Developing Black and White Film

During our trip to B'ham we took a film camera out with us. When we got back we had to develop them during our photography workshop.

equipment to develop film

Developing the film:
Equipment:

How to do it:

In darkness get the exposed film onto the reel, to do this use scissors to open the canister, then pull the film out and wind onto the reel
Then lock the reel in to the tank (once locked the light can be on)
Pour 300ml of developer into the tank, keep in there for 7 and half mins and shake every 30 seconds.
After pour the developer back in to the bottle and run water in the tank for 3 mins
Then empty and pour fixer (300ml) in and time for 5 mins
Empty then pour washing up liquid in to stop the process
The hang the negative up on the film clips to dry.

Printing black and white film:

Equipment:

How to do it:

Go into the darkroom and only have the red safety light on. Place the negative in the draw in the enlarger and turn the light on without the paper near and move the enlarger and get the image focused using the wheel.
Once focused get a strip of paper for the test strip to see what time you should use. Do times intervals along the strip so one side has been exposed to more light than the other.
Place into the chemicals, developer for 1.5 mins, stop bath for 30 seconds and fixer for 5 mins
Run under water for 5 minutes to clean the chemicals
Place in dryer for 5 mins
See what time produced the clearer image then do a your print for that time and repeat the chemical process.

Outside Rugby College (Industrial), exposed to light for 5 seconds

Sofia Hulten, No 14 Scramble, exposed to light for 40 seconds

Sofia Hulten, No 12, Speculative fiction, exposed to light for 17 seonds

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