{"id":6203,"date":"2021-10-25T16:07:34","date_gmt":"2021-10-25T14:07:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.printwild.co.za\/news\/?p=6203"},"modified":"2025-07-07T17:53:03","modified_gmt":"2025-07-07T15:53:03","slug":"build_a_darkroom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.printwild.co.za\/news\/build_a_darkroom\/","title":{"rendered":"Building your own photo development darkroom."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-6204\" src=\"https:\/\/www.printwild.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/amberlight-300x271.jpg\" alt=\"Amber Light \" width=\"300\" height=\"271\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.printwild.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/amberlight-300x271.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.printwild.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/amberlight.jpg 528w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-6205\" src=\"https:\/\/www.printwild.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/tray-300x215.jpg\" alt=\"Development tray\" width=\"300\" height=\"215\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.printwild.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/tray-300x215.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.printwild.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/tray.jpg 337w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Once they have a room it is a matter of laying it out to suit your space<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Creating a darkroom\u00a0 needs two table tops and a room where the light has been blocked out.<\/p>\n<p>A dry table for enlarger paper easel and a table for your 3 developing, rinse and fixer (Hypo) trays<\/p>\n<p>A plug point for the safety light and enlarger.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The blog after this step is to talk about developing your film, exposing the images onto the photographic paper and developing them.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Equipment need to create a darkroom.<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>A room that can be made light tight, &#8220;darkroom&#8221;<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Hardware<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>3 flat shallow trays forprint developing<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<ol start=\"2\">\n<li>An amber safety light<\/li>\n<li>Running tap water<\/li>\n<li>Developing tank and spools for film developing<\/li>\n<li>A timer clock<\/li>\n<li>A printing easil &#8220;a flat board or base that holds the paper.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<ol start=\"7\">\n<li>A film enlarger (projector)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>An enlarger is a special kind of projector used to create your photographic prints<\/p>\n<p>Materials<\/p>\n<p>Print developer<\/p>\n<p>Photographic film developer solution<\/p>\n<p>Photographic film fixer solution<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Film developer<\/p>\n<p>Photographic paper developer solution<\/p>\n<p>Photographic paper fixer solution<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0 Once they have a room it is a matter of laying it out to suit your space \u00a0 Creating a darkroom\u00a0 needs two table tops and a room where the light has been blocked out. 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