Making a Color Darkroom Print -- FULL PROCESS with lots of details! (Kodak Portra 160)

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I finally recorded a full end to end color darkroom printing session. I walk you through the various steps I took to create a darkroom print in my DIY home darkroom. I even ended up doing some dodging/burning in this video, to balance out my print exposure. I did all of this in my DIY home darkroom, which is in my bathroom. As always, Kodak Portra 160 prints very well and showcases colors nicely.
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@jeremyparr4238 5 месяцев назад

Jeremy Parr that was so awesome vid I never seen how colour prints were done before as I only learnt how to do black and white prints thank you for showing this video yours truly Jeremy Parr👍😁

@JamieMPhoto 3 года назад

Definitely saving this on a playlist for my hopefully impending color printing adventure.

@ribsy 3 года назад

Awesome! Looking forward to it

@billpickle2875 3 года назад

Man... I've only ever printed black and white but this method seems ideal. Outstanding colours. Dam I'm gonna have to try this

@ribsy 3 года назад

Thanks! Yea you should def try it!

@NatKellyFilms 3 года назад

Watched the whole thing! Felt like it went fast, I just lost myself in your process. This is really cool, thanks for sharing 🙏

@ribsy 3 года назад

Thanks for watching! Check out my course if you want more in-depth. It covers a lot 😀

@arturors30 3 года назад

I´ve seen it entirely. Great job!

@ribsy 3 года назад

wow amazing! thanks 😊

@nw10photography 3 года назад

I've enjoyed watching this. Thanks for sharing.

@ribsy 3 года назад

Thanks for watching 😄

@user-qg8pl4qx7t 6 месяцев назад

You're cool! Inspired to switch to color! For now I only shoot with 4x5" black and white format film. Thank you I wish you success! Greetings from the Altai mountains!

@m00dawg 3 года назад

That was super helpful! Really neat to watch and see how you can do it without going crazy with a JOBO processor and all that. Makes me want to try this out - I just need to figure out how to fix my sticking color head on my Beseler 67. Really appreciate the vid!

@ribsy 3 года назад

for sure! that's what i love about this process. its easy to access with just a few tools.

@chasethelight 3 года назад

Just subscribed! Loving the content, and greetings from Vancouver, Canada!

@ribsy 3 года назад

Thanks for watching 😄

@eriknelson6327 2 года назад

Thanks man, your videos are the best. I just got my first print ever done in my sketchy attic setup, which you showed me was possible.

@ribsy 2 года назад

hell yea! keep on going 😊

@CountDiLuna 3 года назад

Brilliant, love it! I might need to start working towards my own DIY darkroom now :)

@ribsy 3 года назад

Do it! Worth it

@patrickcook3056 3 года назад

Excellent video, thanks. I really like the example photo too!

@ribsy 3 года назад

Thanks for watching! 😃

@SinaFarhat 3 года назад

Very helpful and evidence that you have the patience to develop paper prints knowing that it takes some time and experimentation to get it right! :)

@ribsy 3 года назад

Haha you def need patience for this 😅

@TAWPhotography 2 года назад

Great video! I think I'm going to try this out now

@ribsy 2 года назад

You def should!

@ilichcastillo 3 года назад

gracias bro. Mas videos como este please !

@ribsy 3 года назад

Si! Viene mas por ahi

@astore3757 3 года назад

Great video. Thank you very much!

@ribsy 3 года назад

Thanks 😀

@Pomdownunder 2 года назад

Im a pom living in Adelaide, Australia. Love your site and the shirt .

@ribsy 2 года назад

Thank you for watching!

@YoYoYo 3 года назад

Beautiful print and enjoying video. Hope someday I will also have opportunity to print in color.

@ribsy 3 года назад

thanks! you def can -- at least find a community darkroom to get you started the fastest way 😊

@sudeep64ify 3 года назад

Great Video!

@ribsy 3 года назад

thanks 😊 hope it wasn't too long

@sudeep64ify 3 года назад

@@ribsy Not at all

@cmephoto1 3 года назад

My first reaction whhaaaatttttt kind of magic is this 😂. I’ve only ever used trays in my processing but this is a game changer. The only thing I don’t like about this process is like your picture that was too high in contrast if you were developing it in the trays you could see right away its too high and just toss it 😆 this way you have to be patient to see if you failed. Love your content though has inspired this oldy to think of new tricks!!

@ribsy 3 года назад

haha yea this is color printing. fyi for color you cannot adjust contrast (without some funk experimentation) and you cannot "see" anything even if you use trays because it all has to be in the dark

@vinyljunkie07 3 года назад

I've ventured into printing RA4 a couple of weeks back. Few things I found were I can do it at room temp (aprox 20/21c) and I just extend my dev and blix times (aprox 2 mins) I haven't found colour differences between processing them at the correct 35c or room temp. I also re-use the developer, usually the first 3 prints look good but after that blues will look more washed out (seems to be the first thing that goes) and the print will need more exposure/dev time. The best prints I always use fresh developer but for others I'm not too bothered and I can usually get at least 3 good prints with little to no difference from re-using a batch. I'd personally wear some eye protection just in case tho the amount of near misses it's just not worth the agro.

@ribsy 3 года назад

Interesting. Yea, that’s what I been hearing as well. Extending the dev time can definitely work. But it can become a real big hassle during a long print sessions. Good way to save money tho 😃

@mpix19135 3 года назад

A projection print scale is useful. 4X5 test prints (large paper torn into pieces) and a small Ciba processing tube cut costs.

@ribsy 3 года назад

Yea good call. I try to tear my paper as much as possible

@mattiashaggstrom2049 3 года назад

I am impressed with your patience in making a color print. What chemicals and paper do you use?

@ribsy 3 года назад

thanks. i use various different brands, i have no allegiance haha. RA4 currently is Adox. Paper is almost aways fuji crystal archive luster

@sparkoflight963 8 месяцев назад

Great video! As a beginner I would love to know more about the best equipment for sizing prints etc. Can you provide a list of all necessary equipment for getting photos on paper please! ❤

@ribsy 8 месяцев назад

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@maximilliantaccoli4963 2 года назад

Hi grate shows very helpful !!

@ribsy 2 года назад

you are welcome

@lennybenz4281 3 года назад

Bro thank you so much for this. So helpful. I've just bought a color enlarger for home. Would you be able to help me out with what the measurements are for chemicals and developer? Thank you!

@ribsy 3 года назад

I usually use a shot of 100ML for a dev cycle. This will develop as much paper as you can fit in the jobo (the size that I have). So I try to stuff my jobo as much as I can while doing test prints

@tuethuc 3 года назад

thanks for the video, i think you are the only one who show the whole printing process. i print quite a lot on bnw, so i am more curious about how you set color to make color settings? are the color buttons there to make settings? 2nd quéstion: is BLIX fixer for color print?

@ribsy 3 года назад

yea! i have some more content coming too!

@vladislavstanimirovic9650 3 года назад

Hey man, great videos so far! You've come just in time as I'm thinking of getting into the whole RA4 game! I too have a Meopta, an Opemus 5. Meopta enlargers are really well built and will last you a lifetime! I've been printing bw for a couple of months now, and l love it, I've basically stopped scanning my 120 films... 😁 I wanted to ask you about the Adox RA4 chemistry, particularly the developer, it states in the manual that you can develop about 115 sheets of 8*10, which would imply that you can reuse the developer, but l see that you discard it after every print. Have you tried reusing the developer?

@ribsy 3 года назад

Hey! So it all depends. I haven’t had that type of success with reusing chems. You can approach it two ways: a) use small shots and discard. Or b) use a shot, then mix it back into the larger batch. And then pour a new shot. You keep doing that until you notice color shift or bad developing. I don’t do the re-mixing part because it would slow down my workflow substantially. However, perhaps you can squeeze your chemicals farther this way. Here is what other people say: www.reddit.com/r/Darkroom/comments/avzisw/reusing_ra4_chemistry/?

@sudeep64ify 3 года назад

This is the first time I have achieved a first in anything in my whole life :P

@ribsy 3 года назад

hahahaha wel, congrats!! 😅

@marekmaje1426 2 года назад

Very nice video. I'm not sure about your burning tool, I've done this once using an old print, which is not totally lightproof and had some patterns printed. Since then I used black lightproof cards. I'm surprised you didn't have same issue.

@ribsy 2 года назад

haha fair point. works well enough for me

@Blue_Newt_01 3 года назад

Wow. Never seen those tanks before. Much less chemical use than with the trays. Can you use them for B&W too? I’m going to look into them. Thanks for this feature!

@ribsy 3 года назад

Yea they should work for BW. It’s just a game of “surface area”

@randallstewart175 3 года назад

The height of popularity for at home color printing was around 1980. At that time, there were about half a dozen "print drums" for color printing being sold. My preference was the Cibachrome drums sold by Ilford. Cibachrome was far and away the most chemically brutal process at the time, so these were very well made. Unlike most, they can be completely disassembled, washed and dried for reuse in a few minutes. Others were made by Unicolor, Beseler, and Western. They are best used on a motorized roller base, which makes the processing completely uniform and even. I think he is using Jobo drums here - primitive by comparison.

@atroche1978 3 года назад

Man I thought you were alright until I see you rocking a Liverpool Jersey! 🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔 I might have to reconsider our RU-vid friendship. Lol. Good video though. I was just wondering about this process. 😎👍 Just a few other things. What brand enlarger is that? How do you tweak colors? Maybe another video highlighting that. Thanks.

@ribsy 3 года назад

I have a Meopta enlarger. It has colors built into it - you just turn the dials. More content coming + a full print guide PDF for sale 😄

@erchata 18 дней назад

Que buen video me ha encantado yo no revelo en color pero pienso revelar en color, veo que tienes la misma ampliadora que tengo yo, que objetivo utilizas yo tengo varios pero me gusta el MEOGON 50MM 2.8 para 135, da muy buena calidad gracias un saludo desde BARCELONA ESPAÑA

@ribsy 4 дня назад

Muchas gracias

@redone2612 3 года назад

Once again great video sir, can I ask what your base settings were on your Meopta color 3 head? I've read something around 40 magenta, 50 yellow is a good place to start? Thanks again.

@ribsy 3 года назад

Hmmm I don’t remember. I think actually something higher like 00 100 100

@redone2612 3 года назад

@@ribsy Ah thanks so much I'll see how it goes :)

@Raychristofer 3 года назад

Bro this is legendary info here, you need to exchange that cap for a gold crown from now and and call yourself King Ribs. You don't hear me tho 😂

@ribsy 3 года назад

Hahaha hilarious! Just tryna be helpful out here 😄

@Resgerr 3 года назад

Do you have to dry the Jobo tank out before each use?- as I remember doing this years ago at a place where they did photography ( were I actually learnt)and it was a pain also trying to get the paper in y to he retaining clips.

@ribsy 3 года назад

nope! i simply rinse it to ensure no chems remain from the previous dev cycle. it can be water wet and that actually helps adhere the sheets paper when sliding them in, in the dark. 😊

@Resgerr 3 года назад

@@ribsy 😮 so much better. Where I went we used Jobo tanks in the rolling machine and we had to make sure it was dry. So glad to hear that you don’t need to dry it out- thanks

@KurtSk8tes247 2 года назад

Hi there, I noticed you aren't using any color processor machine. I was under the impression this was necessary for color printing but maybe I could be wrong? Are there multiple ways to do so without using a machine?

@ribsy 2 года назад

hey - a machine is def not necessary. look up a jobo drum for 8x10 sheets (or bigger)

@lichtmaler 3 года назад

fun video. So you don´t use a timer for exposure? Wouldn´t that make your life a bit easier? And no temperature control either? I like your approach. A color correction video would be nifty. But you probably have done that already.

@ribsy 3 года назад

my old enlarger didnt have a timer so i just counted in my head. i have a much better one now with a timer. temp control can be useful but it hurts way less that most people think

@KurtSk8tes247 2 года назад

Do you have any links to the drum you are using? As well as maybe links to chemicals and paper?

@ribsy 2 года назад

no links, i got it on ebay. check here for chems and paper www.tetenaluk.com/ribsy-printing-guide?Ribsy%20Printing%20Guide

@phillipcedoz5527 3 года назад

What do you set your yellow and magenta filters at to start?

@ribsy 3 года назад

I do Cyan 00, Magenta 60, Yellow 50. If that looks super off then add 50 to each (not cyan)

@aantonic 2 года назад

hello Ribsy, yesterday i just did my first c41 film Portra 160 in 120 format. Today i did RA 4 . Everything was great, but i noticed Portra 160 has abit muted colors. Is that normal for that film? also exposure time was kinda short 3min f8, even through i shot at 100 and developed normaly- What you thing about prortra 160 colors?

@ribsy 2 года назад

Portra 160 is def not my favorite

@maximilliantaccoli4963 2 года назад

Hi i tried several times with the jobo 4531 with the quantities and times rotation you suggested temperatures all 38 celcius , but all the same resolute very faded prints i guess not enough time in the tube any suggestions?

@ribsy 2 года назад

You either need to increase your enlarger exposure time or your chems are weak.

@johnhough6470 8 месяцев назад

You mention that you do not take the temperage of the color developer. by not doing this it will affect the color and density of your prints. I had made my own color prints using a similar tube setup. also when the print is finished and washed, it appears blue until it is dry. I made many, many color prints this way over the years. It is so much easier and great quality to use an inkjet printer

@ribsy 8 месяцев назад

Not monitoring temp will simply affect consistency across multiple prints. But you can definitely print successfully without monitoring temp as long as you provide enough development time

@Trinity5722 2 года назад

You have a lot of patience.

@ribsy 2 года назад

Haha I guess so

@Trinity5722 2 года назад

@@ribsy I have been doing photography for a while. I'm seeking where I can use a traditional color processor. I see how you are processing with the equipment that you have.It's not conveient as a traditional lab (what can you do, but do something), but YOU WORKING IT! I may be in your position soon. I have to research these table top processors and do some more research on The JOBO. Thanks for sharing. I'm connected now. I'll review your vids!...Good Work!...KEEP GOING!

@Trinity5722 2 года назад

@@ribsy I'm going to end up purcahsing a Colenta or some print processor and have to purchase a small building and build a photo lab.