Processing Black and White photos

• Black and white film that has been exposed 
• Dark Room
• A film developing tank
• Film processing chemicals developer and fixer
• a container in which chemicals can be mixed
• a stirring rod to mix chemicals
• a squeegee to remove water from the film 

Load film onto reel and assemble tank. Prepare chemicals pour in developer, start timer  for 30 seconds. Pour out developer and run tank under water for 30 seconds. Pour in fixer and  for 30 seconds. Pour fixer back into bottle when fixing is complete. Wash for 15 minutes, emptying tank every 5 minutes. Dip film into wetting agent for 30 seconds and dry.

Contact sheet- is an 81/2 x 11 sheet of photo paper with 6 to 8 color images, generally referred to as proofs.

Enlarger- pecialized transparency projector used to produce photographic prints from film or glass negatives using the gelatin-silver process, or transparencies

Developer- chemical agent used to render photographic images after exposure to light.

Stop Bath-  is a chemical bath usually used in processing traditional black-and-white photographic films, plates, and paper used after the material has finished developing

Fixer- is a chemical used in the final step in the photographic processing of film or paper