What kind of negative is easy to print in the darkroom? What kind of negative is hard?

Do you wonder which variables have an effect to the fact how easy or hard a negative is to print in the darkroom? In this text I lay out four variables which in my experience have an effect on that.

TechniqueKatri Lassila10 May 2021Katri LassilaDarkroom techniques, Darkroom, Gelatin silver printing, Silver gelatin printingComment

5 Next steps to a Successful Gelatin Silver Print

I trust that you have already read the text 5 First Steps to the Succesful Gelatin Silver Print? In that post I told in short the basic five first stages to print a gelatin silver print. We ended up to the stage when we had exposed the first test strip.

TechniqueKatri Lassila5 May 2021Katri Lassilatechnique, printing, gelatin silver printing, silver gelatin, Silver gelatin printing, Darkroom techniquesComment

5 First Steps to a Successful Gelatin Silver Print

The gelatin silver printing process consists of several different stages. In this text I outline the usually needed first five steps when you start printing a negative in the darkroom.

TechniqueKatri Lassila5 May 2021Katri LassilaDarkroom techniques, Darkroom, Gelatin silver print, Silver gelatin printing, Gelatin silver printing Comments

Silver gelatin photograph – what is it?

When referring to silver gelatin photograph you may refer to both a film negative or a photographic print made by using a gelatin silver process. The technique has gotten its name of the fact that the emulsion used in both the film and photographic paper contains small silver particles, which darken by the light, thus creating the image.

ArtKatri Lassila26 April 2021Katri LassilaDarkroom, Gelatin silver print, Silver gelatin printing, Silver gelatin photography, Darkroom techniquesComment