so I was finally let into the darkroom at mbci today.
I was soo excited when I got the phone call that it was okay for me to come in.

it was so weird going in there though b/c it was as if time stood still. There were still test strips of prints I had made a year and a half ago laying around. There was even still a sign that elbert, phil, and co. had made to keep track of their printing costs they owed. I think someone tried cleaning the room up a bit though, b/c things weren't in there correct places.

I had to mix the chemicals outside of the darkroom though b/c the light bulb in there was broken so I couldn't see a thing.

All in all though, I'm feeling pretty happy with the prints I did make. It didn't even take that long to get the feel of estimating how much time each print needed to be exposed for. Although I did have a moment of panic when I thought I exposed my whole package of paper to a bunch of light..I had left the enlarger light on...oops. Luckily I only ruined 3 or 4 test strips I had cut up.

I will definitely be back there this year, and this time with my own negs. I'm thankful to Zach that I did get to use his negs, but I only got maybe ten quality prints out of about 30 rolls of film. But I suppose that's what you get when you're developing for the first time in a year and a half, and you're using b&w chemicals with coloured negs.

anywho, I think I'm going to take a darkroom course in spring..just for the fun of it. I want to learn how to do coloured and sepia prints.

cheers.