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Carbol Fuchsin Film: Pink It!
written by alexander_krolikowski on 2014-11-04 #gear #tutorialsIn an attempt to create something similar to the Lomography X Tungsten 64 film, Krolikowski Art made a crazy darkroom experiment with carbol fuchsin.
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Film Experiments: A Roll of Film in Acid
written by simonesavo on 2014-08-29 #gear #tutorialsThis is a film soup that I came up with a long time ago but was not happy about it at all. In fact, I've slightly modified it for this tipster that I'm about to share with you!
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I Am a Mad Analogue Scientist: Experiments with 35 mm Films and Chemicals
written by blackfairy on 2014-08-07 #gear #tutorialsUnleash crazy experimentalist in you by tampering your exposed films through chemical changes with substances you can easily find in the kitchen.
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Film Manipulation: Mixing Bleach, Detergent and Negatives
written by neonlights on 2014-07-22 #gear #tutorialsI've been experimenting with many substances, more or less corrosives, for film manipulation. The images come out so different, that sometimes you can't even recognize them. The pictures in this experiment are a result of mixing bleach and detergent powder.
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Side Effects: Cocktail Red Passion
written by simonesavo on 2014-07-16 #gear #tutorialsThis month, I'll be teaching you how to use different techniques to add effects to your photos. BE patient enough and follow these quick tips to find out how I manipulated my film to achieve reddish tones in my photos.
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Negative Burning – Film Manipulation
written by akula on 2014-06-11 #gear #tutorialsThis is an introduction to using a candle flame to manipulate and distort your negatives. This process results in melted, stretched, and twisted images with colour shifts. Proceed with caution there is no going back.
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Film Destroying Tips: Ammonia film soup with home development
written by aguillem on 2014-05-19 #gear #tutorialsYou probably know film soup. Do you want to see what happens when you splash ammonia on the film before you develop it?
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Processing Color Reversal Film into Slides with E6 Chemistry
written by asharnanae on 2013-11-02 #gear #tutorialsI have long developed my own B&W and color negative films at home but I had never tried out E6 slide development before. I found that it is generally very similar to other developing processes, although you do have to be a little bit more precise. This is just a basic guide as you can get very technical with these chemicals in terms of altering color shifts and pushing and pulling stops.
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Processing a Kodachrome 64 In B&W
written by vicuna on 2013-10-02 #gear #tutorialsLet's take a look back at the Kodachrome and this nifty tutorial on how to process it in b&w brought to us by @vicuna!
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Alternative Developer: Red Wine
written by brommi on 2013-04-25 #gear #tutorialsSome of you have tested the development of Black and White Films with instant coffee, called Coffenol. Alternatively, you can also develop the film with red wine. This process is called "Winol".
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Experiment N°2: Film Loves Coffee
written by simonesavo on 2013-04-16 #gear #tutorialsI kept on manipulating 35mm films. Read on after the jump to find out what I've made use of this time around.
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Developing Film at Home - Alternative #1: Caffenol C
written by aigenhime on 2013-02-21 #gear #tutorialsCaffenol C is a very easy to use alternative technique to develop your films at home. According to my research online, this technique can be used for developing both black and white films and colored films but I have only seen the examples of black and white films. There are many different formulas for this technique but I will give you the recipe I found most useful by trying to find the right combination myself.
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Bulk Film Loading, or How To Roll Your Own Joint
written by alex34 on 2012-09-25 #gear #tutorialsIn hard economic times, using film can be expensive. Fortunately for people who love black and white photography, there is an answer!
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US CitySlicker sixsixty's Ultimate Lomography DIY: Develop Your Own Film: Part 1
written by sixsixty on 2012-08-23 #gear #tutorialsCome with us on a journey through space and time to partake in the ultimate DIY adventure: developing your own film. In part 1 we will cover C-41 color negative and the lomo fan favorite: cross processing.
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Color into Black and White: A Different X-Pro
written by neanderthalis on 2012-08-02 #gear #tutorialsA mistake at the developers leads to a different type of X-Pro. Read about this happy accident after the jump!
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Destroying Film to Play with Color
written by crevans27 on 2012-07-23 #gear #tutorialsAdd a bit of excitement to your pictures and take a risk! Read on to find out more about my film destroyer tip, which produced psychedelic results!
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Cameraless Photography: How to Create Chemigrams
written by crevans27 on 2012-05-18 #gear #tutorialsDiscover a whole new world of photographic possibilities and learn how to create positive and negative photographic images without a camera! All you need is light sensitive paper and developer, stop and fixer. Intrigued? Read on to find out more!
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How to Use Colovir Toners and Dyes on Black & White Prints and Negatives
written by asharnanae on 2012-04-12 #gear #tutorialsColorvir is a multifaceted toning/dyeing process which can be used on all types of B&W negative and darkroom-produced B&W Print. The colorvir process creates wild colours and special effects, and thus, is an experimenters dream. It can be hard to get hold of the chemicals now, but if you can get your hands on them, then the possibilities are endless.
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3-Stop Push of Kodak Tri-x in Sprint Developer
written by flannelcat on 2012-03-06 #gear #tutorialsPushing and shooting film in low light situations has it's benefits, but developing the film can be more of a gamble than anything else, especially with a developer that does not recommend itself to be used for more than a 2 stop push.
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Experiments with Film: Reticulation
written by kellysamuelson on 2012-02-15 #gear #tutorialsChange the grain texture of your film during hand processing. This requires a darkroom, chemicals and the ability to control temperature during development.
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Aligning the DigitaLIZA on the Epson v500
written by gvelasco on 2011-11-07 #gear #tutorialsThe DigitaLIZA makes it easy to scan uncommon frame sizes and to include the sprocket holes, but lining it up on the scanner bed can be tricky. This easy tipster shows you how to get good alignment every time.
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Developing Negatives for Beginners
written by onescoop on 2011-10-14 #gear #tutorialsDeveloping your own black and white negatives can be cheap and deceptively simple with a little help. I have just learned how and will share my experiences here.
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C-41 Development at Room Temperature With Stand Processing and Optional Bleach Bypass for Cool Effects
written by cyan-shine on 2011-08-25 #gear #tutorialsI love being a lab rat. And I love xpro. C-41 DIY turned me off until now because of the reports that temperature is crucial and temperature management is somewhat problematic when lacking a processor. Well, it turns out that's all irrelevant. Read on to see how you can develop C-41 similar to b&w at home at room temperature without fuss! Find new XPRO FREEDOM!
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How to develop by hand your Instant Mini
written by jodidopanki on 2011-05-26 #gear #tutorialsAfter having some little problems with my instant photos, I decided to play with a Fuji Instax film cartridge. This is what happens when you develop by hand this tiny instant photos.
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Intoxicate Your Film
written by jaguarwomon on 2011-04-29 #gear #tutorialsSoaking film in rubbing alcohol creates beautiful effects. It's easy too! Here's some tips for you to try.
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Darkroom Effects / What Is the Original Image?
written by floriansimon on 2011-04-14 #gear #tutorialsThe possibilities in a dark room are as unbelievable as they are endless. Although many people argue about "The Original Image", they mostly don't know about possible image manipulations within a dark room. However, I think that scans should be as honest as possible and they should not be enhanced by digital color filters. Be honest.
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Burn Instax Burn
written by wil6ka on 2011-04-10 #gear #tutorialsBring it down to one line: „make that Instax burn!“. Maybe after all pyromaniacs and lomographers can share a common playground in the future!
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Lumen Printing
written by lomodesbro on 2011-04-09 #gear #tutorialsA simple printing technique that is ideal for using old expired photographic paper.
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Chemical Cowboys - The Best Chemical Tipsters!
written by jesuisz on 2011-03-11A review of the most dazzling, must-try chemical tipsters ever written! Enough to satisfy even the most insatiable set of die hard DIY hands.
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Manipulating Instant Mini
written by breakphreak on 2011-03-04 #gear #tutorialsYet very different from Polaroid chemicals, Fuji Instax still leave a space for manipulation.
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