It's always a pleasure to work with Rachel from Little Vintage Photography and the team @tomfoolery. Their knowledge, passion and love for what they do shines through. If you haven't already done so then, check out the rest of our 'Darkroom Guides' series ru-vid.com/group/PLarwq93oldzQk8kLW-xadTz1RX8RAdJWw and please let us know what other film photography or darkroom related topics you would like to see covered in future videos.
Hey! Thanks for sharing all your knowledge. Could you cover the different developers Ilford produce and particularly how to reuse developers effectively and how to adjust development times when reusing something like DDX? Thanks!
Agree some videos on developers would be great! Maybe one on liquids and another on powders? I started with DD-X and have settled in on ID-11 these days, but there are so many I haven't tried, still...
Im about to start making contact sheets for my 35mm film instead of scanning mine 😁 thank you for the great video im definitely motivated to try paper negatives!
@@Ilfordphoto I shoot a lot of film and since leaving university have mostly scanned my negatives but I've just ordered a Meopta Magnifax 3 enlarger and will set up a darkroom at my studio within the next couple of weeks. It's been 11 years since I printed so can't wait to get back in to it. My VC paper is also on the way.
good video, as a side note Ilford, Mat Marrash (LF photographer) also shows the RA-4 and Kalitype printing for LF prints, which inverts the image and is a kind of contact printing too, and another great resource, to perhaps include in the description box, as well.
I like the new ilford portable darkroom. Might be good to use on my road trips to load the 4x5 film. And develop and make contact prints in the down time.
Thanks Vincenzo. It's such a simple way of keeping records of your negatives too. I have a contact print of each set of negatives so I can see at a glance what is on them.
Like - Large negatives come out great, I always look for old negatives at antique stores & bring them back to my home darkroom 📷 • Cheers from the Detroit & Mackinac Railway 🚂
I love it. I remember my dad's darkroom and can still smell the room. I'm curious who would make a living doing something like this and earn somewhat of an income.
I think there are various groups who make a living from this. Those like Rachel who have a diverse range of skills from photography and darkroom printing to teaching and running courses. As well as photographers who print and sell their own images and other master printers who print editions and images for photographers but don't always shoot themselves. There's also a huge amount of people offering prints / training / kits related to some of the alternative processes available.
Nice video ! Please specify details about light from the enlarger: Filters in the enlarger or not ? Lens in the enlarger ?? If yes, what aperture? Exposure for how long ? Thank you.
Ah, bring back memories of '80s darkroom days. If you get just a regular sheet of glass, put duck/gaffers tape around edge to prevent cuts on you fingers. I can't even recall how many packages of Ilford paper i went through in my darkroom days.
I always wondered if paper negatives need a much longer expouse time then film negatives when contact printing from (not shooting, that's obvious due to the much lower ISO of paper)
