How to Take and Develop Your Own Photos - Szydlo's At Home Science

This course demonstrates the complete process of producing a photograph with a film camera, from camera setup and exposure through developing the film, enlarging negatives, and developing the final print. It also introduces historical photographic materials and the rapid newspaper workflow used in the 1960s.

Syllabus

- Introduction
- The photography process for newspapers in the 1960s
- Glass plates, plastic film and nitrocellulose
- A tour of a medium format camera
- How a photoelectric light meter works
- Setting up the camera and taking photographs
- Taking out the film
- Developing the film
- Some of Andrew's photographs
- Returning to developing the film
- Enlarging the negatives
- Developing the final enlarged photograph