Colour Printing

After getting our colour films processed we received them back ready to print. The colour darkroom is a little more complex than the black and white darkroom as their is no red light when printing, just complete darkness as the photographic paper is extremely sensitive when printing. It was a little bit difficult at first to get used to the darkroom, but the enlargers are quite similar to the others i have used in previous projects. The white light is okay to be on when setting up the enlarger and negatives and then once ready the light has to be switched off when ready to use the paper and make a print. Another difference is there are the filter settings already in built in the enlarger, which takes effect on the colour of the negative once it has been printed. After doing a few contact sheets and test strips, it began to become easier to print in the complete darkness.