The Darkroom Part 2 The Enlargers, Test Strips, Tips and Tricks

The DRY side The Darkroom utensils Enlarger Easels Safe light box Timer Grain enlarger Safe light box Photo paper Paper cutter Enlarger The DRY side 2

the Enlarger Elevation control ENLARGER HEAD: light blub & condenser Lever to lift enlarger head and place neg carrier ENLARGER HEAD: light blub & condenser Elevation control NEGATIVE CARRIER Lens (Aperture) Support column BASEBOARD

The APERTURE inside of the Lens PRINT on Dimmest/ next to dimmest Focus on Brightest Light

Inside the enlarger head Other Enlarger Models

V O C A B

Controlling the Enlarger Starts with learning how to control the timer ON/ OFF SWITCH FOCUS ON/ TIMER ON ENLARGERS PLUG INTO TIMER>>>> TIMER INTO POWER OUTLET MINUTE/ SECOND HANDS

KEEP PAPER SAFE FROM LIGHT BY KEEPING IT IN PHOTO BOX @ ALL TIMES- DO not OPEN in CLSSROOM

Before you begin working at the enlarger… Before you begin working at the enlarger….. CHECK OVER THE EQUIPMENT & Your Supplies…. STEP 1: make sure paper is placed safely under enlarger baseboard in the basket STEP 2: negative carrier placed properly in between enlarger head and lens STEP 3: Make sure enlarger head is down. (no light leaking around sides) STEP 4: focus on the brightest- print one click up from the dimmest (f/11 or f/16) STEP 5: Locate timer on/off switch. Locate focus on/time on switch STEP 5: Test Strip (5 sec. intervals) & develop STEP 6: Expose print

TEST STRIP Focus on the brightest- print one click up from dimmest. f/16. Expose in 2- 5 second intervals

REMEMBER HOW TO DEVELOP???

Always Inside of BOX! Do NOT open in classroom

CLEAN UP – do not leave supplies in darkroom