Darkroom Printing Photography Techniques

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.

A comprehensive pictorial guide to the Platino-Palladiotype process with Dr Mike Ware

Using variable contrast papers will save you loads of money while you're learning to print and can also improve your creativity as you become more experienced.

Dr Mike Ware's comprehensive guide to Cyanotype printing

Jesus Coll shows how learning to master exposure times and dodging and burning will help you produce fine art prints.

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

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

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.

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

Dr Mike Ware gives us a complete run down on the alternative processes including Platinotype, Cyanotype and Chrysotype.

There's something magically about watching your first print appear in a darkroom developing tray. Heres a guide to what you need and how to make your first print.

Peter Bargh of ePHOTOzine shows you how to use your enlarger to straighten up the walls of a building that are suffering from converging verticals.

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

Dr Mike Ware's comprehensive guide to Cyanotype printing

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.

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

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.

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.

Dr Mike Ware's comprehensive guide to Cyanotype printing

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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.

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

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>