The illustrated B & W darkroom book Book

THE ILLUSTRATED B&W DARKROOM BOOK provides everything you will ever need to know about the black-and-white darkroom. THE ILLUSTRATED B&W DARKROOM BOOK shows you the basics: the materials you need to get started and to keep going; how to get film from cartridge to reel to tank without problems, in broad daylight; how to mix, store, use and discard chemicals; how to regulate printing exposure and print contrast; and how to burn and dodge. It also shows you such advanced topics as: how to choose and use different film developers for different effects, and what processing times to use them with at different temperatures; how to push-process film; how to save underexposed or overexposed negatives through intensification and reduction; how to manipulate prints through hot-souping, local-stopping, and bleaching; how, why and when to use print toners; how to spot prints invisibly; how to display your prints more effectively with dry or adhesive mounting; and much more.