Darkroom technique and musings
An Unexpected Return to a Sometimes Problematic Developer In my previous post about film and developer testing, I said that I would not be using PMK Pyro anymore. For those unfamiliar with them, Pyro developers are some of the oldest...
Part of my recent adventures in the darkroom has been to try to settle on a film / developer combination to stick with so that I can make my film work more consistent. The first steps in this has been...
Out of chaos comes art
An Elwood 8×10 enlarger arrives to stir things up a bit.
The new darkroom is small, so I’m setting it up to work small, even when developing large format. I bought myself new daylight developing tanks with reels that work with both 5×7 and 8×10, plus a smaller tank for 4×5....
©2020 Gary L. QuayI took this picture in October of 2020 in the shadow of Rowena Crest along the Historic Columbia River Highway. I’ve said it before, but Oregon’s dry side has become my favorite place in the world.This would...
A couple of months ago, I created a makeshift darkroom out of a spare bathroom, and part of the spare bedroom. I did this with blackout curtains, thumb tacks, and gaffers’ tape. Soon after, I loaded some film, and made...
It’s been 5 years since I packed up my last darkroom. My life as a photographer revolved around having a darkroom well into the digital age. I remember the moment that I started tearing apart the sink that I had...
Starvation Creek Falls, October 2016 I’ve been without a darkroom for over a year and a half. My attempt to carve one out of a spare bedroom was foiled by carpet. Gaia and I don’t consider this to be our...
Well, the new house in Hood River is very efficient, but not conducive to containing a production darkroom. I set up the third bedroom with the D5XL enlarger, and some of the framing equipment, but it’s carpeted, so all of...
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