Darkroom Photography Techniques : How to Make a Silver Gelatin Darkroom Printing

[karen29ana]

The fixer is supposed to be 2 minutes

[MiltondBixler]

a ten minute fix!?! I fix for like 2 minutes! What type of fixer is this?

[urmyfriend95]

@MiltondBixler I do it for 10 minutes. That's kind of mean.

[mithilag]

@MiltondBixler she said it wasn't a "rapid fixture"

[HarveyGrass]

this would be a heck of a lot easier if it wasnt in 2 min intervals. i mean just saying your name is like half the video

[RecordGuy3434]

@alister357

good question. one thing is print developer uses a different concentration than film, but it would be cool to experiment with that.

[alister357]

can i use caffanal as a developer

[Amithrius]

Thanks Debra, Ive always wondered how this was done. You have explained it all very well.

:)

[KeithWasHere1]

what are safelights? where do you get them? how much?

[KeithWasHere1]

the chemicals don't degrade/mush the paper? is the paper actual like wood paper or something synthetic?

[MrHellunit]

How to Make a Silver Gelatin Paper?

[dgmfoto]

@MrHellunit Beats me. I've never made my paper -- always bought it at a photo store.

[luthfi75]

very importhant for me Thanks

[dgmfoto]

@luthfi75 Glad you learned something! Thanks for your comment.

[morphotoart]

This discussion is way off base. It's about the final image not the tools used to produce them. I have used many darkrooms processing thousands of prints in stained trays. The resulting prints were clean and of excellent quality, many of which are hanging on someones wall still as clean as ever. Anyone reading this discussion, don't worry about the trays, worry about the images coming out of the trays.

[dgmfoto]

@morphotoart Thank you for posting this. The other comments on this subject have been removed, but basically it was a discussion on developing trays, especially the developer trays that become stained with silver. One viewer thinks trays should be replaced every year, but I and many others disagree. Just dedicate your trays and tongs and follow good procedures and you're prints will not be stained. Replace your tongs at least once a year.

[KarloR27]

Wow like magic!

[algeriano23]

you don't make the silver paper you buy it

[Phil19780]

Wow I never knew stop bath was yellow. Probably cos I haven't seen it out of a dark room

[feasterbailey2]

@Phil19780 ahah my school uses water

[dgmfoto]

@feasterbailey2 Then you're school is trying to save money.

[dgmfoto]

@Phil19780 Indicator stop bath is yellow until it's exhausted, then it turns purple. You can also find stop bath that's clear.

[ryoon816]

This is just the regular method for B&W printing. 

What do you use to make the paper... do you purchase the silver gel and spread it onto your own paper?

[dgmfoto]

@ryoon816 A gelatin silver print IS a regular print. I don't make the paper, I buy it. Generally it's a fiber based paper.

[feedthebear51]

So how can you make a silver gelatin print ? Whats the point of this video?

[wunan]

A great teacher! :)