Darkroom

Here are a few ideas for what you can try in your darkroom.Click the link for the YouTube video which lasts a bit under 19 minutes. They include some examples of what you can do in the darkroom with a […]

Darkroom Papers and PrintingIntroductionThe key to good black and white printing is control of the contrast. To make it easy to follow, numbers have been assigned to contrast levels and these are referred to as grades. The scale can vary […]

I have been using my Maco Ecomat TP5060 for drying fibre based darkroom prints since buying it new in 2002. It is fantastic at drying Ilford FB papers flat and takes up to 24 x 20 inch sheets. Ilford FB […]

Just printing one of my Ilford FP4 120 negatives on fantastic new Ilford Multigrade FB Cooltone glossy paper at 24 x 20 inches. We’ve chosen a Wolf Creek Colorado snow scene to show the paper off to best effect.  It’s […]

We have a spell of doing lots of courses. We planned just one photo day and one darkroom day on our programme for July but have had several private bookings for both photo and darkroom. This is quite interesting as […]

I recently bought a new enlarger, well an old one actually, but it’s new to me! It’s a DeVere 504 with an Ilford MG500H head. It was a chance conversation before the show opened one day at Focus on Imaging at the […]

I finished printing and cleared up by 4pm. I now have another 70 contact prints to work from. We are on our way south for a family bash tomorrow and I have them with me so that I can mark […]

Another darkroom day today to try and print the 60-odd contact prints that have built up over the last few months. Just 45 to go now, I have reached May in the Yorkshire Sales and just printed Norwich and Norfolk […]

The conversion of the hall at Briarwood into part of the gallery is going really slowly. Should have been finished last week, looks like it will now go into next week. At least the power stayed on all day while […]

I am working in my darkroom today, printing customer orders. Yosemite prints at the moment. When I have finished these I have dozens of contact prints to do from recently exposed film. I’m a little behind, as they say. Dave […]

A third darkroom day in row was needed to finish making the contact prints of the Hong Kong, Sydney, New Zealand trip in October and November last year. Next job is to crack on with the scanning and put them on […]

It’s a darkroom day today, as was yesterday. I’m trying to catch up on making the contact prints for the backlog of films from last years trip to Hong Kong, Sydney and New Zealand. There were well over 200 to […]

I have been in the darkroom for a couple of hours today catching up with print orders received over the last couple of weeks. I have printed a new winter version of Descent to the Vallee Blanche and Yosemite Valley. […]

I’m typing this while in the Gallery in the Gardens all day. Very quiet here today, maybe down to the cold wet weather outside! Not many people around at all. Apart from writing this blog I am also taking advantage […]

Busy printing day today. Lots of Christmas orders completed. Still lots to do so printing tomorrow too. Maybe another 5 days for you to place a Christmas order with guaranteed delivery in time. After this I will do my best […]

I am in the Gallery in the Gardens, in Buxton Pavilion Gardens, all day tomorrow. Come by for a chat if you are around. Today was a darkroom day. Printed several orders and should ship them by the end of […]

Well that didn’t last long! Wasted several hours trying to get it to work. Emails and blog were fine, browsing normal web sites was fine but the admin pages of my web site didn’t properly load so wouldn’t have been […]

Spent part of the day processing my Ilford FP4 films from recent trips. Started off with the films from the Black and White Photography magazine photo course that I ran for the winners of my competition (taken in mid-July), then […]