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Darkroom processes: using an enlarger and developing a print

Photography

Unit Summary

This is a teacher led unit which introduces to pupils to the skills within their endorsements. Through a series of workshop activities, students experiment with a range of materials and techniques. They develop a range of studies exploring mark making media, print and mixed media.

Lesson Summary

You understand how to develop a contact sheet and a print in a darkroom using an enlarger.

Key Notes

  • In film photography, darkrooms are used to develop pictures that are taken on a physical roll of film.
  • Photographs are produced using light-sensitive paper that is exposed to light that passes through the negative.
  • Chemicals are then used to develop the image.
  • Contact sheets can be used to easily see all of the pictures on a roll of film.
  • Test strips are used to measure how much exposure each picture should have.

Vocabulary To Learn

  • darkroom: a room for developing photographs, in which normal light is excluded
  • enlarger: device used to project an image from a negative onto light-sensitive paper
  • exposure: act of allowing light to reach photographic paper during printing
  • develop: process of combining exposed prints with chemicals to produce an image

Common Mistakes To Avoid

  • The safelight allows any kind of light to be on in the darkroom without damaging prints.

3 Quick Questions (With Answers)

1. Explain the lesson in two key points.

In film photography, darkrooms are used to develop pictures that are taken on a physical roll of film. Photographs are produced using light-sensitive paper that is exposed to light that passes through the negative.

2. What does this key word mean in this lesson? 'darkroom'

a room for developing photographs, in which normal light is excluded.

3. Correct this common mistake.

Mistake: The safelight allows any kind of light to be on in the darkroom without damaging prints. Correction: The safelight is not a "free pass" for unlimited light exposure and that all light exposure must be controlled and time-sensitive.

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