
Brighton Community Darkroom
In some of my previous blog posts I talked about taking a darkroom photography course at Varndean College in Brighton
Contrast Filters – Black and White Dark Room Photography
Last week I had the chance to try out a contrast filter for developing a photo during my black and
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Dark Room Photography Part 2
Following on from Part 1 of my Dark Room blog, I had my second lesson on Thursday. For my homework
Dark Room Photography Part 1
When I was a teenager, I was fortunate enough to have a friend who’s parents had a dark room in the basement of their house. The enlarger was from around the 1960s and was all chrome and dome shaped which looked really cool. The dryer was a rack with a cream canvas which was discoloured due to it’s age and the chemicals it had been covered with. I have fond memories of spending hours down there with my friend developing black and white photographs we had taken. Her parents had shown her how it all worked and in turn, she taught me the developing process which I found great fun at the time. Now I’m rediscovering film photography again, I really wanted to get back into a dark room to see how much I could remember of what I’d learnt many years ago and also if I still enjoyed the developing process. I found an adult education course in black
