For this session we had to
print out our negatives with a border, be it white, black or sprocket (film
edges).
We needed to put our negative
in the negative carrier and line the negative up on the printing easel. We needed to use the printing easel’s markers
to make a border. When you do this you
will then produce a white border. You
then expose your image for the required time (7 second). Once exposed you can then process your print
as normal.
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| Darkroom Black and White Enlarger |
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| Darkroom Easel |
You then expose your negative
for the required time. Making a test
strip is again helpful to decide on the exposure time.
To produce the black border,
you need to make a mask so as not to expose your paper to your negative. You will need to take your negative out of
the negative carrier, replace the empty negative carrier in the enlarger, and
then expose your paper for a minimum of 3 seconds (which you need to set on the
timer). Once you have exposed your paper
you can then put your negative back in the negative carrier. You then set the timer for the correct
exposure for your image. (7 seconds.)
You then process your print
as normal.
Producing the sprocket border
was a little more complex. Firstly you
needed to get a larger negative carrier in order that your sprockets would
show. You then placed this in the
enlarger.
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| Film Negative Carrier |
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| Film Sprockets |
You need to have a
mask for your image and you need to mark on the easel the placement of your
negative to produce the sprockets and also your correct focus. You need to make a note of the height the
enlarger so that you can put your negative back in place to produce an image that
was in focus. Firstly you expose
the sprockets with the mask in place, move the enlarger back to its original
position, remove the mask and then expose your paper to the negative.
You then process your print
as normal.
Copies of my original images will be uploaded when I get my file back.
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