A few weeks ago my friend Kara and I joined the UBC photo society. Last week was really our first week as part of the society were I learnt how to use a darkroom and Kara learnt how to work the studio.
My orientation to the darkroom was about an hour and a half long and I was really overwhelmed with excitement after the picture finally showed up on the photo paper. With all this excitement Kara and I took the trip out to a photo shop in Vancouver and picked up our very first roll of film (in about 10 years!) and some paper for use in the darkroom.
We ended up renting a camera from the UBC photosoc so we could start taking our first few pictures. I think that I’m not meant to use the cameras because the one I took out definitely wasn’t working out for me.
After a few hours taking some pictures I was really excited. I think I just wanted to finish the roll just so I could start using the dark room. This week the plan is to finish up the roll and then Kara and I will work in the darkroom to develop the photos. Our generation is definitely used to immediate feedback so having to wait over a week to see if that one shot turned out ‘ok’ is definitely hard for me.
I will send the update with after we finish our first session in the darkroom. I’m really hoping a few pictures turned out ok!
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