Darkroom Induction Reflection

I have never used the darkroom before even though I enjoy shooting on film. In this induction I learnt how to use the enlarger, make a contact sheet and make a photogram. Although I was only there to make a photogram I found the other tasks very useful for the future.

Firstly we used the enlarger, playing around with the exposure time. The longer you leave the light on, the darker it gets. We made test sheets using strips of photosensitive paper and covering parts of it for several seconds with scrap card.

Next we made photograms by placing objects on the photosensitive paper and exposing it for about 20 seconds. I chose a range of translucent and opaque objects to test out the outcomes. As well as this we were shown we could paint on the developing liquid to get different textures, which I experimented with too.

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