Film Developing

I was very excited about Thursday's class because we were developing film and that is something that I have always wanted to learn how to do. Of course we had to shut out as much light as possible, which is pretty hard to do. We blacked out all the windows and doors and then had one red light and a small flashlight with a red light. It was very hard to see at first and it took a while for my eyes to adjust. We just put small objects like pebbles and rice onto the film and then flashed on the overhead light for less than 1/2 a second. Then it was put it into the developer, the wash, the fix, and then the wash again. It was crazy to see how fast the film developed once it was in the developer! I couldn't believe it! The finished film looked really cool with the imprints of the objects. The process was really interesting. I'm excited about the next assignment, when each group gets a chance to develop a piece of film. It'll be interesting to see how it works and how everyone's film comes out!