Koolzakukumba
Real men use B+W
If you shoot film AND work in the darkroom you've got to read this blog post by Turkish photographer, Omar Ozenir.
A Coffeehouse in Cunda
Omar was a visitor to my blog and I followed him back to his own website, so to speak. His features posts explaining different darkroom techniques with some great illustrative pics but is in his native language.
I asked him if he could translate some posts into Englsh and I've just published the first of what I hope will become a monthly series. If you like printing under the enlarger or want to learm, it's well worth a look.
My blog, btw, is completely non-commercial. I started it to try to do my bit to spread the word about film and darkroom work. If you like it, please tell your mates. If you don't then keep it to yourself.
A Coffeehouse in Cunda
Omar was a visitor to my blog and I followed him back to his own website, so to speak. His features posts explaining different darkroom techniques with some great illustrative pics but is in his native language.
I asked him if he could translate some posts into Englsh and I've just published the first of what I hope will become a monthly series. If you like printing under the enlarger or want to learm, it's well worth a look.
My blog, btw, is completely non-commercial. I started it to try to do my bit to spread the word about film and darkroom work. If you like it, please tell your mates. If you don't then keep it to yourself.
Trius
Waiting on Maitani
Excellent ... thanks for posting!
Slainte,
Earl
Slainte,
Earl
Murchu
Well-known
Thanks for sharing Bruce. It's nice to have additional darkroom resources, and shall be keeping an eye on your blog from time to time, especially as I return to some darkroom work myself.
zeroeseight
Registered User
Thanks for sharing, I don't have that much darkroom experience so I found that interesting.
ray*j*gun
Mentor
Terrific! I will be trying that flashing method next time I mix up a batch of chems. I have not heard of this technique before. I would have tried burning the windows and deal with the inconsistent results.
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Mablo
Well-known
Well written and clearly explained. Absolutely a joy to read. Hope to see more from Omar.
nikon_sam
Shooter of Film...
Thank you...an interesting read and good information for the printers in here...like me...
charjohncarter
Mentor
My friend is interested in flashing, so I am forwarding this article. This guy really has a logical, simple, and understandable way of expressing himself. He also lives in a great country for photographers, I was there on a tour and all I wanted to do was jump the tour and settle into the day with my cameras.
gb hill
Mentor
Nice tutorials. I can now get to printing since the weather has cooled off a bit.
charjohncarter
Mentor
Hey, thanks for your blog, I have more to go through, but I have really enjoyed it. I live in sunny California, I live for the fifteen sloppy days we have a year. I have to say I haven't conquered the bad day effect yet.
rsosa
Established
many thanks for sharing!
Uncle Fester
Well-known
Thanks for posting this, I have two negatives that I've never printed to my satisfaction, and this looks like the solution I have been looking for. Although I do know about flashing, I had forgotten all about it as I haven't been in the darkroom much in the last few years. Thank you for jogging my memory.
If you place a styrofoam cup or some other translucent white material in front of the lens during the flash exposure, it completely diffuses the image and eliminates the need to remove the negative from the enlarger for the flash.
The advantage of this is that you can flash the print using the same f-stop as the main exposure, needing only to establish the correct times for the main exposure and the flash.
If you place a styrofoam cup or some other translucent white material in front of the lens during the flash exposure, it completely diffuses the image and eliminates the need to remove the negative from the enlarger for the flash.
The advantage of this is that you can flash the print using the same f-stop as the main exposure, needing only to establish the correct times for the main exposure and the flash.
jawarden
Well-known
Great stuff. Thanks! I have some experimenting to do.
Koolzakukumba
Real men use B+W
Thanks to everyone!
Thanks to everyone!
I'm very pleased to say that this exercise has been a great success. The reaction we've had from everyone has been overwhelmingly positive so I'm sure we'll be repeating it again. The plan seems to be for monthly posts of Omar's darkroom work and I'll post a message here when the next one is ready to go.
In the meantime, there will be plenty of others posts about film and darkroom stuff so please feel encouraged to pop by The Online Darkroom on a regular basis. And thanks again to everyone who contributed to this thread.
Thanks to everyone!
I'm very pleased to say that this exercise has been a great success. The reaction we've had from everyone has been overwhelmingly positive so I'm sure we'll be repeating it again. The plan seems to be for monthly posts of Omar's darkroom work and I'll post a message here when the next one is ready to go.
In the meantime, there will be plenty of others posts about film and darkroom stuff so please feel encouraged to pop by The Online Darkroom on a regular basis. And thanks again to everyone who contributed to this thread.
charjohncarter
Mentor
Thanks....
DanT
Established
Fascinating stuff. Thanks to both you and Omar for this.
taylan
Street Dog
Koolzakukumba
Real men use B+W
Omar is also an RFF member. His profile name is ooze
O(mar) Oze(nir). Cool!