Developing

    The process of devoloping requires the use of a dark room.  You can complete this process though, with the following materials, most of them things you can find around the house.  First you must develop the negatives

Materials:

~ a watch
~ rubber gloves
~ plastic funnel
~ thermometer
~ a sink or bucket
~ three plastic trays
~ measuring cylinder
~ two pairs of plastic tongs
~ photographic solutions for developing prints

Developing The Negative

1. In complete darkness you put the film on a reel and load it into an light tight canister.
2. Then go into dark room only using red light because the film is sensitive to light.  You put it in fixer, stop, photowash and water.
3. After that you will have a negative, from which you make prints, the actual picture.

Making Prints-Pictures

1. Cut the film into strips of six negatives.  Place a negative onto the film holder of the enlarger, dull side down.  Mix the chemicals needed and pour them into seperate trays.  Get instructions for chemicals from manufacturer.
2. Turn safelight and enlarger on.  Set the printing easel to the size of the paper you are using and adjust the height of the head until the image fits the edges of the easel.
3. Focus the image and set the aperture to the largest size for the brightest image.
4. Once the red filter is over the lens, put a piece of of printing paper, shiny side up, in the easel.  Check the focus once again, turn the enlarger off, and take the filter off.  For a sharper result, reduce the aperture by 2 sizes.
5. Make a test strip and cover most of it with cardboard.  Turn the enlarger on for a 10-second exposure.  Move the cardboard down to reveal another part of the picture for a 10-second exposure.  Repeat this process until the whole picture is exposed.
6. Slide the test strip into the tray of developer.  Rock it gently until the strip is completely covered for time recommended by manufacturer
7. Put the print into each chemical for its given time.
8. Then you dry it and have your picture.
 
 

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