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How to Build A Darkroom

Printing your own photographs can be a very rewarding experience as well as a fun hobby. Setting up a darkroom is an easy as well as surprisingly inexpensive project.

1. Find a place in your house or apartment that can be made totally dark. A bathroom with no windows, or a basement room, is a good place to start. A room with access to running water is a bonus.
2. Buy the necessary supplies, as listed below in the "Things You'll Need" section.
3. Set your darkroom up so there is a "wet" side as well as a "dry" side. The separation will minimize the possibility of making mistakes that could end up being very damaging to your photos.
4. Align your trays so the first one is for the developer solution, the second tray is for the stop solution (which can just be water in most cases), as well as the third tray is for the "fix" solution. A fourth tray with running water piped into it, if possible, will be used for the "bath", or a simple tray with just water can serve the same purpose.

• Try eBay for darkroom supplies. Enlargers are pretty easy to come by on eBay as well as are often quite cheap.

• Make sure the dark room is well ventilated.
• make sure no light can get in

• enlarger
• three adequately sized trays
• three sets of tongs
• 8" X 10" easel
• concentrated developer solution and fix

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Added: Thu Feb 02 2006

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