Introduction to Developing and the darkroom process

Last week I developed my first ever film, a process which seemed all to daunting at first especially when it  came to loading my first  roll  onto the spiral in the pitch black darkroom. However the actual process  was a lot simpler than first  thought.

After developing and drying my negatives, it was now time to be introduced to the darkroom printing process. A process which can be slow  and painful, however when you finally print the perfect image, the positives defiantly outweigh the negatives, even if you have spent your whole day in the darkroom. 

Test sheet, (5 second intervals, gradient 2.5, aperture 8)

Contact sheets (Aperture 2.8, Gradient 2.5, 13 secs)

First Print (16 secs, aperture 8, gradient 5)

Same print  (16 seconds, aperture of 8  but at varying gradients  of  2.5, 3.5 and 5)

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