I've made a pinhole camera from a cardboard box, a safety pin and a fold of duct tape before. Very easy!
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Of course, for that you really need an enlarger. You put unused photographic paper into the camera, release the duct tape covering the hole for x seconds, cover the hole again. Once in the darkroom, remove paper from box... from there, it's all a bit fuzzy.
But I'd be happy to do the research again, and once the darkroom is set up teach a workshop on it, if people are interested.
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I guess it depends what level of DIY-ness/upcycling you're after. I
found it really pleasing to take the old materials and turn them into
a new camera, liked the wide open aperture effect achieved with a
literal pin-hole and *loved* playing about with enlargers for hours.
I spent 13hrs in the darkroom at uni one day before being firmly told
to go home and eat by one of my tutors.
Different methods of doing things have different complexities, sure,
but they also have different end effects, and it depends what you're
after. My whole year group thought I was bonkers when I decided to
develop film in coffee, but they all loved the results I produced.
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it." ~ William Gibson
The above is all kind of off topic anyway...
> Hi everyone,
>
> After a bit of discussion on the IRC channel, I've taken it upon
> myself to offer one to one How to Develop Your Own B&W Film tuition.
> The reasons for this is two-fold - first, it'll hopefully renew
> interest in the wet room/darkroom development and also give us a
> better idea of numbers of potential users. Secondly, I can work on my
> interpersonal and teaching skills :) Also if people have negatives to
> print, they'll be more motivated to have a darkroom. It's a carrot to
> get things moving.
>
Hea,
Did this get off the ground? I'd be interested in learning too.. I have plenty of rolls of 120N film to print, and would be willing to use some as...."experiments"...
If anything needs to be bought, I'd be willing to chip in for developer, fixer etc...
thanks,
Bernard
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> Well the wet room isn't sorted out for darkroom useage yet so no B&W
> prints. Possibly could do cyanotypes, though.
>
> If you have some exposed 120 B&W film you'd like to learn to develop,
> I could teach you how to at the space. Maybe people will get curious
> and interested (and motivated...). When's a good time/date for you?
> I'm probably unable to go to the space between 24-28 November (family
> visiting) and Monday mornings, but any other time is cool with me.
Hi Akki,
Yeah, I'd love to learn from you. At the moment the best are either a) late-ish Friday evenings 7-8PM, or b) the weekend as I am working away from London during the week.
What about next Saturday evening, or maybe Sunday morning? Following weekend is out as I have a uni project to hand in for Dec 5th.
I have a number of rolls I have shot, but also some new rolls I would be happy to donate as experiments. Whats the score on chemicals? Are there any available or do we need to make/buy some?
thanks,
B
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Not sure if I am late to the party or not!
My name is Ollie, and i'm just about to start getting involved with
Hackspace. I'm a member of Occupy London - and i am also a practicing
freelance photographer, with 5 years of studies under my belt. 3 of
those were film/darkroom based, and i've been dreaming of working in a
darkroom again since i finished 2 years ago!
I'm not the most knowledgeable in the subject by any means but am
classically trained in darkroom use. I can bring along some tanks I
have, a few trays, some boxes of ilford paper, and myself.
I'll be moving to london on the 5th of december so would love to get
involved with any other photographers/learners/hobbyists in hackspace,
feel I can bring a lot to the table and also learn a lot from all of
you too :)
Is there a page on the wiki for the photography/wet room? What does
anyone think about having a regular darkroom thing every week?
Cheers for now
atom
ollie
Hm if I understand you correctly, you've picked dates I can't make :)
How about we look at sometime past 5 Dec. then?
As far as chemicals, I can bring my bottle of Rodinal and some pre-
mixed rapid fix to make things easier/faster to work with.
Best wishes,
~Akki
> Bernard,
>
> Hm if I understand you correctly, you've picked dates I can't make :)
> How about we look at sometime past 5 Dec. then?
> As far as chemicals, I can bring my bottle of Rodinal and some pre-
> mixed rapid fix to make things easier/faster to work with.
Hi Akki
Hah, yes...after re-reading your mail (or one may say...after reading your mail)..maybe after 5th Dec is best!
Ollie was interested to, so hows after Dec 5th Ollie?
Lets revisit things next week..
thanks,
Bernard
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Sometime past December the 5th is best for me - I'm moving up to
London that weekend, and will be situatied between Hackspace/
OccupyLondon full time.
I know how to dev film but could do with a run through again, it's
been years. Got my own tank and spools.
Here is my mobile numbers - 07516023653 / 07840027300
I'm also going to be slightly working on making the wet bio room/
photography room a real darkroom, over the next few weeks, if I can do
so with encroaching upon people's current use of the room!
ollie
>
> I'm also going to be slightly working on making the wet bio room/
> photography room a real darkroom, over the next few weeks, if I can do
> so with encroaching upon people's current use of the room!
Hi Ollie,
I'd be interested in helping out with that if I have time, after the 5th the weekends are ok, during the week, no too sure. But we can discuss. My number is 07805 917621.
On 24 Nov 2011, at 09:54, atom wrote:
>
> I'm also going to be slightly working on making the wet bio room/
> photography room a real darkroom, over the next few weeks, if I can do
> so with encroaching upon people's current use of the room!
Hi Ollie,
I'd be interested in helping out with that if I have time, after the 5th the weekends are ok, during the week, no too sure. But we can discuss. My number is 07805 917621.
thanks,
Bernard
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It's good to hear there's still enthusiasm for this project. I was
co-ordinating it as best I could, but life's tricky for me at the moment
and I haven't been able to make it to the space for a couple of months.
It's probably best if others step in to get it working.
There's a page for it on the Wiki here, though I suspect it needs
updating: http://wiki.london.hackspace.org.uk/view/Project:Darkroom
We've had plenty of offers for equipment so far, and film developing
equipment's easy to get cheaply from eBay etc. Because this is the easiest
bit of the project, I'd recommend holding off gathering equipment until
the infrastructure (power, plumbing, ventilation, etc) is in place.
Best wishes,
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/V\ http://www.ethicsgirls.com/
// \\
"Variables won't; Constants aren't" /( )\
^`~'^
I am enthusiastically awaiting infrastructure to get sorted. Which is a bit useless, but there we go. I did B&W dev at Uni, have given brief training on it before, but am far from an expert. Happy to help how I can.
- g
There are a number of plumbers/sparks located at Occupy London - i'm
sure if we provided them with the materials, and multiple cups of tea
and a meal, they could do the work if it is not too hetic. I'll look
into it
ollie
On Nov 24, 7:34 pm, George Buckenham <v.twenty....@gmail.com> wrote:
> I am enthusiastically awaiting infrastructure to get sorted. Which is a bit
> useless, but there we go. I did B&W dev at Uni, have given brief training
> on it before, but am far from an expert. Happy to help how I can.
>
> - g
>
> On 24 Nov 2011 17:42, "Alex Pounds" <a...@alexpounds.com> wrote:
>
>
>
> > On Thu, Nov 24, 2011 at 01:54:22AM -0800, atom wrote:
> > > I'm also going to be slightly working on making the wet bio room/
> > > photography room a real darkroom, over the next few weeks, if I can do
> > > so with encroaching upon people's current use of the room!
>
> > It's good to hear there's still enthusiasm for this project. I was
> > co-ordinating it as best I could, but life's tricky for me at the moment
> > and I haven't been able to make it to the space for a couple of months.
> > It's probably best if others step in to get it working.
>
> > There's a page for it on the Wiki here, though I suspect it needs
> > updating:http://wiki.london.hackspace.org.uk/view/Project:Darkroom
>
> > We've had plenty of offers for equipment so far, and film developing
> > equipment's easy to get cheaply from eBay etc. Because this is the easiest
> > bit of the project, I'd recommend holding off gathering equipment until
> > the infrastructure (power, plumbing, ventilation, etc) is in place.
>
> > Best wishes,
>
> > --
> > Alex Pounds .~. http://www.alexpounds.com/
> > /V\ http://www.ethicsgirls.com/
> > // \\
> > "Variables won't; Constants aren't" /( )\
> > ^`~'^- Hide quoted text -
>
> - Show quoted text -
I mentioned before that I had a fair bit of kit that the space can
use. I've had to give up my studio space recently, so all my darkroom
kit is in storage just now. Once the plumbing etc is sorted, I'm
happy for my kit to be used.
Laura
Sorry for the lack of replies, life's gotten a bit hectic with the
holidays lately so not so sure about time to do tutitions :(
Vaguely related: I'll be showing alecjw how to do cyanotypes
(hopefully, we'll see how it goes) tonight (6 Dec, social night) if
anyone wants to pop along tonight to have an oogle.
~Heather(Akki)
On Nov 25, 1:58 pm, Laura <shoo...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Really good to see the enthusiasm kicking up again for the darkroom project.
>
> I mentioned before that I had a fair bit of kit that the space can
> use. I've had to give up my studio space recently, so all my darkroom
> kit is in storage just now. Once the plumbing etc is sorted, I'm
> happy for my kit to be used.
>
> Laura
>
I'm still interested in learning, if possible! I am home this weekend if your about the space (I live 10 mins from the space).
I do still have a bunch of 400 film rolls to use as experiments.
thanks,
Bernard
On 26 Dec 2011, at 16:36, Pajo wrote:
> Hi Heather,
>
> I've done a bit of BW developing and printing sometime ago but I guess
> a little guidance would probably keep me from ruining my own negs.
> I shoot mostly with tmax or tri x 400.
> Any help is much welcomed.
> I don't mind buying my own developers and stuff.
>
> In any case would you know whether is there in space in london where I
> could take my own negs and try to develop them myself?
>
> Many thanks,
>