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My Chemical Romance

Posted on 05 May 2010 by Tomas Webb

As you might have picked up on already, here on Feeling Negative? we are working towards a goal of being the most helpful site on the internet in regards to shooting film. It’s a slow process, but gradually we are building u [...]

Tags: developing, developing tips, Equipment, film, Video

Black and White Film Developing Equipment

Posted on 30 April 2010 by Brian Auer

Welcome to another video post — don’t forget to subscribe to the FeelingNegative YouTube channel! This time around, we’re just starting into the world of black and white film developing with a brief overview of the e [...]

Tags: alternatives, changebag, Darkroom, developing, developing tips, film, tips darkroom

Developing Film Without a Darkroom

Posted on 29 April 2010 by Tomas Webb

In a poll at Epic Edits, reader Adam asks: I’d be interested to know if there’s a way to develop film without having to set up a dark room. I’m a student renting a room – I don’t even have a bathroom of my own. Can it be [...]

Tags: Darkroom, developing, DIY, film

10 Reasons to Develop Your Own Film

Posted on 28 April 2010 by Brian Auer

photo credit: cwirtanen In our most recent poll, I asked Why Don’t You Develop Your Own Film? We’ve had a great response in just one day, and it is our goal to address most of the answers to that question. But before we di [...]

Tags: agfa, caffenol, Caffenol-C-M, Darkroom, developing, developing tips, home, Isoly, lucky SHD100, paper developer

Caffenol: A Follow Up

Posted on 22 April 2010 by Tomas Webb

Now that I’ve scanned a few shots from the Caffenol-C-M roll I mentioned yesterday, I can offer a little more personal input on the process. I shot the above photo with an Agfa Isoly and Lucky SHD100. The Agfa Isoly is rumou [...]

Tags: alternative, caffenol, Caffenol-C-M, developing tips, hand coloring, hand colouring, prints, process, proofer, salt, salt prints

Alternative processing: Stumbling through the fog

Posted on 21 April 2010 by Tomas Webb

photo credit: Okinawa Soba Not satisfied with the complications in my life involved with beginning a new job as a high school teacher, I’ve also started to delve into the cloudy waters of alternative film processing. What th [...]

Tags: developer, developing. Epic Edits, film, processing, pull, Push, soup

Souping Your Own

Posted on 14 April 2010 by Tomas Webb

photo credit: Aaɾon I’ve written already about film speeds and pushing and pulling films so I thought it might be time to bring some more practical based knowledge to the table. I’m well aware that the knowledge level [...]

Tags: Darkroom, developing, DIY, DIYLF, film, how to, Large Format, paper negative, tips, tutorial, Video

Developing Paper Negatives

Posted on 09 April 2010 by Brian Auer

Don’t forget to subscribe to our YouTube channel! This is probably a bit overdue, but here’s a tutorial that goes along with our DIY-Large-Format project for developing paper negatives. The technique uses a basic 3 bat [...]

Tags: developing, film, processing, pull, Push

Push and Pull Processing: What Does it Mean?

Posted on 08 April 2010 by Tomas Webb

In a poll at Epic Edits, reader Greg McMullin asks: I have often heared “Push” and “Pull” being used with reference to developing. What exactly do these mean? How do you “Pull Process” or “Push Process”? photo cred [...]

Tags: chemical, Darkroom, Equipment, paper, printing

Print Developing Equipment List

Posted on 09 March 2010 by Brian Auer

Developing prints is a rather simple process that can be done in the most basic of darkrooms. And before the master printers attack me for such a statement, let me clarify that I’m talking about the basic process of going fr [...]