This year I have a goal of becoming a better darkroom printer.
In this video, I'll share two powerful darkroom techniques that have helped me: Split-Grade printing and F-stop printing.
I also tried some tea staining of one print.
Besides that, there are no shortcuts to becoming a better darkroom printer. It takes a lot of study and trial and error. Someday, I might become a good darkroom printer.
Enjoy this video in the dark, next week I plan on going outside. We'll see if I succeed.
Love,
Oscar
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Link to my post about F-stop printing:
https://thatbeardedguy.photography/2025/03/22/f-stop-printing-darkroom/
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All prints were done on Foma Fomabrom Var. 111 fibre-based paper.
Paperdeveloper: Belini Eco (liquid Xtol)
Print is done from a 4x5 negative, shoot on my last year spring photo trip. I believe it was photographed on Fomapan 100.
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Chapters:
00:00 Intro
00:23 1st darkroom session
02:44 About localised test strips
03:29 About F-stop printing and the first print
05:56 Tea staining
07:28 2nd darkroom session
08:24 About split-grade printing
10:14 Outro & final thoughts
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