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Kook & HoomenNotes from the bench, the darkroom and the mixing desk

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Photography & darkroom

Exposure, chemistry and paper, and how an image is made and finished for the wall.

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Read a Contact Sheet Before You Print

A darkroom workbench with a strip of 35mm negatives hanging from a line, a loupe and a pencil resting on a contact sheet under a safelight.

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  1. A darkroom bench under a safelight, a wet fibre print lying face up on a glass sheet with a test strip beside it, a pencil and a timer at the edge of the frame, shot from slightly above at 35 mm.

    Split Grade a Fibre Print and Read the Test Strip

    How to read a test strip, split the grade between shadows and highlights, and finish a fibre print so it stays flat on the wall.

    IM-002Photography & darkroom

  2. A darkroom workbench with a strip of 35mm negatives hanging from a line, a loupe and a pencil resting on a contact sheet under a safelight.

    Expose for the Print, Not the Meter

    The meter gives a starting point, not an answer. Place your zones, pick a development time, and set exposure for the paper grade you intend to print.

    IM-001Photography & darkroom