Printing Process

Personal experience and opinion:

These past few weeks have been my first experience with printing film photography. I thought that it was going to be a somewhat simple process, but it was not. There are many different components that collide together to create the perfect print: the filter, aperture and time. Making sure that each of these is at the right setting can be a time consuming process. And it differs with every picture that you want to print. Once you have figured out all of your settings and have printed the picture to the paper, you have to put it first in developer, water and fixture, just as you would when you develop your role of film. The longer you leave it in the developer, the clearer your picture will turn out. After you place it in the water before leaving it in the fixture for a minute or 2. When this process is done, you should leave your picture in running water to ensure that all the fixture gets washed off. This is basically the end of the printing process, and all thats left to do is hang your picture up to dry and admire what you have created!

erinn.