Developer, stop bath, and fixer each have their distinctive smell. They are almost foul smells if one interprets them that way. I’ve come to grow to love it and I look forward to coming home sweating from a 10-mile bike ride and still reeking of dark room chemicals. If you’re passionate about this hobby (or…
I designed this this afternoon as soon as I landed on campus today and emailed this to Mr. Yates (one of our assistant principals) after I closed up shop at the lounge today. I got a near-instant response. The flyer is now approved! Tomorrow I pound the pavement at lunch! Wish me luck!
Today I went into the darkroom to begin (what I thought would be a painstaking process of) putting them together. In there for a couple hours but managed to assemble 12 of them which were, exactly as Mike had said a few days ago, “in fantastic condition”. Ie also found all the paper trays, safe…
Here’s the thing about chemistry in high school. I flunked it. BADLY. I wasn’t very good at it because it didn’t interest me and, since I had my mind made up that I was going to become an artist, I was convinced that I would never need to learn that “dihydrogen monoxide kills 380,000 people…
This is the camera inventory I stumbled upon inside the camera cabinet. They’re all film cameras but some aren’t in the best condition. Old cameras (pictured above) these will probably be used for students who feel like getting extra creative after they learn the basics: Two Minolta XG-1 cameras One Canon FTb (needs to be…
I met with Michael from Mike’s Quality Camera and Mr. Boucher in the darkroom today. I learned a great deal about how well-maintained the equipment that was left behind was and some basic pointers about the flow of the darkroom. All the enlargers were in pieces but they were covered in plastic bags and basically…
I had to reschedule my inventory-listing meeting with Mr. Boucher today because I will start riding my Bianchi to work today. I am sick of sinking money into my car and have made it a point to lose as much weight as possible by next year. So I have come to the conclusion that there…
My Photoshop class is basically a bust. I’m starting to think that maybe our students aren’t as easily persuaded by cheap Adobe tricks. I spoke to Jeff (our principal) today and I asked him what he would think about letting me use the same room I’m currently in with the darkroom and wet lab. He…