Since last year I had this box with 50 sheets of Ilfospeed Multigrade paper in 40x50cm, (16x20 inch), but only one fitting developer tray. So with…
Tutorials & Guides
Dodge, Burn and Other Heresies – Darkroom Technique Part 5 – by Sroyon Mukherjee
May 4, 2020So far in this series I’ve only talked about ‘straight printing’, which is to say, no part of the image was locally manipulated. I tweaked exposure…
Tutorials & Guides
Split Grade Printing – Darkroom Technique Part 4 – by Sroyon Mukherjee
April 27, 2020As I read and learnt more about printing, a mysterious phrase appeared on my radar – split grade (or split filtration) printing. Its advocates claim miraculous…
Tutorials & Guides
Cat-and-Mouse with Exposure and Contrast – Darkroom Technique Part 3 – by Sroyon Mukherjee
April 20, 2020Part 3 is the most (only?) technical part of my ongoing series about darkroom technique. If you like technical, you’re in for some fun. If you…
Tutorials & Guides
Knowing Little, Aiming High – Darkroom Technique Part 2 – By Sroyon Mukherjee
April 13, 2020In Part 1 of my ongoing series about darkroom technique, I talked about how to set up a fully-functional darkroom for black-and-white printing – for less…
Tutorials & Guides
How to Build a Darkroom for £100 or Less – Darkroom Technique Part 1 – by Sroyon Mukherjee
April 6, 2020I’ve been shooting film since the late 90s; my father bought me a quirky little National 35 when I was thirteen. But I started darkroom printing…
As a film photographer, I’m in the fortunate position of being able to print my own work, both colour and black and white, in a darkroom.…
Philosophy & Reflections
Why I Think You Should Print Your Black & White Negs In Your Own Darkroom – By Recky Reck
December 11, 2019It is certainly no exaggeration to say that film photography is coming back with a vengeance. Even the most die-hard celluloid sniffers had shelved or sold…
Tutorials & Guides
A Tour of my Darkroom and some notes for setting up yours – By Dan Castelli
September 14, 2018For more than 40 years, taking photographs has been more than a hobby for me. It’s how I react to the things I see around me…
Books, Zines & Exhibitions• Philosophy & Reflections
Second City – Making My First Zine – by Richard PJ Lambert
October 21, 2017I’m a very unprofessional, self-taught film photographer from Birmingham. There is always a camera in my pocket and I like to experiment with different techniques to…
