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Chapter II

Developing the film step by step

One of the most exciting moments that will motivate you to continue developing your own black and white films is developing your first film. You will feel unparalleled excitement when you do this work yourself. Developing films at home has advantages that far outweigh sending the film to photography stores for development, as it - that is, home developing - is very easy and simple in costs. It also enables you to fully control the results of endorsement, which is not possible in commercial development stores that show films in bulk. Before starting to discuss the issue of developing, we stop. When some important notes to be taken into account.

1- Be patient: haste in completing the work without taking sufficient care of it leads to wasting your effort and obtaining weak negativity or not obtaining any valuable results. A successful endorsement requires that each step be given enough time before moving on to the next step.

2- Prepare everything you need in advance: mix the solutions in advance if they need mixing, and make sure that you purchase everything you need before starting work.
3 - Be tidy and clean. Hygiene is very important if you are going to use an ordinary room of the house as a temporary darkening room, because photographic chemicals are toxic, and hands must be washed well after working with them. They should also be kept out of the reach of young children and places where food is placed.

Workplace :

Try to have your workplace close to a sink, such as working in the kitchen or bathroom because you will need running water constantly, in addition to these places being easy to clean. And as we talked about previously, it is not necessary to have a special room for developing films in order to be able to do so, as it is enough to put the film in the tank in a completely dark place, and then you can continue the development process in any other place without fear of damage. The film of the lighting effect.