I dunno. I find developing film - open tank, or daylight - kind of exciting. It's like opening presents Christmas morning to see what you got.
Yeah - it's way less fun than printing.
I dunno. I find developing film - open tank, or daylight - kind of exciting. It's like opening presents Christmas morning to see what you got.
Plus whatever. Making prints is more fun.
Plus whatever. Making prints is more fun.
I have an immense pleasure being in the darkroom. It's home.
But I rarely have fun making prints. I find it's hard work to do a good print. I like the hard work. I think it's meaningful. But only on rare occasions would I describe it as "fun."
I typically print in the darkroom for 4-6 hours at a time. I stop when I find myself taking shortcuts or sitting down a lot because I'm tired.
I rarely have fun making prints.
If I'm not that into it that day, if have too much on my mind, I rather not go. Work won't be good.
Why are so many people on this site so obsessed with the minutia of film and paper processing chemistry, when it will make little difference to the resulting image.
I like trying to get a print to look how I want it to look.
It's a good analogy. One thing I learned selling industrial paint is that there is no such thing as either black or white paint. Concentrate one enough, or dilute the other enough, and you'll see that there is always some kind of distinct hue bias.
I have fun. Before that, it's work.
So come on you creative darkroom workers, let’s see some poetry or lyrics.
Developing is the least interesting part of film photography, if I weren't such a tightwad id happily pay someone to do it for me.
How about:
"There once was a photographer named Benjamin.
Who worked hard at his darkroom regimen.
His vision was clear.
But the effort was dear.
Before he attained the print that worked for him."
So @cliveh and @Alex Benjamin , how did I do?
Interesting how everyone has a different perspective. For me, I enjoy playing chemist. Not only do I enjoy developing film, what I enjoy even more is making the chemistry from scratch. I always smile when I get to use my beakers, scale, and hot plate.
Darkroom work is very therapeutic. The sound of running water, the low light level, the introspection, the insulation within the room to achieve a result, enlarger focus at full aperture through a magnifier, the colour changes of filtration, time not important. Actually, working in a darkroom would form a great basis for a poem, or the lyrics for a song.
So come on you creative darkroom workers, let’s see some poetry or lyrics. A collective effort may produce something worth keeping, or alternatively list more Esoteric values about darkroom work that I can make into something.
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