Why were photos produced in a darkroom?
Explain why a darkroom was used to produce a photograph. What were some of the difficulties processing photographs in this way?
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Posted: March 2nd, 2009 under Uncategorized.
Tags: Darkroom, photograph, Photographs
Comments
Comment from Old Man Know How
Time March 5, 2009 at 6:06 pm
I won’t go into detail, but a picture is taken by letting light threw the apiture, the image you photoed ‘burns’ an image onto the film. If you expose the film to light you get nothing but blank pics. Also they still are developed that way.
Comment from whipsthepussy
Time March 7, 2009 at 6:11 pm
the paper used for the photograph was created in a dark environment and has not been exposed to light.once exposed thats how you get your picture.and developing them in a lighted environment would ruin the exposure and blank pictures is what you get.thats why you dont open your camera until the roll is done.
Comment from V2K1
Time March 10, 2009 at 4:53 am
Just one issue with the question: photos are still produced in the darkroom so it should be in the present tense.
The other answers are good.
The difficulties of darkroom are:
- making a room completely dark
- loading the film onto the reels and into the development canisters in complete darkness
- working with chemicals in complete darkness
- handling photographic paper in near-darkness (you can use a red “safelight” but it’s still dim)
- ventilating the room to minimize the effects of the chemicals used
Also, explaining why you have no tan in the middle of summer.
HTH
V
Comment from Photo Girl
Time March 10, 2009 at 5:15 pm
Because they didn’t have digital cameras back then… LOL!
Difficulties… you can’t see it right away, you have to time it perfectly, and the chemicals can be hazardous.
Comment from raysor
Time March 13, 2009 at 9:40 pm
Pictures are produced by using light-sensitive materials; film and paper. In the camera the film reacts to light coming through the lens.Light produces a dark area and less light produces light areas. Hence the word negative. Light is then passed through the negative onto light sensitive photo paper, wher the light beomes a dark area and dark becomes a light area. So the image is back like the original subject. If you place undeveloped film or photo paper in the light it will turn black, Thus ruining the picture and explaining the reason behind a darkroom. Yo can use a certain type of red bulb in a darkroom.
Comment from Yo
Time March 4, 2009 at 5:40 pm
if you expose the picture paper to light you ruin it. the only time you expose it to light is with the light going thru the negative to make the picture.