have my own darkroom

I finally had some time to get my darkroom finished and work in it! I only made 4 prints, and I am going to have to do something about the dust, but it’s finally completed and functional!

I finally ordered the items that I need to make my darkroom functional! I was waiting for B&H to get the safelight that I wanted in stock. Yeah! I should be up and running in about a week!

and I cleaned that room out over the weekend. So, I went through all my darkroom stuff and cleaned them off (I inherited some of my epuipment from a photographer that went digital~some of the stuff was rather filthy!) It was all moved into the bathroom, which will become it’s home. So, now I need to buy my chemicals and make some light-proof curtains, and I should be good to go!

I did buy a timer on ebay…about 3 and a half weeks ago. I was able to track my package as it went to Illinois, but I live in Minnesota. So, I email this lady that my package still isn’t here and she told me that she accidently sent it to the wrong address, but she had just sent it out to me. That was about 5 days ago and STILL ISN’T HERE!!!

I was looking on ebay today and it looks like used timers aren’t too expensive. That’s all I have left besides the little stuff (safelight, chemicals, etc) and then I think I’ll be ready to go!

But I finally got it! It’s in our office right now, I just need to come up with a plan for where to put it!

And then I get my enlarger! My sister saw it while she was back home and told me it’s really nice, she says it’s huge! I can’t wait!!!

I have an enlarger now…so, now I need the room. My grandma has a friend that owns a studio and he went digital. So, he has all of his darkroom equipment that he wanted to sell. So, I got the works for 300 bucks! The enlarger and all the small stuff (like the trays, safelight, timer, etc.) I can’t wait to use it!