Tuesday, November 9, 2010

Making a Black and White print

MATERIALS:
timers
drying cabinets
tongs
enlargers
focusing aids
safe lights

CHEMICALS:
developer
stop bath
fixer

3. Put print paper in the glass of the enlarger and make the switch light go for 10 sec. or depending on the negative. Then you put it in the developer for 1 min, switch it to stop bath after for 15 sec, then in the fixer for 2 min.

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5. Emulsion- a photosensitive coating, usually of silver halide grains in a gelatin layer.

Aperture- limits the amount of light passing through lens or into a mirror.

Masking easel- a frame with adjustable masks used to hold photographic paper flat and control borders when printing enlargements.

Exposure- the total amount of light allowed to fall on the photographic medium when taking a picture.

Safe Light- transmit the maximum amount of light that can be used safely.

Dodging- blocking a portion of the light when printing a photograph so that an area of the print lighter.

Burning- using additional light exposure during film development in order to darken selected areas of a photo.

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