shares yet more beakers

oh wait? What do we have here? ... more beakers!

you need this

aha! All is revealed! And then there are the smells and the red lights

mmmm safety light. (drooool)

a beaker mug!

a safety light, but thinks they're very lovely so is always willing to have more.

remembers having blankets over the bathroom windows and a big board on top of the bath.

the 'wet' area set up in the laundry. Enlargers and such in a spare room. I work a lot at night.

damn smiley faces.

we might have borrowed the enlarger from school. School had a nice darkroom The part I loved was watching the prints darken in the

developing dish.

the feeling as negatives come off a spool. Either exhilarating (each and every time) or devastating. Adventure!

in particular, watching her fibre papers develop. Watching for subtle tones. Subtly changing contrast. Joyous.

marvel at analog photography

remembers the smell of undeveloped film with very sensual pleasure.

great action shots! Especially the third one.

it was actually quite tricky. I use the phone as my timer (overall), so I had to drop it quickly when I was ready to go. Much fun.

that would have a lot more sense of all manner of things.