Introduction to the Darkroom galleryIntroduction to the Darkroom gallery on dADarkroom on dA is a tribute to the traditional, involving chemical developing and printing techniques which have barely changed since the birth of photography, a symbol of the modern, making use of technological advances in digital processing, and a whole lot of amazing and beautiful things in between.While the majority of Photography galleries on dA are subject-based, Darkroom is technique-based. Photographs using Darkroom techniques are generally accepted in the other photography galleries too, but if you wish to categorise your Darkroom photography submission based on how it was created, then Photography > Darkroom is here to allow you to do that.If you're not a photographer, or you arrived on your photographic journey at a time when digital was in full swing, you may have never shot on film, been temporarily blinded by walking into daylight after hours spen
What is Traditional Darkroom?What is Traditional Darkroom?Traditional Darkroom is where it all began. It started in a world where the word 'photography' didn't yet exist and the art of creating images of reality with light and chemicals sat somewhere between science and magic. Did you know that the mathematicians Aristotle and Euclid describe pinhole cameras in the 4th and 5th centuries?In the early 1800s, artist/inventors like Louis Dageurre and Henry Fox Talbot (among others) experimented with ways of fixing images using chemicals, including silver compounds, following exposures on materials like glass and metal, lasting from several minutes to several hours. By 1840, Talbot was creating negative images using the calotype process and John Herschel had invented the cyanotype process (where the term 'blueprint' comes from) and created the first glass negative in 1839.In the middle part of the 1800s, the wet plate collodion process be
What is Digital Darkroom?What is Digital Darkroom?Digital Darkroom is the evolution, converting chemical processes to digital ones, cellulose and silver to pixels and bytes. The first digital camera, weighing 8 pounds with a resolution of 0.01 megapixels, was built in 1975 and recorded black and white images to a cassette tape. The first camera which recorded images as computerised files was made by Fuji in 1988 and the first commercially available digital camera was created in 1990.The Digital Darkroom gallery on dA is for photographs which have been digitally processed or edited with the use of computer software to emulate traditional and alternative film darkroom techniques. It's also a place for very modern processes like HDR photography, which involves creating images with a higher range of visible tones than regular photography.Most of the functions available in digital editing software were created to mimic actual darkroom
dA Groups that welcome Darkroom photosdA Groups that welcome Darkroom photosCheck out these fabulous dA groups which are home to some truly stunning darkroom creations.:iconalt-process-printing:#alt-process-printing's gallery is like a living history of photographic printing techniques, from Polaroid emulsion lifts to Dageurrotypes. You'll find some familiar processes here as well as many that you've never heard of or seen before. This group is a great place to browse if you want to learn more about Darkroom photography as well as see beautiful images. :icontlrs:#TLRs is a group for photos taken with (and of) twin-lens reflex cameras. These are film cameras that have two lenses with the same focal length, one being the 'taking lens' (which actually takes the picture) and the other being used as a view-finder. :iconanalogphotographers::
Darkroom Photography TutorialsdeviantART is home to thousands of useful tutorials on just about every topic imaginable.If you want to try your hand at darkroom photography, or simply gain a greater understanding of the medium, here are a few to get you started...Confused by film types and formats? Don't know your 35mm from your instant processing? This tutorial is a good place to start.No camera? No problem! Make your own. One exposure not enough? Here's how to do the double.Time to develop? Read these! Maybe you want to try some alternative processing. Here's how to make a negative from a digital photo.Cyanotypes are fun, safe and easy. Find out how to make your own. Want to take your instant film shots further? Try an emulsion lift!Love vintage looks but don't have access to darkroom chem
Darkroom Photography Week Round-UpDarkroom Photography week at #projecteducate is over.Here's a round-up of the articles posted...MondayDarkroom Photography Week Begins!TuesdayIntroduction to the Darkroom gallery on dAWednesdayWhat is Traditional Darkroom?ThursdayWhat is Digital Darkroom?FridaydA Groups that welcome darkroom photosSaturdayDarkroom photography tutorials
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