Confessions of a first-time film developer

Soulreaver · Jul 17, 2004

Welcome to the club terri. :thumbsup: way to go!
Dont worry about those mistakes, we learn by making mistakes.Except skydiving.

Isnt developping & printing fun.cant get enough of it.

aggiezach · Jul 17, 2004

Soulreaver said:
Isnt developping & printing fun.cant get enough of it.

Man you said it, I think I'm addicted to it. I'm finding myself spend hours in front of the enlarger trying to perfect the prints I make and get them to look just right! I've only been doing this for a short while and I'm hooked!

terri · Jul 19, 2004

I think I'm going to be addicted, too. I did my first print over the weekend. I have 5 hours of free darkroom access (between classes) which I thought seemed excessive when I first took the class - now, I can see it ain't nearly enough time!!

I'm pretty happy with my first print, except it dried down too dark - by maybe 10%. I even did a little dodging but should have done a little more. I was getting this close to the perfect print. Only hunger and exhaustion drove me away at last. Well, that, and my 5 hours was up. I have to wait till Wednesday before that particular timer is re-set. :wink: