Making your first Black & White prints, & print giveaway.

[@DrJay65]

I can only speak for myself, but I love the magic of the darkroom. As always, thank you for your videos. I like how this video naturally connects to your "Small Town Portrait" video. It is always great to watch another photographer in his darkroom.

[@toddkorolphoto]

Thanks, more and more it’s a great haven these days. Thanks for watching.

[@milesmetcalfe94]

I can only speak for myself here but I would certainly enjoy videos of you printing your images that you have shot out in the field. Personally I think it would be amazing to see the process from start to end. Take care and happy shooting.

[@bernardkelly235]

Just the right amount of information. And a very nice print.

[@ethanbunch3274]

I've been shooting film for a good minute and when it comes to the final form of what I want my photos I was always not happy with digital. Spending hours in software editing photos never sounded fun to me. I started down the rabbit hole of dark room and pretty soon fell in love with it. I'm going Thursday to check out an enlarger to pick up for myself and I'm more than excited to continue my film photographic Journey!

[@toddkorolphoto]

That sounds great. Get some good tunes going in the darkroom, hang up some prints and it becomes this very special place.

[@martin-f5482]

Hi mate, don't stop making videos, there's so much much to learn and to see. Darkroom work is something strange, it's calming down it let's you see the world different. Over past 3 years I was fighting with 120mm and 5x4" films, wanted to get most and best of the subject. Often I had only 2 ore 4 negatives to be printed. This is so different to my beginning 40 years ago when I shot 35mm films. Over the last 2 weeks reloaded the trusty old Canon T90 and took some shots form daily live and this again was such a pleasure to go in the darkroom and print on 13x18cm. It's nothing special, only simple shots but so much fun making it. Stay on making videos of black&white photographing and share it all over the world. Many thanks and best regards.

[@toddkorolphoto]

Thanks, will do!

[@billhackley3540]

i see a fair amount of enlargers for sale but nearly all three or four states away with local pickup only. watched shoots film like a boss do a review on intrepid's 4x5 enlarger kit yesterday, got my attention. thanks for the video gave me a lot of needed info for when i'm hooked up

[@toddkorolphoto]

Sweet. Yes I am interested in that new intrepid enlarger. Will check one out.

[@billhackley3540]

@@toddkorolphoto :) was hoping you'd respond that way

[@Igarpe]

A very nice print from a very nice negative! The picture is a kind of reminiscing of Elliott Erwitt´s master piece (California Kiss) but with a church instead the Santa Monica bay and badlands in the place of the couple. Great job Todd. I really love your channel and I´m always looking forward to seeing your next video. Greets from Munich. Ignacio

[@toddkorolphoto]

Thanks so much. I love Elliott, I was lucky to meet him once and he signed his book for me. I know his son-in-law as well. Great family.

[@traceykorol3393]

Thank you for helping me to understand how to print. Well done.

[@earlmccowen5197]

Another very enjoyable and informative video. Keep up the fine work.

[@steveweston5902]

Thanks for this video Todd. I always find it interesting to see how others work in the Darkroom.

[@Nat.ImagesLarge.F.Photographer]

Fantastic print,great work!

[@toddkorolphoto]

Thank you! Cheers!

[@john_murch]

Thank you for the tutorial! It's been eons since I was in a darkroom...:)

[@SuperQBAH]

I am a new subscriber. As a very young boy, I used to join my father inside his small darkroom developing negatives and printing. I help him turn that small black plastic sealed container containing a roll of negative. I would love to have a copy of that print you made. Thank you.

[@Mystakerchon]

Wonderful video Todd, thank you. I hope to start printing when my local darkroom opens back up.

[@miguelgarrido7189]

It is always a joy to watch your videos, Todd. Full of smart information and wise advice. Congratulations from Madrid, Spain.

[@toddkorolphoto]

Muchas Gracias!

[@robertbakker1382]

Hi Todd, really cool video, the darkroom tour inspired me to build my own darkroom, just moving the equipment in now.

[@toddkorolphoto]

That’s great, I’ll be in mine tomorrow.

[@MrNicholaslarghi]

I love your videos. Thank you so much for putting this information out there. I was gifted a 4x5 Calumet and all of your videos helped me figure out what the heck I needed to do to get things going. Cheers!

[@toddkorolphoto]

Love hearing that, nice!!

[@thomasdarling6260]

Awesome Video. Thanks for the informative content

[@juancrusoe]

Thanks for sharing the process, Todd. Your videos are always informative and clear, you are helping me a lot. Saludos desde España.

[@chasethelight]

Why didn't you do the test strips vertically so each time contains sky, building, and ground so you could judge the exposure better?

[@toddkorolphoto]

Good point. This was more of a demonstration, but you can do them either way.

[@carlhem4463]

Agree with you Drjay, great videos and not only for beginers. Thank you Todd.

[@BillyHopscotch]

Great video, Todd! Thanks for sharing this process.

[@hanapen7681]

Thanks..nice video..I just started photography.And I'm building a darkroom too

[@toddkorolphoto]

Sweet. Great news. Good luck.

[@claudiotaras1289]

Very nice print

[@damiendempsey763]

Nice job Todd.

[@happyforestgump1]

Hello! I have the same enlarger and I like the design, but I can't consistently mount the lens perpendicular to the table. Do you have a method to perfectly align the lens? Thanks!

[@toddkorolphoto]

There is an alignment tool that you can use. Check out the Naked Photographer on KZbin he shows how to do it.

[@a.arsenicz]

Great video! The print is beautiful! Even though I already can make my own prints it was really nice to watch your video. I'm waiting for the new uploads and hope to win the print! Greetings from Poland, Andrew

[@toddkorolphoto]

Shooting a new video right now in the field with my 5x7.

[@aram4854]

Thank you.

[@ChrisMarxen]

Great video as always!

[@TheSchnauzie]

Great video thanks

[@Larpy1933]

That’s a Jim-dandy black border around your printed image. Your viewers may want that yet you don’t mention how you created that. Item 2: I learned from a master printer to _not_ push down on the printing paper to help submerge it in the respective chemical solutions. The pushing may stress the paper fibres enough to reach the point of _plastic deformation_. If so, there will forever be a minuscule yet visible bump or hollow in the image area - depending on whether the image was facing up or down. Thx. Your video was great.

[@toddkorolphoto]

Thanks very much, good points. Yes the next darkroom video I do I will explain the black border. ;-)

[@sebastianbell3098]

very helpful, thanks:)

[@magnusa.5599]

i must say i kinda miss that fast forward handwritten intro and/or outro. that had something special. but hey, no pressure! ;)

[@toddkorolphoto]

Hey me too I struggle with that. I am trying to get info to people so as not to waste their time. But I do like the handwritten thing as well.

[@StudentBoots]

Just read the cookbook from cover to cover in less than a week, in 5 years of university not once did I read a textbook in its entirety.

[@toddkorolphoto]

I actually just got it myself, just diving into it now. Well worth it.

[@k0ba_]

Beautiful print 😍

[@toddkorolphoto]

Thank you.

[@Zecamilleo]

I really want to win this print.

[@dusanlietava8082]

v kanade máte výnimku na červenú farbu v tmavej komore, veď pri červenom svetle nevidim červený rámik na obrázku.

[@CalumetVideo]

In 2009, the local camera store owner was trying to get me to buy one of his enlargers and some accessories for 200.00. I would have bought it if I knew that film would make a comeback.

[@toddkorolphoto]

All of this stuff getting a little harder to find these days.

[@CalumetVideo]

@@toddkorolphoto what a difference a few years can make!

[@DrJRaven]

To me, the darkroom is just as important as the taking of the photo. I will never forget the very first time I printed a photo. Watching the photo appear is magical.

[@mikoajstarzynski3738]

pick me! pick me! :)

[@annbard8256]

Great video as always!