"darkroom printing is the best source of truth for what a print should look like" YES! RA4 paper with enlarger filtration is colour balanced for negative film and its orange film mask. Plus, you have a print to show for it that you can handle, look at as a piece of art, and show others. This is an excellent demonstration showing that a darkroom can be setup in almost any "dark room." Mine is crammed in the bathroom and has produced lots of b&w prints...
@ribsy3 ай бұрын
Yup! It’s the truth!
@AI-Hallucination3 ай бұрын
Keep this alive I have full working darkroom in the highlands of Scotland teach the local kids for free they love it
@ribsy3 ай бұрын
I don’t plan on stopping!
@grifftur3 ай бұрын
This was the push I needed as well as a little bit of the info I wasn't sure about. I've been sitting on 2 enlargers and some equipment I bought during the pandemic so I think it's time to dust it all off and see what I can do. I'm in an apratment situation currently but I have the drum and a sous vide so I think I can make it happen with blocking out my bathroom or a closet. Thanks for the inspo Ribs!
@ribsy3 ай бұрын
Yup! I started in a bathroom as well, and it work very well for me
@AI-Hallucination3 ай бұрын
@@ribsyAre you still in the UK or back in states
@AI-Hallucination3 ай бұрын
The RH design timers are good I just got one definitely worth a look f-stop print suppose you can use a chart
@sbills3 ай бұрын
I love to see this! There's something so special about holding in your hands a print that was made in the darkroom. I've been in my makeshift darkroom closet for five years now and I don't regret it one bit. I stuffed a Beseler 45MXT with a cold light head in this tiny space. I also have no running water, but being a black and white darkroom, I store them in a holding tray until I'm ready to wash. I got an 11x14 print washer in my kitchen 🤣🤣 I've been experimenting with different B&W toners such as Selenium and Sepia. I've even done split toning with the two. Keep up the great work, I'm really happy to see you back in the darkroom.
@ribsy3 ай бұрын
It’s magic!
@antnguyen3 ай бұрын
Always nice to see new Ribsy’s video, hope you’ve been doing well, sir!
@ribsy3 ай бұрын
Thanks for watching!
@scottplumer36683 ай бұрын
I still get a little thrill when the image appears on paper. It's the closest to magic I can imagine. Unfortunately, I just don't have enough dark space in my house. I did set up a darkroom in my garage, but it was a pain because I had to stuff a blanket along the bottom of the door to prevent light coming in. It wasn't so bad at night except when cars went by.
@ribsy3 ай бұрын
literally magic! put it in the drum and voila!
@Resgerr3 ай бұрын
What about using a draught excluder?- would make it a bit easier 🤔
@tedphillips29513 ай бұрын
Really interesting video & it shows your dedication to your craft. The new darkroom has the benefit of giving you exercise as you run from one place to another to complete your prints.
@ribsy3 ай бұрын
Haha lots of exercise. Up and down the stairs and lots of standing
@Johnny_shade3 ай бұрын
Ribsy, great to see a new DR video, your original darkroom vids inspired me to set up my own, FR! Only print b&w for now on an old Durst enlarger…but as you know it’s that maniacal final step in bringing your images to life. Keep up the great work, man!!! 🙏🏼💯
@ribsy3 ай бұрын
Great! I’m glad I could inspire
@sangmincha56613 ай бұрын
I've just finished your previous home darkroom tutorials to start my own color printing at home, and just found this new video! Super congrats for the better setup for your work and thanks for the great videos brooooo!
@ribsy3 ай бұрын
That’s great. Glad the information is helping people!
@michael195b3 ай бұрын
Thanks for the video. Just moved house, had a light tight bathroom before but not in the new place. Inspired me to get off my ass and get one set up again.
@ribsy3 ай бұрын
Just need some cardboard to cover windows while printing 😃
@MakersTeleMark3 ай бұрын
So looking forward to your next adventure. Glad you got the basic tools to get it started.
@ribsy3 ай бұрын
Yup! Glad to be back
@allmediaguy13 ай бұрын
if i have learned anything its that creativity finds a way! love the prints
@ribsy3 ай бұрын
exactly! where there is a will, theres a way
@cameronwilson85613 ай бұрын
Great to see you printing again, looking forward to seeing more videos in the future
@ribsy3 ай бұрын
Thank you!
@titofly003 ай бұрын
dope prints and ripped legs gonna be the new ribsy. I love these darkroom sessions, those are some great shots and nice prints bro.
@ribsy3 ай бұрын
Appreciate you! Gonna be making more darkroom content
@Asiaddicted3 ай бұрын
That comes at the right time, been wanting to get back to making prints but can’t find a darkroom in my area, well I’ll make mine !
@ribsy3 ай бұрын
Do it!
@TristanColgate3 ай бұрын
The colours on the print look far better to me. The orange highlight on his cheek (reflected light from his t-shirt I guess), is a bit more subtle on the print. But also, the giveaway to me is the sky. The sky colour in the scans is pretty weird, vs the print which just looks far more natural. Love to see you printing again! I find printing colour is just much more of a technical challenge, I've always found getting colours right so stressful that I've never gotten to dodging and burning. (probably because I'm using an Intrepid Compat, and the colour filtration controls are a rollercoaster!)
@ribsy3 ай бұрын
Totally agree! I used the sky as my guide, cuz the orange shirt was throwing everything off for me
@rgrbrn3 ай бұрын
Really miss your darkroom videos!
@Johnny_shade3 ай бұрын
Me too! It was a nice surprise that he dropped one 👏🏼💯
@ribsy3 ай бұрын
Def more to come!
@Pollock.iconoclast3 ай бұрын
Inspirational, keep it up! I enjoy printing black and white but have been intimidated to invest in getting started with color.
@ribsy3 ай бұрын
Color isn simpler in some regards
@stephenperera73823 ай бұрын
I totally agree darkroom printing is best. As an aside, scanning is very interpretive, artistic even and a dark art when it comes to colour negatives. Back in the 90s I mainly scanned Fuji Provia, Astia, Velvia etc slide film on a ScanMate 5000 drum scanner. Now I use a Hasselblad Flextight 646 scanner and the profiles for different films supplied via its Flextight app are certainly just starting points. That being said if you shoot a colour chart /grey card in one of your frames that helps a lot if you are scanning.
@ribsy3 ай бұрын
Yea I’ve considered the grey card but tough to waste a shot on that haha
@stephenperera73823 ай бұрын
@@ribsy I know what you mean, we value a frame, every frame...
@szabodaniel94473 ай бұрын
Great vid, burning=darker, dodging=lighter
@ribsy3 ай бұрын
Yea I misspoke
@jakobdelion21103 ай бұрын
Thanks man now i really really wish i had my own dark room set up lol
@ribsy3 ай бұрын
Haha one day!
@Francois_L_79333 ай бұрын
You really need to get this darkroom more finished. And get yourself a color analyzer! These things are really a luxury item that once you've used one, you just can't print color without it. 😉
@ribsy3 ай бұрын
lol I’ve been printing color without one for a few years. I don’t mind
@john_murch2 ай бұрын
Ribsy, do you still have Pro 400H? I learned from my own experience the best way to shoot Pro 400H is to use a UV filter on your lens. This corrects a lot of the weird magenta colour cast from this particular film. Try it, you'll see what I mean, it makes a huge difference and there will be much less headaches later for scanning or darkroom printing.
@ribsy2 ай бұрын
Never tried the filter it but that’s a good idea!
@hanapen76813 ай бұрын
Enjoy your darkroom. You take very nice pictures. See you next video...thanks
@ribsy3 ай бұрын
thanks for the kind words
@inkaststudio3 ай бұрын
I did color once, had some beautiful results. Just a bit challenging cause unlike B&W printing, there’s no red light.
@ribsy3 ай бұрын
You only have to do one step in the dark
@inkaststudio3 ай бұрын
@@ribsy That’s true. I guess I’m acting spoiled 😅
@williamkeene64343 ай бұрын
im not darkroom printing as i dont have the room atm for the setup, but once i get the space i do have plans to get a mad setup with developement, scanning, and printing
@ribsy3 ай бұрын
Definitely worth the hassle 😀
@ulyssesnathanialowen38312 ай бұрын
good .. keep up the darkroom, more people did to be doing this , its the whole point to be shooting film, more poeple need to be developing and printing for themselves .. its a whole world and teaches you everything about your photography .. more channels need to be promoting this , instead of doing the same camera reviews for the 1000 time ..
@ribsy2 ай бұрын
Yup darkroom is great
@josephawatson3 ай бұрын
at the moment I don't have the room. I am wanting to get one setup eventually. Been developing my black and white film.
@ribsy3 ай бұрын
nice. will be great once you can do it
@ZOMBIELUIS6663 ай бұрын
I love printing RA but it is a huge pain in the ass sometimes lol I feel like I go through so much more paper and developer than I do with black and white! Also I tried out a chibachrome drum but was having problems with the paper getting a uniform amount of chemicals, I ended up using trays and found my results were a lot better. Glad to see you're still printing stuff, Ribs, you're an inspiriation. Much love from the Bay Area 💯
@ribsy3 ай бұрын
Thanks! Hmmm maybe you weren’t using enough chems in the drum?
@TungstenOvergaard3 ай бұрын
I would hang in my home walls any print that you discharge ❤
@ribsy3 ай бұрын
That’s very kind 😊
@harleygordon44853 ай бұрын
I don't have anywhere to build a darkroom lol. Also I'm transitioning to kodak vision3 stock due to cost and legitimately prefer ecn2 results
@ribsy3 ай бұрын
Ecn2 is real nice scanned
@williamburkholder7693 ай бұрын
Almost no one prints optically these days. I gave it up 25 years ago. I still have all my stuff, except for that late 1970s Chromega B that I had at work. I converted it to a light source for a slide duplicator in the early 1980s. I do have an Omega B-22 XL... WHY did I quit optical printing? I learned digital workflow from the folks at Kodak Professional when we transitioned our huge portrait lab from optical printing from film, to digital printing from film scans and camera JPEGs. I can get what I want from negative film or digital cameras. The dirty little secret is that film has been designed for optical scanning since the late 1990s, and silver halide chromogenic paper has been made primarily for digital printing since the early 2000s. The difference is in the exposure time reciprocity characteristics. You'll get subtle "response curve crossover" effects with the comparatively long exposures used for enlarging. Before papers were reformulated, we got those same effects in reverse when printing digitally on early light valve and laser-based mini-labs.
@ribsy3 ай бұрын
very interesting. digital printing is for sure very capable but the its no magic haha
@williamburkholder7693 ай бұрын
@@ribsy I did darkroom work for 40 years. For me, the magic became watching people react to the images. After the initial learning, it was never the process. I craved to see the positive effects of the images.
@constantinf.57643 ай бұрын
you had a better enlarger in previous videos, I think it was an Saunders/LPL 670, what happened to that?
@ribsy2 ай бұрын
I sold it before leaving london
@SinaFarhat3 ай бұрын
Nice! :)
@ribsy3 ай бұрын
Thanks! 😄
@joseerazevedo3 ай бұрын
I like the way you shoot. Having a darkroom is incredible, more people should go for this. They'd understand better the difference between film and digitalScannig is one thing, printing is another - the original. Never played with color, but I've a B&W at home and love it.it's almost the size of a wardrobe, doesn't have running water, but it's a nice place to spend hours and hours :) If you wanna take a loot at it, here it is: www.flickr.com/photos/jerazevedo/albums/72157717931784293 All the best!
@ribsy3 ай бұрын
Yea darkroom really helps one connect and know their photography in a new way
@Goalieswede3 ай бұрын
Lmk if you can show me how to do this
@ribsy3 ай бұрын
Bring some negs!
@SnowmansApartment3 ай бұрын
very cheap.. 40 bucks for some 3d printed parts?? .. thats not what i would call cheap, but very interesting that those are normal prices for 3d printed parts for photographic equipment. I should get into the trade 😅
@ribsy3 ай бұрын
Someone did the design and labor. Their work is worth a cost, especially since I am not printing it myself nor investing in 3D printing
@aglassbrightly3 ай бұрын
I'm gonna need a bigger house. 😁
@ribsy3 ай бұрын
Hahaha you just need a big enough closet! 🤣
@aglassbrightly3 ай бұрын
@@ribsy I need a house with a closet! 😆
@szabodaniel94473 ай бұрын
@@aglassbrightlybathrooms make great darkrooms
@szabodaniel94473 ай бұрын
Scan looks too saturated, print looks nicer
@ribsy3 ай бұрын
Yea agreed
@dinosaur4jr5483 ай бұрын
So long story short the scan was OK and there is no need for darkroom printing haha