This next one of our ILFORD Photo 'How to' darkroom guides is a very simple video showing how easy it is to add additional warmth and depth in your darkroom prints by using our Selenium toner. Rachel shows you the very simple steps involved using one of her previously printed black and white darkroom photos. Thank you again to Rachel or agreeing to help us with the series. We really hope you enjoy watching them and we'd love to hear if you try Selenium toning after watching this video.
@aylwinthomas42253 жыл бұрын
Selenium Toning or How mind bending background music can drive you up the wall Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr
@Ilfordphoto3 жыл бұрын
Just turn it off and use the subtitles:)
@ptbfrch4 жыл бұрын
Great video! Best process is to pour chemicals into water, not the other way around; this helps eliminate splashing of concentrated toner if a mishap occurs.
@starvingartistscollective3 жыл бұрын
ILFORD makes me happy!! As a student I learnt photography and spent many happy hours in the darkroom experimenting with predominantly IlFORD products. Still have some of my old film cameras and watching these videos is setting off an itch to dig everything out of the attic. TFS!!
@Ilfordphoto3 жыл бұрын
Thank you! You should definitely get those film cameras loaded up with some black and white film and get out shooting.
@donsusedphoto4 жыл бұрын
Another lovely video by Rachel Brewster-Wright and Ilford Photo. Very informative. Thank you.
@Ilfordphoto4 жыл бұрын
Thanks guys, glad you enjoyed it. Please feel free to embed it on your website and share away!
@MrHolga4 жыл бұрын
I love Rachel's Ilford Photo videos. It make me want to set-up a darkroom. Cheers.
@Ilfordphoto4 жыл бұрын
Thank you - We're really looking forward to sharing the others in this series as soon as we are able to.
@esobeegarage4 жыл бұрын
Very refreshing to have a female host! Nice work!
@Ilfordphoto4 жыл бұрын
Thanks for watching Taylor. We love how enthusiastic Rachel is about sharing her love of printing and teaching others so she was the perfect choice for this series of darkroom 'How to' videos. have you seen the earlier video on Dodging 7 Burning? kzbin.info/www/bejne/mF7OlneGqbuhfaM
@rachelbrewster-wright92974 жыл бұрын
Thanks for watching Taylor and for the support! Great to hear you've enjoyed it 👍
@stolenorange3 жыл бұрын
This is pure gold. Good info. Very useful to look at alternative processes.
@Ilfordphoto3 жыл бұрын
Thank you. Do you enjoy alternate process? Which others have you tried?
@stolenorange3 жыл бұрын
@@Ilfordphoto Cyanotype a long time ago. Also scratching negatives to get an etched look.
@stolenorange3 жыл бұрын
I'd like to learn more about this subject.
@Ilfordphoto3 жыл бұрын
@@stolenorange I've seen a few people experimenting with scratching negatives recently. It's an interesting effect
@aaronalfano35mm4 жыл бұрын
Well done Rachel!
@rachelbrewster-wright92974 жыл бұрын
Thanks very much Aaron 👍
@folksblogen54764 жыл бұрын
That was super! Thanks so much! I've been using ILFORD materials since I was 14 in 1972! I started developing film and photos in my parents' laundry room. Studied photo in art college and never looked back. I'm really interested in reintroducing film back into my practice.
@rachelbrewster-wright92974 жыл бұрын
Wonderful to hear! There's a whole wonderful film photography community out there. Look forward to seeing some of your analogue work 👍☺️📸🎞️
@Ilfordphoto4 жыл бұрын
That's so good to hear. I really hope that you do choose to give film another whirl. Please let us know if you do.
@marioscandale30054 жыл бұрын
VERY INTERESTING AND CLEAR, VERY USEFUL SUBTITLES. BRAVA !!!
@Ilfordphoto4 жыл бұрын
Thanks Mario. Have you tried Selenium toning yourself?
@marioscandale30054 жыл бұрын
ILFORD Photo not yet but I'll do it soon 👍
@andyvan56922 жыл бұрын
beutiful shot, and the toned look afterwards, looks essentially like a tintype or wet colloiden glass print, the contrast and brown look, great.
@CraigBergonzoni4 жыл бұрын
Another great video. Thank you for creating these! 👍🏼
@rachelbrewster-wright92974 жыл бұрын
Thanks Craig! Glad to hear that you're enjoying them ☺️👍📸🎞️
@Ilfordphoto4 жыл бұрын
Thanks for watching Craig, glad you enjoyed it.
@analog_process31564 жыл бұрын
Wow very interesting. I must try that myself. 👏🏼
@Ilfordphoto4 жыл бұрын
You should definitely give Selenium toning a try on your darkroom prints Angelo:)
@vinceplatini4 жыл бұрын
Thank you!
@ivane2534 жыл бұрын
Hi Rachel, Superb video workshop, as always. A great source for beginners and people like me who are returning to film dev and print after many years of "Digital Only" photography. Btw, would love to know where to get myself a set of those lovely stainless steel dev trays :-) Thanks
@cdl04 жыл бұрын
Very interesting video demonstration; however, the jingly music is very annoying and makes it hard to hear what Rachel Brewster-Wright is saying.
@Ilfordphoto4 жыл бұрын
Sorry to hear that. There are subtitles available if you are struggling.
@danko65823 жыл бұрын
Please reduce the whimsical background music. It makes it really hard to her what she's saying.
@peterlukac84583 жыл бұрын
Very useful video, thanks for this series. Usually when I am looking for tutorials for classic analoque processes, 98% of results are tutorials how to fake it in Photoshop :D
@Ilfordphoto3 жыл бұрын
Glad you found it useful Peter. Do you get chance to do much darkroom printing yourself?
@peterlukac84583 жыл бұрын
@@Ilfordphoto not really, I have yet to try it.
@deemdoubleu3 жыл бұрын
Excellent
@Ilfordphoto3 жыл бұрын
Thank you :)
@evawat20192 ай бұрын
0:34 what I see there is more detail in the hair and less max density. But when you toned it I didn't see that difference. Can't see that 0:34 occurring from dry down of your demo either. Do you agree there is a difference? I'm experimenting with in camera Harman positive paper and even very underexposed do have a surprising amount of detail in them when back lit. So if the toner has the results at 0:34 that might bring up the shadow detail on an 'average exposure' print. But if it goes the way of the demo it won't. I don't have a darkroom to preflash so looking at alternatives. I have a tiny space with just enough room for three small trays and safelight. Maybe I should be looking to something that has a bleach step and develop the density by eye?
@Machster103 жыл бұрын
Nice lullaby music. Put me to sleep.
@andyvan56922 жыл бұрын
good video, but Rachel did not mention somethig I noticed, that those trays are SILVER, NOT the red/black/gray ones used for sheet negative processing!!- good tip, to stop you mixing up, the print/post processing stages, ie putting the "RAW" paper into the selinum, NOT as you should, the dev/stop/fix trays!!!
@terrywbreedlove4 жыл бұрын
Don’t know why but I am very surprised you don’t bleach the print first. This looks much easier than I imagined it would. 👍🏻
@ptbfrch4 жыл бұрын
The Ilford Warmtone tones much more readily as a direct toner than any other Ilford paper. Standard Multigrade shoes much less color change, and indirect toning with bleach first will give a much more pronounced effect. Direct toning also helps with max density in dark tones, more so than when bleaching and re-developing in the toner.
@Ilfordphoto4 жыл бұрын
Are you glad you watched it now ? :) It is a really simple process in it's basic form as Rachel has shown here, and can dramatically change the look of your black and white darkroom prints. There are some great tips for selenium toning on our website www.ilfordphoto.com/amfile/file/download/file/586/product/671/
@terrywbreedlove4 жыл бұрын
ILFORD Photo I will try it but I need the toner first :) I don’t like the real warm look. I print with the Glossy fiber and love love it. Hopefully it won’t get to warm looking I only shoot landscapes. And viewed Michael Kenna’s work in a Seattle gallery and his toning was gorgeous and what I want.
@terrywbreedlove4 жыл бұрын
Thomas Bertilsson Thank you
@labradorhund77692 жыл бұрын
I've just ordered some toner and am very much looking forward to testing it. I hope it works with non warm tone paper too? I'll get some of that in the future, but it's quite a lot more money than "regular" paper.
@Ilfordphoto2 жыл бұрын
Yes it does with neutral papers too:) Enjoy!
@onnoweb4 жыл бұрын
Got to try that.
@rachelbrewster-wright92974 жыл бұрын
Give it a whirl and make sure you share your results with Ilford! Have fun 👍
@Ilfordphoto4 жыл бұрын
Please share your results when you do:)
@shaylawatson1244 Жыл бұрын
I didn't even know this was possible until now
@gaelld73704 жыл бұрын
Thank you this is super interesting and makes me want to experiment with toning. For future videos I would suggest you record Rachel's voice better (using a dedicated mic?). That would make it easier to understand.
@Ilfordphoto4 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the constructive feedback Gael and glad to hear it inspired you. When we shot this we hadn't realised just how echo-ey the room was and with the Coronavirus outbreak, we were unable to get back into the darkroom. The great team @tomfoolery have put some tweaks in place so the rest of the videos in this set should have clearer sound.
@peterhuxley81813 жыл бұрын
@@Ilfordphoto May I suggest removing the music. It adds nothing but detracts from what Rachel is saying.
@Fredaspremont4 жыл бұрын
What a nice video ! A question, for a french fellow: the paper RC warmtone was in Ilford warmtone developer at the beginning or not ? Long life to Ilford !
@Ilfordphoto4 жыл бұрын
The prints had been developed previously in standard Multigrade developer and then were just put back into water at 24 degrees to soak prior to toning.
@rachelbrewster-wright92974 жыл бұрын
Hi Frederic! The Ilford Warmtone RC paper I made the two prints on (the reference one, and the one I go on to tone), were both originally developed in standard Ilford Multigrade paper developer (i.e. you don't need to use a special / different paper developer in order to tone your print afterwards). Hope that helps!
@Fredaspremont4 жыл бұрын
@@Ilfordphoto Thank's !
@NasserAlhameli Жыл бұрын
Should this be after developing a new print? Or I could do the toning even for an old photo? Thank you for the info
@damianlasek8158 Жыл бұрын
so it's go tha way? - warm water -> toner -> stopper -> wash?
@onnoweb Жыл бұрын
I need to practice a bit more. At my initial attempt I see very little difference between the two prints even after 6 minutes in the selenium bath. Maybe its temperature is too low?
@tanguylejedi73574 жыл бұрын
I would love to see selenium toned prints with the new RC Multigrade V. It is said in its datasheet that it provides better results with toning than the fourth gen RC paper. Could you please show us some examples ?
@Ilfordphoto4 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the feedback Tanguy. We do have some toned prints of the new MGRCDL paper in the office, i will try to get them shared once the site re-opens.
@rlfsoso4 жыл бұрын
Hi I was able to try it with a different brand of Selenium toner though (Rollei), markably more responsive than MG IV (RC). 1:19 5 minutes. I followed up with bleach and sulphur toner (Moersch MT3) which worked nicely. Have not been able to try out a lot… see here: instagram.com/p/B8tH16qozOO/ (iphone picture, color of course is off (less greenish) R.
@tanguylejedi73574 жыл бұрын
@@Ilfordphoto I'm about to order the new MGRC and a bottle of selenium, I would love to have guidelines & examples to know what I can expect with different times and dilutions. Thank you for keeping it up with new products :)
@Ilfordphoto4 жыл бұрын
@@tanguylejedi7357 I unfortunately can't send you any of this info as I can't access it at the moment. have a look at these pdfs from our website which may be helpful MultiGrade RC www.ilfordphoto.com/amfile/file/download/file/1954/product/1701/ Selenium toning tips www.ilfordphoto.com/amfile/file/download/file/586/product/671/
@nilsl816810 ай бұрын
You say 30 minutes washing. The manual of my Nova archival print washer says 45. Is that number too high/old?
@Ilfordphoto10 ай бұрын
We reviewed all of our wash times a few years back and re-tested and found that 30 minutes was enough.
@nilsl816810 ай бұрын
@@Ilfordphoto good to know. I'll do 30 then. Especially with a print washer like my Nova.
@kayhanshaghaghi95973 жыл бұрын
With fibre paper, after fix, can you tone straight and then wash for 30 min? Or do you first have to wash for 30 and then tone an another 30 min wash?
@Ilfordphoto3 жыл бұрын
Hi Kayhan. You can tone after fixing and before washing. If you are using our Selenium Toner then this can form part of the archival sequence for FB prints www.ilfordphoto.com/ilford-optimum-permanance-wash-sequence-fb-papers/#:~:text=The%20ILFORD%20PHOTO%20Archival%20Sequence,permanence%20for%20all%20commercial%20needs.
@nagynoda37323 жыл бұрын
D'you know where I can find inox trays like the ones in the video?
@michaelfuller21534 жыл бұрын
Thanks much! I have never toned...partly because I understood that especially selenium toner was pretty toxic stuff. Is the modern toner better? Thanks!
@Ilfordphoto4 жыл бұрын
Yes. It is pretty stinky and you need to take precautions as Rachel does when using it but as long as you are careful (as with any chemistry) there shouldn't be any issues. Tech sheet and further info are available here www.ilfordphoto.com/1143207
@ritterritter5323 жыл бұрын
It's always a pleasure to watch your videos which always are very well done. That will sounds a bit ridiculous but where did you get your metal developing trays ? I like them very much and wish to buy a set.
@Ilfordphoto2 жыл бұрын
We've has them for years!
@juancarlosguzman28274 жыл бұрын
Wow this is amazing! I need a darkroom to start experimenting 😉 I would like to ask you something regarding Ilford rapid fixer I am a brand new into film and developing. What does it mean 1+4 ratio? If I need to prepare 1000 ml of fixer, how many ml of rapid fixer concentrate I need to dilute in water? 200 ml? Sorry but this thing is overwhelming! Thanks for sharing this video
@stephendeakin27144 жыл бұрын
That's correct Juan, 1+4, 10+40, 100+400, 200 fixer + 800 water=1000 ml Try to have the water at 20°c
@Ilfordphoto4 жыл бұрын
Thanks Stephen!
@Ilfordphoto4 жыл бұрын
Hi Juan, glad to hear you're excited to get in the darkroom. It's so much fun and very addictive. You may want to checkout some of our earlier videos in the how to playlist as well kzbin.info/aero/PLarwq93oldzSmUWGGghh71uTyonfODd27 such as processing our first film and making a basic contact print. These may help to answer any additional questions.
@juancarlosguzman28274 жыл бұрын
ILFORD Thank you so much 🙏 I can’t wait to start developing, already shoot 2 rolls of HP5 thanks guys!
@juancarlosguzman28274 жыл бұрын
Stephen Deakin thank for the feedback Stephen, I was kind of confuse, I really appreciate it👍
@rgillianevlogs90343 жыл бұрын
Whats the sheet size use in this video? Thanks!
@myoung482814 жыл бұрын
What ilford paper do you recommend for an F surface to be selenium toned to a more neutral tone. Graded paper, thanks.
@theoldfilmbloke4 жыл бұрын
Ha ha ! Your Plastic Measures are Cleaner than MINE ! I have tried bleach and that 'CIF' stuff cannot shift the gunge !
@Ilfordphoto4 жыл бұрын
That's because they are shiny new ones used just for demonstrations:)
@theoldfilmbloke4 жыл бұрын
@@Ilfordphoto Ha Ha !! As they used to say in The Army " Get some IN !! " ( I bet YOU MISSED National Service BUT they got ME and I signed on for 3 years to get a good trade -- did Pathology in the RAMC and used the X-ray Dept Darkrooms to develop and print in Germany with AGFA materials -- Sorry ILFORD)
@severedsixteen3 жыл бұрын
Where did you get those beautiful trays from? Can I buy them from you? :)
@Ilfordphoto3 жыл бұрын
We don't sell these ones but i'm sure that I've seen similar onliine. (Arkay brand maybe?)
@severedsixteen3 жыл бұрын
@@Ilfordphoto Don't think they're as nice as those hand made ones? Name your price? :)
@Ilfordphoto3 жыл бұрын
@@severedsixteen Our tech team would hunt me down:)
@sactsahn34684 жыл бұрын
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@Ilfordphoto4 жыл бұрын
Guessing you enjoyed it?
@nickfanzo3 жыл бұрын
Selenium always looks too purple to me. Can you tone that down?
@manfredoetting76944 жыл бұрын
Dear Rachel, You're talking so fast. I am German and have difficulties to understand everything. I'm only sure, that tray 2 was the selenium toner. Please be so kind and answer me what liquids are in trays 1 and three? Thank you. Greetings from Hamburg
@ianmarsh25074 жыл бұрын
Hi Manfred. The two other trays both contain plain water. The first one at 24 degrees to pre soak and slightly warm the print, the third one at 20 degrees stops the toning
@rachelbrewster-wright92974 жыл бұрын
Hi Manfred, yes, I'm afraid I do speak quite quickly. Too enthusiastic! The other two trays are water, just as Ian has mentioned (thanks Ian!). Hope you get chance to try it out. Remember, you can also play/pause the video and there are subtitles too if that helps.
@Ilfordphoto4 жыл бұрын
Hi Manfred. I can see that Rachel has replied below. Just in case you need it, there are also CC subtitles available, although these are only in English at the moment.
@MrProinsias4 жыл бұрын
Cant really hear what you are saying with the noise in the background ?? pity ;;;
@Ilfordphoto4 жыл бұрын
There are subtitles available Fran if you are struggling with the sound.
@MrProinsias4 жыл бұрын
HI , I CAN HEAR YOU TALKING BUT SOMEONE HAS MUSIC PLAYING NEAR YOU AND IT IS VERY DISTRACTING AND ANNOYING AND MAKES IT VERY DISTURBING LISTENING, PITY, THANK YOU ,, I AM NOT ENGLISH I LEARNED ENGLISH TRAVELLING AND I AM NOT THE ONLY FORIGNER THAT WOULD LIKE TO LISTEN TO YOUR ADVICE WITHOUT THAT MUSIC NOISE ,, THANK YOU ,,,