I originally conceived my Darkroom Printing series as a five-part affair, but I figured I'll add more as I learn, especially if I find something that's…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
