Category: Darkroom Stories
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Enlarger Based Perspective Correction
Perspective Correction in the Darkroom This article defines perspective control in photography and how perspective corrections can be applied in the darkroom. What is Perspective Control in Photography One of the features of large format photography as far back as the 19th century, is the ease with which the vertical lines of buildings included in…
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Darkroom Tour
While testing my recently acquired Hasselblad 501CM, I shot some pictures of my darkroom using the 40mm lens. The shots were hand held on TMax 100, so the depth of field was not great due to wide aperture, but it was as good a subject as any for test shots. This article simply puts those…
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Photo Paper: Long Term Storage
Why I Did It? When Kodak stopped producing black and white photographic printing papers, I became sensitized to the potential for my favorite papers to suddenly disappear. With Kodak papers gone, I tested other papers and settled on Ilford. But, what if Ilford stops making printing papers? The idea of stockpiling photographic materials that have…
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What’s up with Kodak Alaris photo products?
Back in January 2020, I bought two one gallon packages of Kodak Dektol. I noticed the new Dektol was packaged in poly bags rather than the original foil layered packaging that we’re all used to. When I tried to mix it up a few months later, it was as as brown as coffee. I opened a…
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Nothing is Ever Simple
In the process of adding older pictures to my website galleries, there was one I wanted to add but apparently lost the print. So, today, I reprinted it. The first print I made was of the wrong negative. Duh. The second print I made was great except for one tiny dust speck. Rather than spot…