learn to develop my own photos

now i’ve developed two rolls of film. they came out okay. i have to scan the photos now. i was doing it yesterday and photoshop unexpectedly closed and i lost everything. hadn’t saved.
some were pretty dark. and others were too moved. but at least a few were decent.
i installed photoshop lightroom to play a litte.

didnt do it yet

i just got a tank. i bought the chemicals. got a couple of bottles to mix them, got the gloves, im still missing a thermometer.
i cant wait to get started. i printed a book to guide me through it

Developing negatives and seeing your pictures appear in the developer is awesome.

Black and White is easy, color is very difficult. You’ll need to buy about $40 worth of equipment and chemicals to develop film. To make your own prints, you will need some more equipment which can range into $$$.

The smell of the chemicals, the magic as the images slowly materialize, emerging the cave of the dark room. It’s totally worth doing. If you are in a big city, renting a dark room is usually less than $15 hour. Do it!