"darkroom printing is the best source of truth for what a print should look like" YES! RA4 paper with enlarger filtration is colour balanced for negative film and its orange film mask. Plus, you have a print to show for it that you can handle, look at as a piece of art, and show others. This is an excellent demonstration showing that a darkroom can be setup in almost any "dark room." Mine is crammed in the bathroom and has produced lots of b&w prints...

@ribsy

8 күн бұрын

Yup! It’s the truth!

I love to see this! There's something so special about holding in your hands a print that was made in the darkroom. I've been in my makeshift darkroom closet for five years now and I don't regret it one bit. I stuffed a Beseler 45MXT with a cold light head in this tiny space. I also have no running water, but being a black and white darkroom, I store them in a holding tray until I'm ready to wash. I got an 11x14 print washer in my kitchen 🤣🤣 I've been experimenting with different B&W toners such as Selenium and Sepia. I've even done split toning with the two. Keep up the great work, I'm really happy to see you back in the darkroom.

@ribsy

8 күн бұрын

It’s magic!

Keep this alive I have full working darkroom in the highlands of Scotland teach the local kids for free they love it

@ribsy

6 күн бұрын

I don’t plan on stopping!

This was the push I needed as well as a little bit of the info I wasn't sure about. I've been sitting on 2 enlargers and some equipment I bought during the pandemic so I think it's time to dust it all off and see what I can do. I'm in an apratment situation currently but I have the drum and a sous vide so I think I can make it happen with blocking out my bathroom or a closet. Thanks for the inspo Ribs!

@ribsy

9 күн бұрын

Yup! I started in a bathroom as well, and it work very well for me

@AI-Hallucination

6 күн бұрын

@@ribsyAre you still in the UK or back in states

@AI-Hallucination

6 күн бұрын

The RH design timers are good I just got one definitely worth a look f-stop print suppose you can use a chart

Always nice to see new Ribsy’s video, hope you’ve been doing well, sir!

@ribsy

8 күн бұрын

Thanks for watching!

Really interesting video & it shows your dedication to your craft. The new darkroom has the benefit of giving you exercise as you run from one place to another to complete your prints.

@ribsy

8 күн бұрын

Haha lots of exercise. Up and down the stairs and lots of standing

dope prints and ripped legs gonna be the new ribsy. I love these darkroom sessions, those are some great shots and nice prints bro.

@ribsy

9 күн бұрын

Appreciate you! Gonna be making more darkroom content

I still get a little thrill when the image appears on paper. It's the closest to magic I can imagine. Unfortunately, I just don't have enough dark space in my house. I did set up a darkroom in my garage, but it was a pain because I had to stuff a blanket along the bottom of the door to prevent light coming in. It wasn't so bad at night except when cars went by.

@ribsy

9 күн бұрын

literally magic! put it in the drum and voila!

@Resgerr

9 күн бұрын

What about using a draught excluder?- would make it a bit easier 🤔

Ribsy, great to see a new DR video, your original darkroom vids inspired me to set up my own, FR! Only print b&w for now on an old Durst enlarger…but as you know it’s that maniacal final step in bringing your images to life. Keep up the great work, man!!! 🙏🏼💯

@ribsy

8 күн бұрын

Great! I’m glad I could inspire

if i have learned anything its that creativity finds a way! love the prints

@ribsy

9 күн бұрын

exactly! where there is a will, theres a way

I've just finished your previous home darkroom tutorials to start my own color printing at home, and just found this new video! Super congrats for the better setup for your work and thanks for the great videos brooooo!

@ribsy

6 күн бұрын

That’s great. Glad the information is helping people!

Thanks for the video. Just moved house, had a light tight bathroom before but not in the new place. Inspired me to get off my ass and get one set up again.

@ribsy

9 күн бұрын

Just need some cardboard to cover windows while printing 😃

Great to see you printing again, looking forward to seeing more videos in the future

@ribsy

8 күн бұрын

Thank you!

So looking forward to your next adventure. Glad you got the basic tools to get it started.

@ribsy

8 күн бұрын

Yup! Glad to be back

That comes at the right time, been wanting to get back to making prints but can’t find a darkroom in my area, well I’ll make mine !

@ribsy

6 күн бұрын

Do it!

Really miss your darkroom videos!

@Johnny_shade

8 күн бұрын

Me too! It was a nice surprise that he dropped one 👏🏼💯

@ribsy

8 күн бұрын

Def more to come!

The colours on the print look far better to me. The orange highlight on his cheek (reflected light from his t-shirt I guess), is a bit more subtle on the print. But also, the giveaway to me is the sky. The sky colour in the scans is pretty weird, vs the print which just looks far more natural. Love to see you printing again! I find printing colour is just much more of a technical challenge, I've always found getting colours right so stressful that I've never gotten to dodging and burning. (probably because I'm using an Intrepid Compat, and the colour filtration controls are a rollercoaster!)

@ribsy

9 күн бұрын

Totally agree! I used the sky as my guide, cuz the orange shirt was throwing everything off for me

Inspirational, keep it up! I enjoy printing black and white but have been intimidated to invest in getting started with color.

@ribsy

9 күн бұрын

Color isn simpler in some regards

Thanks man now i really really wish i had my own dark room set up lol

@ribsy

6 күн бұрын

Haha one day!

Great vid, burning=darker, dodging=lighter

@ribsy

7 күн бұрын

Yea I misspoke

good .. keep up the darkroom, more people did to be doing this , its the whole point to be shooting film, more poeple need to be developing and printing for themselves .. its a whole world and teaches you everything about your photography .. more channels need to be promoting this , instead of doing the same camera reviews for the 1000 time ..

at the moment I don't have the room. I am wanting to get one setup eventually. Been developing my black and white film.

@ribsy

9 күн бұрын

nice. will be great once you can do it

Enjoy your darkroom. You take very nice pictures. See you next video...thanks

@ribsy

9 күн бұрын

thanks for the kind words

I totally agree darkroom printing is best. As an aside, scanning is very interpretive, artistic even and a dark art when it comes to colour negatives. Back in the 90s I mainly scanned Fuji Provia, Astia, Velvia etc slide film on a ScanMate 5000 drum scanner. Now I use a Hasselblad Flextight 646 scanner and the profiles for different films supplied via its Flextight app are certainly just starting points. That being said if you shoot a colour chart /grey card in one of your frames that helps a lot if you are scanning.

@ribsy

8 күн бұрын

Yea I’ve considered the grey card but tough to waste a shot on that haha

@stephenperera7382

4 күн бұрын

@@ribsy I know what you mean, we value a frame, every frame...

Ribsy, do you still have Pro 400H? I learned from my own experience the best way to shoot Pro 400H is to use a UV filter on your lens. This corrects a lot of the weird magenta colour cast from this particular film. Try it, you'll see what I mean, it makes a huge difference and there will be much less headaches later for scanning or darkroom printing.

@ribsy

2 күн бұрын

Never tried the filter it but that’s a good idea!

Nice! :)

@ribsy

9 күн бұрын

Thanks! 😄

You really need to get this darkroom more finished. And get yourself a color analyzer! These things are really a luxury item that once you've used one, you just can't print color without it. 😉

@ribsy

9 күн бұрын

lol I’ve been printing color without one for a few years. I don’t mind

im not darkroom printing as i dont have the room atm for the setup, but once i get the space i do have plans to get a mad setup with developement, scanning, and printing

@ribsy

8 күн бұрын

Definitely worth the hassle 😀

I did color once, had some beautiful results. Just a bit challenging cause unlike B&W printing, there’s no red light.

@ribsy

8 күн бұрын

You only have to do one step in the dark

@inkaststudio

6 күн бұрын

@@ribsy That’s true. I guess I’m acting spoiled 😅

I would hang in my home walls any print that you discharge ❤

@ribsy

9 күн бұрын

That’s very kind 😊

you had a better enlarger in previous videos, I think it was an Saunders/LPL 670, what happened to that?

@ribsy

3 күн бұрын

I sold it before leaving london

I don't have anywhere to build a darkroom lol. Also I'm transitioning to kodak vision3 stock due to cost and legitimately prefer ecn2 results

@ribsy

9 күн бұрын

Ecn2 is real nice scanned

I love printing RA but it is a huge pain in the ass sometimes lol I feel like I go through so much more paper and developer than I do with black and white! Also I tried out a chibachrome drum but was having problems with the paper getting a uniform amount of chemicals, I ended up using trays and found my results were a lot better. Glad to see you're still printing stuff, Ribs, you're an inspiriation. Much love from the Bay Area 💯

@ribsy

5 күн бұрын

Thanks! Hmmm maybe you weren’t using enough chems in the drum?

Almost no one prints optically these days. I gave it up 25 years ago. I still have all my stuff, except for that late 1970s Chromega B that I had at work. I converted it to a light source for a slide duplicator in the early 1980s. I do have an Omega B-22 XL... WHY did I quit optical printing? I learned digital workflow from the folks at Kodak Professional when we transitioned our huge portrait lab from optical printing from film, to digital printing from film scans and camera JPEGs. I can get what I want from negative film or digital cameras. The dirty little secret is that film has been designed for optical scanning since the late 1990s, and silver halide chromogenic paper has been made primarily for digital printing since the early 2000s. The difference is in the exposure time reciprocity characteristics. You'll get subtle "response curve crossover" effects with the comparatively long exposures used for enlarging. Before papers were reformulated, we got those same effects in reverse when printing digitally on early light valve and laser-based mini-labs.

@ribsy

9 күн бұрын

very interesting. digital printing is for sure very capable but the its no magic haha

@williamburkholder769

9 күн бұрын

@@ribsy I did darkroom work for 40 years. For me, the magic became watching people react to the images. After the initial learning, it was never the process. I craved to see the positive effects of the images.

Lmk if you can show me how to do this

@ribsy

8 күн бұрын

Bring some negs!

I like the way you shoot. Having a darkroom is incredible, more people should go for this. They'd understand better the difference between film and digitalScannig is one thing, printing is another - the original. Never played with color, but I've a B&W at home and love it.it's almost the size of a wardrobe, doesn't have running water, but it's a nice place to spend hours and hours :) If you wanna take a loot at it, here it is: www.flickr.com/photos/jerazevedo/albums/72157717931784293 All the best!

@ribsy

6 күн бұрын

Yea darkroom really helps one connect and know their photography in a new way

I'm gonna need a bigger house. 😁

@ribsy

9 күн бұрын

Hahaha you just need a big enough closet! 🤣

@aglassbrightly

9 күн бұрын

@@ribsy I need a house with a closet! 😆

@szabodaniel9447

8 күн бұрын

@@aglassbrightlybathrooms make great darkrooms

very cheap.. 40 bucks for some 3d printed parts?? .. thats not what i would call cheap, but very interesting that those are normal prices for 3d printed parts for photographic equipment. I should get into the trade 😅

@ribsy

8 күн бұрын

Someone did the design and labor. Their work is worth a cost, especially since I am not printing it myself nor investing in 3D printing

Scan looks too saturated, print looks nicer

@ribsy

6 күн бұрын

Yea agreed

So long story short the scan was OK and there is no need for darkroom printing haha

@ribsy

9 күн бұрын

I like printing. It’s not about a need