Thursday, December 1, 2016

Basic Darkroom Equipment And Process Principles And Tips

By Amy Davis


So much reward and satisfaction is received when one is finally satisfied with the work they have produced. This is true for all forms of art which includes photography, in this case. It is not only taking the perfect shot that matters. For professionals, post production is equally important. But coming up with industry standard quality may need a good set of equipment.

The most manual way of producing photos using film needs a specially constructed room. The darkroom is where negatives get developed and come out as beautiful images. Now you may think that there is little need for darkroom equipment these days since everything has gone digital. But there would always be the novelty of being able to process your photos the old fashion way.

More vintage way of consuming art is making quite the come back. This may be caused by how people want to feel the genuineness of a certain hobby and experiencing its roots. Image development from film has been so much easier since the start of the computer age. Even now, there are phone applications that can process photos as if they were developed in a dark room.

This helps you realize that image development really is no easy feat. Building you own darkroom takes, study, precision and discipline, again, just as all forms of art. Being to practice the post production process in a more organic and rooted way can greatly help you appreciate the making of digital software that help manipulate photos become more convenient.

First you need a water supply. Balancing temperatures is the key to getting the pictures to come out right. While this can be rather expensive, if you are an amateur your would do well to learn how to be attentive to temperatures instead.

Firstly, the place is called darkroom because there has to be no light, to get in the room when working with the film. Even the smallest sliver and exposure to it can ruin the negative. Just as it would happen, if there are no crevices for the light to come in, good ventilation may then be an issue. There is a work around for this and it works a lot like a chimney.

The basic principle of such a place is that no light should come in. Now, if you shut all possible light sources, it also means that ventilation would also be a bit tricky. What usually happens is that, a chimney like structure is placed on the side of the wall. So while no brightness can go inside, air can still flow through.

While it may be called a darkroom, you would still need ordinary white florescent lighting because who can clean up any mess when you can't see anything, right. This is needed for choosing which negatives you would want to develop, inspecting finished print and basically seeing what is going on around you once you are done with staying in perpetual darkness.

Enlarger lights is a special device that helps enlarge, thus the name, the film and make a print out of the photo. Remember that there is also a special kind of sink that needs to be used to soak the photographs in. The water used is also under temperature control. Over all the whole condition of the darkroom requires so much delicate care that even the temperature needs to stay at a certain range.




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