Saturday, 1 December 2012

The dark room is starting to be one of my favourite room in the world. However there is a lot of things that need to be done and it is a little bit difficult on your first go.
Dark Room Instructions. (Black And White).
 
CHOOSING THE NEGATIVE.
*Firstly of course you have to shoot from a film camera and pick your negative that you want. Use a light box ( outside the dark room) to see your negative that you want, Or just hold the negative up to the red light in the dark room.
*Place your image in the shiny side up in the negative carrier. Hold the image up to the light to make sure that the negative fill the fame.
*To open the enlarger head by turning the knob on the left. Put the negative carrier in the opening, The carrier will fit snuggly in the grooves made for it.
* Close the enlarger head, Make sure the image is in the right place by flashing the light one 1 second.
FOCUSING THE IMAGE.
*There is an aperture ring on the lens. I set mine to 5.6. Because i like my images a darker  focus.  If it's a lower number the light the image will be.
* Flash the light, for 10 second just to make the focus right, ( ask if anyone has image paper out.)
To focus the image, turn the knob on the right! I make my image fuzzy and the slow turn the focus knob to the right focus. This Will Focus Your Image.
* So the focus is on your image is great. so now it's time to test the negative.
Turn off the light and pull out a piece of paper. Your paper size should be half an A4 paper to save paper. (:
*Place the strip on the easel (in your predetermined area) with the shiny side up. and set the flash time to 2 seconds.
*Place the card board paper over the photo paper leaving 2cm from the start of the paper. Then press the flash light on, When you hear it click the light will go off! Move the card board paper across and press the flash light on again. Do this for all the 2 cm until the end of the paper.
DEVELOPMENT.


The are four development to create your image.
First there is the Developer!
*Slide the test strip into the developer, making sure it gets completely covered with chemicals. use the togs to move the images around to make sure all the chemicals is on the image paper.
The paper should be in the chemical for 2 minutes.
When the time is up hold the paper with the togs on the corner of the paper, tip the chemical off the paper by tilting the image to let the chemical drip.  (Your should start to have an image already!)
Secondly the Stop Bath
*Let the photo sit in this tray for 30 seconds to stop the developer from processing.
 Again leave the chemical drip off the paper.
Thirdly the Fixer
*Place the photo in the fixer. After 30 seconds, the photo is safe to be viewed in the light. For the photo to be archival later, it needs to be in the fixer for 5 minutes..
Then lastly the Wash.
* Leave the photo in the wash to get all the chemical off. Leave in for 10 minutes.
MAKING THE FINAL PRINT.
Your test strip should have 6 or 8 regions, ranging from light to dark. Pick the middle or closer to the start because that is a good range on light and darks.

AFTER you finish and have chosen your time you want your image. Do this method all over but take care! As this is a final print and you want it to look amazing. (:

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Hello. I'm Yasmine I am an Art and Design student and I specialize in fine art. I love drawings with different material and using a variety of processes!