FrankS
Registered User
Let's see some low-tech darkrooms too! Please don't be intimidated by those who are able to have dedicated rooms for this.
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rich815
Guest
Ok, ok, sacrilege! COLOR photos of your darkrooms!? And some look like digital snaps at that?!?! 
C'mon, I want to see REAL B&W photos of your darkrooms, you know the kind of photos we'll look at 20 years from now and think are so classic and cool looking!
C'mon, I want to see REAL B&W photos of your darkrooms, you know the kind of photos we'll look at 20 years from now and think are so classic and cool looking!
sepiareverb
genius and moron
AGN said:Well, here it is. The meat slicer, oh yeh, thats for thinning negatives.
Now this is the cleanest darkroom I've ever seen. Bravo to you. The meat slicer is a unique darkroom addition. I suspect something else goes on in there...
pesphoto
Veteran
sepiareverb said:
The man has to eat sometime. I dont see any deli rolls though...hmmmm
Stephanie Brim
Mental Experimental.
When I get the enlarger from the guy I'll post what my setup WILL be using Photoshop...the first setup, which will be in a 6x6 area under the basement, and then the second, which will be the final build. I'm guessing I won't be in the final for at least a year.
PlantedTao
Well-known
I'm jealous of all these great darkrooms...hopefully one day I'll be able to have a simple set-up.
for now, this is my darkroom
http://www.pcnw.org/facilities/bw.php
rental is $8-10 / hour... and everything is setup so I never have to mess with chemicals.
Still, I'd rather have my own.
for now, this is my darkroom
http://www.pcnw.org/facilities/bw.php
rental is $8-10 / hour... and everything is setup so I never have to mess with chemicals.
Still, I'd rather have my own.
AGN
Established
sepiareverb said:
Hmm, thank you, it did look neat when I built it. I won't show it to you now.
AGN
Established
pesphoto said:
Everyone knows there kept in the paper-safe. Help yourself.
marcust101
Established
Mine is a Dark Shed, complete with a family of spiders and lightproofing courtesy of a roll of roofing felt and a staple gun. It has water and power via some hose and cabling and fridge for film/paper/beer.
The only problem is the temperature it reaches on a sunny day, (33 C) so far this year in Ireland!! I'll take a shot tonight and post it, should give you all a chuckle
Marcus
The only problem is the temperature it reaches on a sunny day, (33 C) so far this year in Ireland!! I'll take a shot tonight and post it, should give you all a chuckle
Marcus
350D_user
B+W film devotee
Low-tech? Ok...FrankS said:
On the left, the "bench", containing b+w paper, blackout materials, darkroom bag and extension cables. On the "bench", from the left... disposable gloves, mulitgrade filters. In the middle, the MPP enlarger (in case anyone was wondering), covered with a plastic bag due to dust. On the baseboard, a good-size easel, a contact printer and a strip printer (I'm no fan of the cardboard sheet method). To the right-rear, an antique(?) Smiths timer, two safelights and a focus finder.
Yessir, none of this "digital electronic enlarger timer" bobbins... the Smiths timer and a rocker-switch is all that's needed.
On the right, the cupboard that I store the chemicals, cylinders, developer trays and "System 4" tank in. The safelight is hung there via a sticky-up hook thing.
Once set up, the trays are put on some fold-away table, the sink's to the right of the table. Once put-away, the darkroom reverts to its usual function... the bathroom.
sepiareverb
genius and moron
Edward Weston is known for having a very simple set-up- a light bulb over a contact printer and a few trays in the sink. There was a great travelling show of his work several years ago- I saw it in Boston- that had a life size reproduction of the darkroom. Quite fun to stand there in his space.
http://images.google.com/imgres?img...svnum=10&um=1&hl=en&client=safari&rls=en&sa=N
This link has a small image of his space, the contact printer is shown.
http://images.google.com/imgres?img...svnum=10&um=1&hl=en&client=safari&rls=en&sa=N
this is another view (page down about halfway) that shows the sink. Low tech indeed but capable of producing some incredible prints.
I had a darkroom for a while that was in the bathroom of a solar house (one of those Earthships out in NM). I hung black plastic up on the solar window of the bathroom and made some nice little contact prints there. Developed on a pice of plywood over the tub, and washed in the tub. A bit of a PITA, but worked. I also used to have a portable darkroom for running film. A wooden crate with compartments for 5x7 trays, and bottles for dev. stop, fix, hypo clear, photo-flo. Some laundry clips and a changing bag got me running film in hotel bathrooms on the sly many a time.
http://images.google.com/imgres?img...svnum=10&um=1&hl=en&client=safari&rls=en&sa=N
This link has a small image of his space, the contact printer is shown.
http://images.google.com/imgres?img...svnum=10&um=1&hl=en&client=safari&rls=en&sa=N
this is another view (page down about halfway) that shows the sink. Low tech indeed but capable of producing some incredible prints.
I had a darkroom for a while that was in the bathroom of a solar house (one of those Earthships out in NM). I hung black plastic up on the solar window of the bathroom and made some nice little contact prints there. Developed on a pice of plywood over the tub, and washed in the tub. A bit of a PITA, but worked. I also used to have a portable darkroom for running film. A wooden crate with compartments for 5x7 trays, and bottles for dev. stop, fix, hypo clear, photo-flo. Some laundry clips and a changing bag got me running film in hotel bathrooms on the sly many a time.
Finder
Veteran
FrankS
Registered User
Finder said:
Nice big window.
Finder
Veteran
FrankS said:Nice big window.
Well, the last place I worked in was so dark, I could hardly see what I was doing!
sepiareverb
genius and moron
Finder said:
I love my window too! My darkroom in NYC had a window- and when thinking of this space that was one thing I really wanted again. Nothing like working with the window open on a nice summer evening!
BILLC
Established
Here is my darkroom, 5'x9' in an out building. It does double duty as a bathroom for large work crews that we have in the vineyard. The wet side table comes down and I leave everything else as is. I only have room for these two enlargers but I have 3 more that I couldn't pass up, another M600, a Federal 45, and a B66.
Now I just need more time to stop and smell the fixer.
Bill
Now I just need more time to stop and smell the fixer.
Bill
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jobo
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OK, here goes. Being a Swede, I got my darkroom at IKEA (read: had some leftover shelving).
The door at the far end of the room is the bathroom, so it combines the inconvinence (to me) of no running wate in the darkroom itself with the inconvenience (to my SO) of it effectively taking over the sole bathroom. :bang:
Still having a blast!
/Jobo
The door at the far end of the room is the bathroom, so it combines the inconvinence (to me) of no running wate in the darkroom itself with the inconvenience (to my SO) of it effectively taking over the sole bathroom. :bang:
Still having a blast!
/Jobo
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winoto
Established
can't show you my darkroom...my wife is in there having a shower/bath. talk about low tech. takes me at 10 minutes to set it up with dark boards. hopefully we will be able to afford a home with darkroom space to call our own soon.
Bosk
Make photos, not war.
I must say I'm rather jealous, lacking the space to set up a darkroom of my own.
They sure look like great places to while away the hours in quiet seclusion from the rest of the world.
They sure look like great places to while away the hours in quiet seclusion from the rest of the world.
M
Magus
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