Not too hard but will require some patience and up front cost. Things you'll need: - Curtains/plastic to seal off light in your bathroom ($10-30) OR a darkroom

Not too hard but will require some patience and up front cost. Things you'll need: - Curtains/plastic to seal off light in your bathroom ($10-30) OR a darkroom bag ($30) - Universal film tank w/reel for 120/220 film ($30) - Chemicals, depends on what film you're shooting with (black and white, C-41 color, E-6 slide color are most common), say $30 for a kit which will work for several rolls if stored properly - Access to clean or distilled water (priceless) - Measuring cup or cylinder ($1) - Thermometer for chemicals and water ($10, not strictly required for "fun DIY" but important if you want any consistency in experimentation) - Stopwatch (safe light if in a darkroom, if using a bag then your phone is fine) - Containers for spent chemicals, check your local laws for disposal The Holga camera is $40 new and 120 film is $5-10 a roll. Shoot a couple rolls. Use your expected least favorite roll to get the feel of getting it on the reel and into the canister for the first time. You'll likely get some fingerprints on the film. If using a bag it'll also steam up if you take a long time. The developing process will probably take 45m or more your first time depending on how organized you are. When you're done you can either look into making prints (similar process as the above but you'll need to purchase an enlarger, paper, trays to soak the paper, and an actual dark room or a really really big bag) OR getting them scanned for $0.50-2 a photo from ScanCafe or a somewhere local. I would definitely recommend trying black & white first but mainly because it's cheaper to experiment with. Development with E-6 is almost exactly the same difficulty though the results may naturally vary more being in color.