B&W tips or suggestions?

[IloveTLRs]

On the same site, read Taking pictures in black and white and Thinking in black and white. Lots of good information. I was told once that black and white photographers "see light".

[jnanian]

photograph things that interest you ..
explore
and enjoy yourself ...
after you follow all the rules
break them all ..

don't forget to have fun
john

[Christopher Walrath]

I got started devekoping my own film for under $200 and it is easy. Again, just takes practice. And it can be done in a downstairs half bath or a closet. Any space that can be made light tight.

[2F/2F]

I got started devekoping my own film for under $200 and it is easy. Again, just takes practice. And it can be done in a downstairs half bath or a closet. Any space that can be made light tight.

...or even an area that is not quite light tight enough for film, if you use a changing tent. (Yes, tent, not bag. I have a bag because I got it for free, but it drives me crazy, especially when doing slightly more complicated things like trimming off a roll midway through or loading sheet film holders.) I have never really made any spot in my home to be light tight enough for film. Paper, yes, but not film. When processing at home, I always load in my bag (with the lights off).

You don't need a great darkroom (or even a good one) to do great work!

[robertmac_33]

Hey, thanks for all your tips and suggestions. Will definitely look into developing my own film at some point.

In the mean time i bought some filters. Got a job lot of 6 filters for.... 99p

All look new, they are as follows

Hoya Filters
-Yellow (K2)
-CS
-Skylight
-UV (0)
-PL-CIR

Vivitar
-Orange (o2)

Looking forward to trying them out, and see what results they produce