12-05-2009, 05:06 PM
I love the rituals, sights and sounds that go with film.
Yeah, so do I, more so the darkroom part of it, even though I never got very good at it. I never got tired of watching the image come up in the developer, and working away in the dark was something I found very peaceful and satisfying. The schools I attended had decent photo labs and I was in there for hours, sometimes all night.
I set up primitive darkrooms in my apartments after leaving school: of course I had none of the nice temperature control gear that they had at school, much less in the way of rinsing capabilities, and a lot more dust and debris. I realize that just about every way, I'm better off scanning my film images and working on them in PS, and that it would make my "art" work process much easier, were I ever to get the time, energy, and studio space to work on drawings and paintings again. But I miss the look of b&w silver prints.
Yeah, so do I, more so the darkroom part of it, even though I never got very good at it. I never got tired of watching the image come up in the developer, and working away in the dark was something I found very peaceful and satisfying. The schools I attended had decent photo labs and I was in there for hours, sometimes all night.
I set up primitive darkrooms in my apartments after leaving school: of course I had none of the nice temperature control gear that they had at school, much less in the way of rinsing capabilities, and a lot more dust and debris. I realize that just about every way, I'm better off scanning my film images and working on them in PS, and that it would make my "art" work process much easier, were I ever to get the time, energy, and studio space to work on drawings and paintings again. But I miss the look of b&w silver prints.