Darkroom portraits

[Ricus.stormfire]

Ok lets try this again (Thanks Anthony):

The dry side by r.stormfire, on Flickr


Wet bench by r.stormfire, on Flickr


Darkroom by r.stormfire, on Flickr


Wash area by r.stormfire, on Flickr


Small sink area for chemical mixing. by r.stormfire, on Flickr

[Anthony J. Martinez]

Ok lets try this again (Thanks Anthony)

No problem at all. I've been hand-jamming the code for years and only noticed about two days ago that they'd added the functionality to their site.

[sgiesel]

Well, the move is done and the room is up and running. Still needs some cleaning and re-arranging but I've produced work, both platnum and silver so "I'm finally after 5 months back in the silver business!" There is plenty of room for growth (Need an 8x10 enlarger) The room itself is 420 sq ft. Plus 200 sq ft production room (not shown) that is the entrance room. Because of the shutdown I have not had a chance to process so the room will get lots of use getting caught up. over 100 rolls of film and a couple boxes of 4x5 waiting to put the room through its paces. I am a very happy man! This room is a mixture of the very old and new.

You have a ceiling fan. I'd never thought to put one in a darkroom. Do you have much trouble with dust?
Steve

[David Brown]

You have a ceiling fan. I'd never thought to put one in a darkroom. Do you have much trouble with dust?
Steve

I've got one. The fan doesn't create dust. If the darkroom is clean, the fan will be fine. I do only run mine on low speed - it's just to keep air circulating. In my last (much smaller) darkroom, I had a small oscillating fan.

[sgiesel]

... Obviously the most sophisticated part is the ventilation. It is sucking the air right above the trays, an idea discussed some time ago in one of the threads in this forum. It's very quiet thanks to the silencer built into the duct and the ventilator running in a silencing box. It is changing the air in the room ten times an hour if it is running at full speed. So it should be sufficient for working with selenium toner and other hazardous chemicals showing up in the future. ...

cheers

Ulrich

Now that's what I'd call a "manly" air handling system.

[sgiesel]

So here is the latest version of the darkroom. There have been a couple additions and I have a little trim left to do on the cabinets.

Let me know what you think...

Beautiful! How long does it take the echo to return?

[sgiesel]

Ah! I thought at first it must have been one of those avant garde spherical sheds... Compared to my space, I would need a map and compass to find my way around! Of course, my darkroom is not part of my work day.

Maybe it's a TARDIS, you know--bigger on the inside than the outside.

[sgiesel]

I take it that your darkroom is so large, you need a bicycle to get around!

More like a Segway with a trailer hitch and a Radio Flyer to haul his boxes of big paper around.

[sgiesel]

...Do I get bonus points for running water AND built in toilet?

That's an automatic A+ in my book.

Steve

[scheimfluger_77]

OK, I just remembered I had an older APUG account I haven't used. It has the same ID as my f295 and eBay accounts. So sgiesel directly above is me.

Steve