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My dark Room Images

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Dark Room Below I have shown examples of how I have started creating my darkroom images using a film camera up until completion.  Equipment used developing from Resin & Fibre based paper Enlarger for resin start from grade 3 Filter paper work from grade 2 Firstly it is best to create a contact sheet, this will allow us to see what exposure time is best used. From the film strip, place images in glass responder and use focus to create sharpness. Once the correct focus is created I used a piece of black card to cover approx 3 -4 inches of the image projection in order to see what best exposure was required. A piece of light sensitive paper is then placed in position and exposure time then begins. Each exposure time was then limited to 5 seconds each. From that I could guesstimate what my required exposure time would be. thus was repeated x3 for each Image. Differences between paper types are:- Resin paper is generally thinner than fibre. It usually weights around 190gsm. The paper is