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> It has to be dark, because too much light will destroy the negatives. The author of this piece doesn’t seem to understand the process either. The light will

> It has to be dark, because too much light will destroy the negatives. The author of this piece doesn’t seem to understand the process either. The light will expose the photographic paper, which will render it useless. The developed negative film is relatively safe from light-induced damage. The author also fails to mention that one begins developing film (at least, the way I did it years ago) by transferring it to a lightproof container in a completely black room. They tend to not show this part in Hollywood, I suppose, since black rooms don’t really translate well to the screen. (Unless there is an alternative process I’m unaware of... I was very much a noob B&W photographer.)

joekrill 7y ago
> The author of this piece doesn’t seem to understand the process either. I think that's rather the point of the piece. At least that's what I got out of it. There's a recurring theme every generation where the older generation thinks the younger generation is just dumb, or doesn't care about things that matter, etc. In this case it's the older generation shaming the younger generation for not knowing how photographs used to be processed. But that doesn't really matter. It's just some arbitrary piece of nostalgia. And anyway, digging further, those people doing the shaming only have a very limited understanding to begin with.
nixpulvis 7y ago
The author admits it. > ... oh fine, look, I don’t know. The point is that it's amazing this question caught on before someone googled the answer effectively.
asteli 7y ago
I always did it in a dark bag, which doesn’t photograph well either. Looks and sounds like you’ve got your hands stuck in a nylon duffel somehow.
mjlee 7y ago
You can do it in a normal room with your hands in a light proof bag with elastic cuffs, but the principle remains the same.

joekrill 7y ago

> The author of this piece doesn’t seem to understand the process either. I think that's rather the point of the piece. At least that's what I got out of it. There's a recurring theme every generation where the older generation thinks the younger generation is just dumb, or doesn't care about things that matter, etc. In this case it's the older generation shaming the younger generation for not knowing how photographs used to be processed. But that doesn't really matter. It's just some arbitrary piece of nostalgia. And anyway, digging further, those people doing the shaming only have a very limited understanding to begin with.

nixpulvis 7y ago

The author admits it. > ... oh fine, look, I don’t know. The point is that it's amazing this question caught on before someone googled the answer effectively.

asteli 7y ago

I always did it in a dark bag, which doesn’t photograph well either. Looks and sounds like you’ve got your hands stuck in a nylon duffel somehow.

mjlee 7y ago

You can do it in a normal room with your hands in a light proof bag with elastic cuffs, but the principle remains the same.