Developing while on a photo trip

[2F/2F]

You don't see how else it can be interpreted? How about the way I meant it, which is pretty clear, especially coming after the paragraphs that preceded it, and given the title of the original post:

I would think long and hard about *why* you need to develop while on a photo trip before thinking any more about *how* you are going to develop while on a photo trip.

*why* and *how* referred to the OP's original subject of developing on the road, not to his photography in general. Seemed pretty clear to me, and a lot more succinct and less redundant and confusing than the way I wrote it above.

[mcfactor]

Fair enough, I may have jumped to my conclusion. I didnt mean to start a fight. However, your post was unclear and it is very easy to misinterpret on-line postings. When you say things like "you should just know whether you got the shot", "you have no reason to not know", and end your post with a non-specific "why", your aggressive tone confuses your intended meaning. My initial response was also too aggressive in tone and I apologize.

[2F/2F]

oh, please...

[Shmoo]

I did this on the road once...it's a lot of stuff to take, but do-able. Get a couple of nice plastic crates to carry the liquids and gear. I prefer using either HC110 or Rodinal...for the bottle size. A small bottle of concentrated fix, no stop, a bottle of HCA, and photoflo. Either take some dental floss or an expandable portable laundry line, and a bunch of butterfly clips to hang dry your film in the bathtub (or you can buy one of those plastic lingerie dryers...it has a hanger from which is suspended a hoop with clips...best found in Japanese stores). You can locally source distilled water. Don't forget to take some neg. sleeves to put this in after it all dries. Have fun!

[fschifano]

"* Take black plastic bags (huge trashcan sized) and blue tape to block out windows for changing."

Black trash can bags will not block light. I once had a student who built a darkroom n her home and could not understand why her film and paper were always fogged. I took a look and found that I could almost read a newspaper in the darkroom which had these bags over the window.

6 mil black plastic sheeting from the hardware store is as opaqe as it gets. This stuff is twice as thick as trash bags which do pass light.