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Darkroom progress

2020-09-22

I've taken some time this month to read up on my darkroom-practices, and

to actually to through stuff in my closet inside my apartment, so that I

can use it to make a small darkroom there to make prints from my

negatives. I bought a worktable at IKEA and put it inside them room, and

it is just the right size to fit my enlarger and four medium-size trays of

developer, stop, fix and water. I have no running water inside the closet

of course, so I go out after each print and put it in the wash using the

water-tray. Then I get any print from the last rinse, and repeat that

process until I have no more room to hang prints, or until I have to go to

bed for the night.

The process is actually kind of soothing, and even if it is repetitive,

it's fun to experiment a bit and try using different negatives. I have

collected quite a few since I started shooting analogue a few years ago.

The process I use right now is something like this:

After this, I rinse for a few minutes, and hang the prints to dry over

night. I've mostly used fiber-based papers up until now, but might

experiment with RC-stuff later on. Brands I've been using are Foma and

Kentmere.

I've found a lot of fun in tweaking this process, and just making nice

prints and learning as I'm going. Hopefully, I can produce some more

high-quality scans from them too.