Darkroom Printing Photography Techniques

Eddie Ephraums shares his black & white printing secrets

Eddie Ephraums shares his black & white printing secrets

Richard Ross shows how to apply those familiar camera exposure techniques in the darkroom

Making a colour ring around is one of the best things you can do if you are trying to master colour printing. Peter Bargh explains.

Your safelight may not be as safe as it sounds and this would result in fogged prints. Peter Bargh shows you how you can test yours and prevent disappointment.

Peter Bargh explains how to make colour masks using duplicate transparencies.

You don't have to be into the digital imaging world if you want to create bizarre color images. Darkroom enthusiasts have been doing it for years with Colorvir. </B><br>

Adding a vignette to your photos is easy in the darkroom and can be very effective. Peter Bargh of ePHOTOzine shows you how with just a piece of card.

Adding a vignette to your photos is easy in the darkroom and can be very effective, and the only extra you need is a piece of card. Peter Bargh of ePHOTOzine is our guide.

To enjoy the full benefits of black & white photography you need to venture into a darkroom and process your own films. Here we look at the options for setting up a darkroom.

Increase your darkroom skills with this great technique from Peter Bargh - using a torch to control tonal density.

A lith negative gives the creative darkroom user many printing options. Heather Powell explains how they are made.

Here's ePHOTOzine's guide to photographing historical buildings.

Michael Bates shows us how Layers can be used in GIMP.

Zooming in with a telephoto and picking on detail is fun to do.

A 'rust fix' is something John Gravett likes to have every once in a while. Here he explains how you can shoot successful rust shots without too much effort.

Lean how to add watermarks to images in GIMP.

If you have to take photographs in the middle of the day make sure you make your own shade.

Michael Bates show us how to create a frosted glass border in GIMP.

David Clapp shares his tips on taking and processing infrared photographs.

If you take your camera to your local park you'll find plenty of interesting objects to photograph.

How to plan a photography walk and what to take with you.

Create artistic shapes on paper in this traditional darkroom technique shared by Peter Bargh.

To enjoy the full benefits of black & white photography you need to venture into a darkroom and process your own films. Here we look at the options for setting up a darkroom.

Dr Mike Ware's comprehensive guide to Cyanotype printing

Eddie Ephraums shares his black & white printing secrets

Peter Bargh shows you how to make a contact sheet of your black & white negatives.

Richard Ross shows how to apply those familiar camera exposure techniques in the darkroom

The complete guide to Argyrotype with our host, Dr Mike Ware

Eddie Ephraums shares his black & white printing secrets

A lith negative gives the creative darkroom user many printing options. Heather Powell explains how they are made.

Peter Bargh shows you how to make your pictures like line drawings using lith film in this traditional darkroom technique.

Making a colour ring around is one of the best things you can do if you are trying to master colour printing. Peter Bargh explains.

Adding a vignette to your photos is easy in the darkroom and can be very effective. Peter Bargh of ePHOTOzine shows you how with just a piece of card.

Dr Mike Ware's comprehensive guide to Cyanotype printing

Create artistic shapes on paper in this traditional darkroom technique shared by Peter Bargh.

Peter Bargh shows you how to make a contact sheet of your black & white negatives.

To enjoy the full benefits of black & white photography you need to venture into a darkroom and process your own films. Here we look at the options for setting up a darkroom.

Peter Bargh shows you how to make your pictures like line drawings using lith film in this traditional darkroom technique.

Unless you have the insight of Mystic Meg you'll need to make a test strip to determine the correct exposure time when making an enlargement. Peter Bargh is your guide for this traditional darkroom technique.

Over the next three articles Dr Mike Ware describes three iron-based processes - new cyanotype, argyrotype and platino-palladiotype. They have the same working methods so, to avoid repetition, the equipment, materials and handling procedures you will need are described here first.

If you own, or have access to a darkroom, you could be using an enlarger to help improve your photographic composition. There is no substitute to a well composed picture in the first place, but often, through no fault of our own, we capture a picture on film that needs further help.