Darkroom alternative process/experimentation for b&w film

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~ZukeSangue Nov 13, 2012 Student Photographer

I'm looking for different ways to process my film for an experimentation tpoic at school.... any ideas

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*Benitam22 Nov 21, 2012

~ZukeSangue! you are already doing selective developing and splicing!

~ZukeSangue Nov 21, 2012 Student Photographer

you know you don't always have to say a persons full username when adressing them.... unless your in chat.. then its pretty likely you want to..

`FallisPhoto Nov 17, 2012

Push processing and pull processing will change the contrast. That's pretty well known though. There are a whole bunch of different developing chemicals, and they can have an effect on grain. Those are pretty well known too.

Here's something more advanced and less well known:

If you use T-Max 100 film, you will find it is very sensitive to every stage of development and every choice you make. If you use T-Max developer, for example, and use a cool temperature and are very gentle with it, as you are supposed to, it will come out nearly grainless. [link] If, on the other hand, you use D-76 or Rodinol, develop it warm, and savagely agitate the utter hell out of it (like you are trying to make the developer foam up), you will get grain from hell. This was purposely developed for the "grain-from-hell" effect I mentioned: [link] as was this: [link] It helps to choose subjects that have some defined areas of contrast and that look like they would make good pointillist drawings, like this: [link] If you don't know what I mean by that, this is a pointillist drawing: [link] Pointillist drawings are made out of dots.

~nonotmuch Nov 17, 2012 Photographer

If you're shooting color, cross-processing is easy enough. Most dedicated professional labs (ie not the one-hour photo at the drug store) have both C-41 and E-6 chemistry available.

~ZukeSangue Nov 22, 2012 Student Photographer

sorry black and white film

~ChaiTeaPhoto Nov 13, 2012

Do some research into tin-types and Van-Dyke browns. Hell, [link] is a good place to start for topics.

~ChaiTeaPhoto Nov 13, 2012

There has been a trend to use Vitamin-C, instant coffee, and washing soda to develop black and white film. The negatives come out grainier than usual, with a brown cast. It's good for when you can't find any d76 in the neighborhood, and REALLY need to get that film developed.

I've only heard about it, so I can't go into much detail - but I can point you to a lot of info on the subject. [link]

Check out this website. Scroll to the bottom to get to the first post.

Also, sandwich printing is kind of like creating a negative out of a positive print. You develop a normal print, then place it under the enlarger emulsion-side-down, on top of a blank sheet of photo paper. You'll need to do test strips to get the timing right. The light from the enlarger will pass through the white areas on the completed print, to expose the paper underneath - you'll end up with a full-size negative of your positive image.