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Darkroom portraits

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photo8x10 said:
Yes Alex, I love playing in it... before was a messy now planning well everythings is become clean and tidy.. and works perfectely!!!! I'm so happy!
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p8x10, looks like it turned out great! Much nicer to work in an organized workplace don't you think? The only thing I'd recommend is not storing the press like that. While it may not result in anything, I don't think the side bolt connection will wear well if used and restored frequently. Presses are always difficult to store somewhere without taking up a lot of space unfortunately.
 
Yes Clayne, a well organized workplace is important all works are done in better way and also losing less time. About the press at the beginning I had lots of doubt, I don't use it lots or better I use to mount a huge amount of prints all together, so only in determinate case I use it. I waiting for my friend lift press mechanism to see how will work....
I missed a good occasion, but I knew about it when I just finished my update, that a photographer sold all your darkroom, all the materials inside and also the room.... :-(
A very good price... not expensive!!!!!

Stefano
 
Hi Stefano,

that place looks great, and i hope you enjoy this new Darkroom and show us some of your next work/prints in the Gallery. Your Graffity Photographs are very good and i hope to see some new work on your Website in the next future.

Have a good time and lots of fun photographing and done your work in the Darkroom.

Heiko Stock
 
After a few days working nine to five on this, I guess you can call it a working darkroom. Mostly, I painted one of the three rooms and its door and cleaned up the entire mess.
This is the darkroom of the school I graduated from and which I will return to to give lessons on enlarging/developping and points of interest starting september.
I didn't think it was in this bad a shape though. I don't have a picture prior to the refurbishing, but it was coated with loads of dead insects, spider webs, rust and soot.
I'm still not done, I want to paint the entire darkroom, build a chair and table for the orange-colored room as well as a bench for the garden right out the window... the images link to bigger images by the way

here's the new door (with self-made sign, translates to 'darkroom'):


a peak at the dry side and a detail of a remnant of the room's first purpose:






the wet side (with painting stuff):


and finally, the newly painted room, to be used as a place for relaxation and as a small gallery:




There's still quite a bit of work to be done, but at least you can let people in again...
I'm also open to suggestions, if anyone has ideas for improvement.
 
First time APUG poster, so I hope this works...

Wow! I am so glad to see that the darkroom is still alive and well and that there are still some traditional shooters out there. I've been an APUG lurker for maybe a couple months now, but only just now starting to really see what's all here.

It's wonderful to see so many variations on the darkroom theme and what works for different folks. I know there are a few ideas out there that never even occurred to me and now I want to implement some of them. I hope too much reading of this post doesn't end up making me unhappy with what I have!

I'd love to post a few photos of my darkroom, but it seems I must have them available online with a URL in order to do that. (I ain't got not website for that so...oh well) I live in a downtown loft that had a large closet/laundry/bathroom arrangement and my loving wife elected to cede this space over to me for a darkroom last Christmas. It isn't ideal; I wish I had room for a proper sink, but the space works out allright for me for now.

BTW: I live in Dallas, TX. Not too big a photo town and certainly not too much film photography happening (it seems). If any B&W film shooters from the DFW area are interested, I'd like to talk about getting a small group together for critiques, photo/portfolio reviews and general photog talk every so often. Maybe PM me if you're up for that....
 
Welcome to APUG!

You can post the photos as an attachment. Here is how:

Either use the "Post Reply" function or the "Go Advanced" function below the "Quick Reply" box.

The attachment function is the little "paper clip" icon on the top line in the grey box.

Note the restrictions on file sizes and image sizes in the "Attachment Key" - remember that horizontal images have more space available to them then vertical ones.

Upload your image (after resizing? and adjusting the file size?).

Close the window and finish your post.

Hope this helps.
 
Welcome to APUG. There are a number of B&W shooters in DFW. There is a small group of large format guys that get together fairly often, but you'll find them over on the large format forum. APUG get togethers have happened from time to time, but no one seems to want to be the one to propose a time and place. :confused:

You can show us pictures of your darkroom without a website, just do an attachment to a post in the thread. Below the box for writing a post, there is a button for "manage attachments".

Also, check out my "pending" darkroom at the link in my signature.
 
My Darkroom

Mattking - Thanks for the info on posting photos! Seems like I tried to do it on another subject and it was asking me for a URL, or something like that, which I neither have, nor understand how to do if I did!

So, here are a couple photos of my humble darkroom. It's not everything I'd like it to be, but I can manage to make prints to 11x14 and hopefully 16x20 soon. I tend to pin 8x10 workprints to the wall (suggestion from Mike Johnston; TOP) as a means of "editing" and it seems to work out well. He said that if you still like it after a few days of looking at it on the wall, there's a good chance it can hold up as a portfolio, or series selection later. Anyway...I've really enjoyed looking over this huge thread and seeing the many MANY different iterations of the traditional darkroom.
 

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Looks pretty good to me-darkrooms always evolve over time anyway.
 
My darkroom....

A mish mesh of borrowed, used and hand me down parts. Only the sink is new...
 

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fotch said:
Really nice. How was the sink made?
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Ah, just got my local ironmonger to fabricate it. Of course I had to give him a good drawing and measurements. Cost me around USD160.00
 
Nice darkroom scinysnaps.Those look like nice tongs you've got hanging there,are they plastic and do you like them and where did you get them?
 
mike c said:
Nice darkroom scinysnaps.Those look like nice tongs you've got hanging there,are they plastic and do you like them and where did you get them?
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Thanks Mike, they're just regular Paterson plastic tongs. They are ok, but if you press too hard they can break. I guess places like Freestyle would carry them..
 
Ok scinysnaps,wasn't familiar with them,my bamboo tongs are falling apart.

Mike
 
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No worries Mike...
From Freestyle:

Paterson Print Tongs (2)
Model: 2341
Price: $7.49
Manufacturer: Paterson
Product Details:
Precision-molded plastic tongs with side panels for a better grip. Plus, the notched sholder latches onto the tray rim and won't slip off into your chemicals!
 
Well they won't bust the bank,thanks for the info,today I just got the catalog from Freestyle.
Mike
 
Exeter2010 said:
Wow scinysnaps! I am truly jealous of your sink! (I never thought I'd say something like that.) Nice darkroom!
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Hahaha thanks.. Better not let your spouse ( if you have one ) hear that statement...!
 
chioque said:
That's a fine looking sink. Do you have the sink drawing available for sharing?
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I don't have it any more, but I'm sure I could draw it up again quite easily and post it here if you want..
 
Hi guys

First time poster here. After years of using digital (still do for most paid work) I've returned to film (mainly 120 BW) and have built a darkroom in a 100-year old barn opposite my studio. You can see the pics here:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/dbcpstudio/sets/72157624700573309/

Although the total refurb cost a fair bit virtually everything in there was donated for free. The enlargers, lightbox, trays etc came from a local college and other photographers who, sadly, would have thrown them out. Even the metal sink and worktops were free!

The walls are a bit bare and the refurb has literally only just been completed so it'll evolve and change over time. If anyone has any suggestions for improving things I'd love to hear them.
 
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