Making a Black and White print

 The Process 

In total darkness, remove the film from the cassette. Pull the flat end off the 35mm canister with a can opener. Unwind the film and remove the end of the film from the spool by peeling off the tape that connects it.

Load the film onto the film reel,practice loading a few times in daylight so you can see and get the feel for it. Place the loaded reel in the film tank ad cover it as directed. The film is now in a light tight container. You can turn on the light.  Lay out the chemicals in front of you- a film developer , a stop bath, and a fixer with hardener, and a hypo eliminator bath.  Pour developer into the open part of the sealed film tank,When done, take the lid off the tank's pour spout and pour it out (either back into a container for re-use or into the sink if only one use is recommended).  Pour running water into the pour spout for one minute to stop development. Pour fixer,remove the tank cover completely and let the film sit in cold running water for five minutes.

Carefully pull the film out of the tank, Don't touch the surface of the negatives. 

 

 Materials

• Printing frames or enlargers
• Safelights and filters
• Timers with a sweep-second hand 
• Sets of trays of adequate size
•  Multiple  Tongs
• Tray thermometers
• Chemicals 
• A metal or plastic film tank
• Three dark plastic containers to hold chemistry
• Graduates (used to measure chemicals)
• A can opener
• A room that is totally light proof (not even the slightest sliver of light should be visible).
  
• CHEMICALS
  
• Developer 
• Stop Bath
• Fixer 
• Hypo Eliminator  
•  Definitions
• 1.)Emulsion-A suspension of small globules of one liquid in a second liquid with which the first will not mix:
  2.Aperture- a hole where which light travels
  3. Masking easel-A square model with masking blades, interchangeable blade widths
  4.Exposure-the act of presenting a photosensitive surface to rays of light.
  5.Safe light-A darkroom light with a filter that transmits only those rays of the spectrum to which films, printing paper, etc., are not sensitive.
  6. Dodging-Also, hold back. Photography from exposure for a period, while exposing the remainder of the print in order to lighten or eliminate the area
  7. Burning-the state, process, sensation, or effect of being on fire, burned, or subjected to intense heat.