#stopbath

[chrisringrose]

“Of Memory as a Darkroom” April poem #18, 2023. Who hasn’t felt fascinated by darkrooms – the eerie safelight, the trays of developer, stopbath and fixer? The figures slowly swimming up into the paper? Like in the Antonioni movie Blow-up. The opposite, maybe, of memories of loved ones as they dissolve and fade. So, this poem is wishful thinking.

Of Memory as a Darkroom

So sad to feel them slip away

across the porous edges of recall.

I want to lay their image in a tray

in some red filtered darkroom of the mind,

to bathe their silver halides in

developer and watch their faces loom

back into my world and care,

surfacing again as once they were.

And then a stopbath that can neutralize

the chemicals that threaten to destroy

the presences that once I loved,

and hold them all suspended there.

Next, rinse the fixer on the prints

and lift them into perfect life --

the voices, faces, gestures, clothing, gaits --

I’d peg them up upon the darkroom line

of memory, until the light of day

and never let them go away.

CR April 18, 2023

[sirwalterfashionisto]

My #tbt to when I was the model, photographer and developer of my own pics. 😂 If you knew me back in the day, I always had a camera around my neck and always in the darkroom. For you youngins that where is dinosaurs used to go and develop film. It was not instant. It did make for some great times!!!! #model #photographer #developer #oakwood #the90s #huntsville #alabama #darkroom #negatives #fixer #stopbath #rinse #hangdry #style #stylish #donnakaran #modelling #backintheday #throwbackthursday #creative #creativetalent #diditmyself (at Huntsville, Alabama) https://www.instagram.com/p/B61v9i2lU-4/?igshid=167m7k6k3qtxz

[eric-sadahire]

Tom Hanks says he hasn't bathed in over 40 years. 

There's a global drought going on and "If you try to put water on me I'll fucking kill you!"

[sweet-fitzpleasure]

Darkroom Tutorial for developing 35mm Black and White film

So for hand developing film YOU WILL NEED:

1)Light Tight Funnel - Preferably one you can lock to make sure your film definitely doesn’t get exposed 2) 35mm Cassette Opener or Bottle a Opener – for opening 35mm cartridges 3) Scissors – for cutting the tab and cartridge off the end of the 35mm 4) Reels – these need to match the film type you’re using, You’ll need one for your film and one to act as a weight to weigh the film down.

5) Developing Cans – these need to fit your reels 6) Developing Can Lid - a hard rubber lid that stays sealed once the film has been put in there

7) Hanging Clips – for hanging finished film to dry (preferably in a film dryer if you have one) 8) Measuring Cylinders – buy these and only use them for developing, make sure you accurately measure and don’t use with food. 9) Thermometer – Buy one for keeping your temperatures consistent and accurate. 10) Timer for timing your chemical baths. 11) Developer 12) Stop 13) Fixer 14) Bowl of 20 degree water 15) Wetting agent

Once you have got all of your kit you are ready to start so, Firstly you’ll need to take your camera into the loading bay or if you’re doing this at home in a pitch black room where there are no ways for light to get in apart from turning on a light switch. You may wanna turn a light on for the time being and place your kit in an order where its easy to locate. Next, turn off the lights and remove your film (NOTE: if you have a disposable camera you are going to have to smash it open to remove the film, don’t look straight at the camera as the flash will blow up.) Once removed, grab your Cassette opener or bottle opener and remove the lid on your film canister and remove the film. After you have done that grab the end of your film and cut the tab off of it and slide the end into the reel. When the film is in there twist the reel so one hand is going anti clockwise and one is going clockwise (Like when you sharpen a pencil)The film should wind itself into the reel as you twist it. Once your film is on the reel grab your holder and put your reel onto it (One with film loaded on the bottom and empty one on the top) Then you’ll need to get your Developing tank and put your reels and holder inside. Then grab your light tight funnel and lock it into the development tank. And lastly put on your lid and you can move from the loading bay to the wash room.

Once you enter the wash room you’ll need to measure your chemicals so:

Developer -1:1 Ratio ( 1 part developer 1 part 20 degree water) so you will need 150 ml of developer and then of water. You will need to leave this in you Development tank for 13 minutes and agitate every minute (agitation is when you shake the chemicals around to make sure the film is covered) Stop bath - 1:4 Ratio and agitate when you put it in and when you pour it out, this process is for 7 minutes. Fix - 1:2 Ratio and agitate every 2 minutes. Wash- 10 minute water wash to wash any chemicals from your film. Wetting Agent - Leave this in for 2 minutes and agitate at the start and end of the process.

Once this process is done take your film off the reel and hang it up to dry, once they’re dry scan them in and you’re ready to post them on social media. Hope this was useful to some of you :)

[niteclubgirl]

🤷🏽‍♀️When it doesn’t go as planned. Dust your knees off. Start again. 🤓💪🏾 #lessons #film ##35mmphotography #shenanigans #overexposed #backinthelab #developer #stopbath #filmfixer #fixerremover #finalrinse #gettingthehangofthings https://www.instagram.com/p/Bq52LvBFq1o/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=6f0z8uy65oz7

[kunstcapades]

As Robyn whips up an homage to our elders, we get behind our high powered binoculars to scour the streets below. Michelle Mansour and Chris Grunder, both artists and directors, are lifted from their daily hustle to join us for a toast. We talk studio rituals, stop bath benders, art packet gaffes, and much, much more! It's KunstCapades episode 80!

[fenndiary]

It all started terrorizing the darkroom of our instructor @gbeenie in high school with this guy. #stopbath #fixer

[jonlily]

Early Morning Rose by HaarFager A rose before the sun had fully risen to shine on it. Camera: Sears TLS Mk II (made in 1967) Lens: Auto Sears 50mm F/1.7, M42 screw mount Film: FujiFilm Neopan Acros 100 black and white 35mm Shooting program: Manual (no battery) Shutter speed: 1/125 sec. Aperture: F/5.6 Date: May 28th, 2015, 6.20 a.m. Place: Norris City, Illinois, U.S.A. Developing chemicals at 68 degrees: Caffenol CM-RS: 11 mins. Water Rinse: 30 secs. Ilford Ilfostop Stopbath: 1 min. Ilford Hypam Fixer: 8 mins. Kodak PhotoFlo 200: 1 min. Water Rinse: 4 mins. Sears Acros 22if https://flic.kr/p/2jFSSt1

[rebeccaroberts-photography]

Darkroom - Developing a Print

16/9/19

We had a demonstration on how to process Black and White film, creating contact sheets and test strips as well as a final print (8x10inch). This process also uses chemicals: developer, stopbath and fixer.

https://youtu.be/O31OZgnCoAw

[emanuelramirezg-blog]

What is your developer? Your developer is called Kodak professional developer and has a code of D-76. The active ingredients in the developer are hydroquinone and methanol because of these two things your developer is a base with a ph of 14. It’s an effective donator of an electron. It has 3 more components that maintains the ph, sodium carbonate and then it has two more things that protects the decomposition of the active ingredients which is sodium sulfite and potassium bromine. Because water is there it means it’s in all your solutions.

Fixer

Your fixer is a Kodak professional fixer. Your active ingredients are ammonium thiosulfate, ammonium sulfite, sodium bisulfite, sodium acetate and water. The fixer is an acid. If your stopbath misses any of the developer your fixer will get rid of the rest of it. The purpose is to make your image permanent. It does it by changing any unreacted silver bromine into some silver complex which is no longer light sensitive.

[kiilyourdarlings]

Can i just say you sing really good, also whats your favorite poem?

ah thanks!! that video was from years ago, i forgot all about it, thank you for the reminder!! i switch up my favorite poems pretty often since i read a lot, but currently it’s stopbath by Kirby Knowlton! an all time favorite would be the famous Howl by Allen Ginsberg. anyway, thanks pal !

[marvelouslittleenemy]

I finally got the hang of the dark room

[tomasflint]

Evidence of a bygone era 🎞🎞 #Kodak #fixer #developer #stopbath #acetate #sulfate #film (at Artisan Works)

[theycallmeaj-blog]

Things like this make me really happy to be studying graphic design. Bottle designs for film chemicals #stopbath #fixer #developer #hypoclean #typography #design #film

[ibrahimbarun]

İşte bunlar hep karanlık oda! #fixer #stopbath #photoflo #filmfixer #developer #35mm #analog #photo #photography

[carolinarivera-blog]

B&W film stuff #reels #developer #fixer #hypo #stopbath #chemicals #photoflo #photography #darkroom #latergram