These dark room images have been developed from negatives in the dark room using chemicals, these images had originally been used for a previous project using the dark room. What I did to set up the composition for the photograph was to create a white background using a white sheet of paper as a back drop, I searched through my hand bag and managed to conjure up a scene using a makeup bag and some lip sticks to create a fashion/beauty set of images.
To set up the chemicals in the dark room you need to measure the developer, fix and water in order to transform negatives into prints. I created a set of images to show for this project which were a set of contrasting images, one highly contrasted and the other being the opposite and having much more white to the image. I exposed the prints to light for about 25 seconds to get a dark contrasted effect, and to gain the contrast I turned the dial on the projector until I could see a lot of purple, the purple shows the print will be more contrasted rather than having pure white as this wont be contrasted. I love contrasted images as they're bold and eye catching and by creating a contrasted effect using the dark room material will transform any print.
I manually manipulated my prints in the dark room by combining two negatives together, I created this effect by exposing one half of the paper to the light and covering the other half by moving a piece of card in the desired area, I did this to blend in the harsh line on the print, I then selected another negative and again covering the side I had already exposed to light and doing the same technique.
Combining Negatives
Original Print
Contrasted Image
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