Nice link on how to make a contact print.
How to make a test strip... nice and fun link.
How to use an enlarger link.
Vocabulary:
Burning in: A technique used in printing to add more exposure to a small area of the print.
Dodging: A technique used while printing. It is a method of holding back light from certain areas during exposure.
Contact Print: An actual-size print of a negative. It is made by placing the negative in tight contact with the photographic paper and exposing it to light.
Contact Printer: A device used to hold negatives in place while making contact prints. Aids alignment of negatives on top of photographic paper.
Contrast: The visual difference in density (blackness) between the light and dark areas on a print or negative. Contrast can also refer to the relationship or interaction between the elements of a photograph.
Cropping: The elimination of undesirable areas around the subject while printing.
Darkroom: A special room sealed off from light. This light-tight area is used to load exposed film or print photographs.
Developer: A chemical that causes light-struck silver particles (latent images) to form a visible image.
Dilution: The watering down of a chemical to a desired concentration (mixture).
Easel: A devise for holding a sheet of photographic paper under the enlarger while printing. This devise usually allows for various sizes of a picture.
Enlarging: The process of printing a picture while using an enlarger. It is sometimes referred to as projection printing.
Enlargement: A print that is larger than the original image on the film.
Enlarger: An optical devise used to make an enlargement. It has adjustable focus and height adjustment to make various sizes of prints.
Fixer: An acidic chemical which dissolves away the undeveloped silver halide crystals on film or photographic paper. The emulsion becomes stabilized. Hypo is a synonym for fixer.
Grain: Clumps of developed silver halide on film or print paper.
Hypo Check: A chemical test for fixer. A white chemical formation indicates that the fixer is exhausted and must be replaced.
Negative: Image in which dark tones are recorded light and light tones are dark. Complementary colors of the subject are recorded in a color negative.
Negative Carrier: A pair of metal plates with a "window" in them to hold a negative when it is in the enlarger.
Paper Safe: A metal or plastic light-tight container that holds photographic paper. It can be opened only under a safelight to remove sheets for printing.
Print: A positive image formed by projecting a negative onto photographic paper and processing the exposed paper in chemicals.
Print Paper: Photographic paper used to make a positive image from a negative.
Printing: The process of transforming a negative into a positive image.
Processing: The series of steps necessary to convert a latent image on film or photo paper into a visible image.
RC Paper: Resin-coated paper. A print paper coated with plastic to prevent the base from absorbing chemicals and water during processing. It can be washed and dried rapidly.
Safelight: A special darkroom light that does not affect certain photographic materials.
Squeegee: A rubber wiper, similar to a windshield wiper, for removing excess water from prints.
Variable contrast filters: Special filters that provide an entire range of contrast when used with variable contrast paper.
Variable contrast paper: Photographic paper which provides a range of contrast while printing with the use of filters.
Burning in: A technique used in printing to add more exposure to a small area of the print.
Dodging: A technique used while printing. It is a method of holding back light from certain areas during exposure.
Contact Print: An actual-size print of a negative. It is made by placing the negative in tight contact with the photographic paper and exposing it to light.
Contact Printer: A device used to hold negatives in place while making contact prints. Aids alignment of negatives on top of photographic paper.
Contrast: The visual difference in density (blackness) between the light and dark areas on a print or negative. Contrast can also refer to the relationship or interaction between the elements of a photograph.
Cropping: The elimination of undesirable areas around the subject while printing.
Darkroom: A special room sealed off from light. This light-tight area is used to load exposed film or print photographs.
Developer: A chemical that causes light-struck silver particles (latent images) to form a visible image.
Dilution: The watering down of a chemical to a desired concentration (mixture).
Easel: A devise for holding a sheet of photographic paper under the enlarger while printing. This devise usually allows for various sizes of a picture.
Enlarging: The process of printing a picture while using an enlarger. It is sometimes referred to as projection printing.
Enlargement: A print that is larger than the original image on the film.
Enlarger: An optical devise used to make an enlargement. It has adjustable focus and height adjustment to make various sizes of prints.
Fixer: An acidic chemical which dissolves away the undeveloped silver halide crystals on film or photographic paper. The emulsion becomes stabilized. Hypo is a synonym for fixer.
Grain: Clumps of developed silver halide on film or print paper.
Hypo Check: A chemical test for fixer. A white chemical formation indicates that the fixer is exhausted and must be replaced.
Negative: Image in which dark tones are recorded light and light tones are dark. Complementary colors of the subject are recorded in a color negative.
Negative Carrier: A pair of metal plates with a "window" in them to hold a negative when it is in the enlarger.
Paper Safe: A metal or plastic light-tight container that holds photographic paper. It can be opened only under a safelight to remove sheets for printing.
Print: A positive image formed by projecting a negative onto photographic paper and processing the exposed paper in chemicals.
Print Paper: Photographic paper used to make a positive image from a negative.
Printing: The process of transforming a negative into a positive image.
Processing: The series of steps necessary to convert a latent image on film or photo paper into a visible image.
RC Paper: Resin-coated paper. A print paper coated with plastic to prevent the base from absorbing chemicals and water during processing. It can be washed and dried rapidly.
Safelight: A special darkroom light that does not affect certain photographic materials.
Squeegee: A rubber wiper, similar to a windshield wiper, for removing excess water from prints.
Variable contrast filters: Special filters that provide an entire range of contrast when used with variable contrast paper.
Variable contrast paper: Photographic paper which provides a range of contrast while printing with the use of filters.