WORKING IN THE DARKROOM AGAIN

(AD138: FASHION ILLUSTRATION AND IMAGING – IDENTITY AND THE BODY)

 

So yesterday, I went in for an optional darkroom session. Unfortunately, I was not aware of what I was going to be doing in this session, so i did not have any of my own negatives. However, because I was the only one there, it was really valuable time. I borrowed some spare negatives, and I developed it a few times, burning it in and making it have the perfect exposure.

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Once I knew the perfect exposure, we moved on to using the wet method of printing in the dark room. I used different methods of putting the developer on  my photograph and when I was happy with the way it had become exposed, I put it in the stop, the fix and the wash. 

I used a sponge and also a brush, using different dripping and smearing techniques to get a lovely airy effect from my image, which I felt went perfectly with my theme. 

I will be picking up my dried images on Monday, and I am very excited to see exactly how they turned out.

 

I got out some more spare negatives that all had women, and I had the idea of doing a few more prints, using this method and then hopefully they will turn out beautifully to hopefully include in my zine. 

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I think working like this in the darkroom is so important, because everything that is possible on Photoshop, started in the darkroom. Furthermore, it was so valuable to have one on one time with a lecturer to really learn about all the methods and techniques of printing in the darkroom. 

 

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I picked up my wet developed images and I am really happy with the way they turned out. The hand rendered feel to them really ties in well with my zine.

 

Figures

Figure 1 & 2 – Photographer unknown, printed in the darkroom by Kynza Kendall-Jones

Figure 3 – Photographers unknown, found negatives.

Figures 4-7 – Photographer unknown, printed in the darkroom by Kynza Kendall-Jones