bert wynant photoblog » omega http://blog.bertwynant.net photography by Bert Wynant Tue, 07 Feb 2012 12:27:22 +0000 en hourly 1 my new home. http://blog.bertwynant.net/2010/03/my-new-home/ http://blog.bertwynant.net/2010/03/my-new-home/#comments Thu, 04 Mar 2010 19:03:12 +0000 Bert http://blog.bertwynant.net/?p=404 yes, yesh, YESH… i’m still alive, somehow. my photography activity went far below zero during the past few months, but things will change soon! a few months ago, my brother moved out of the house. i claimed his room and …

]]> yes, yesh, YESH… i’m still alive, somehow. my photography activity went far below zero during the past few months, but things will change soon! a few months ago, my brother moved out of the house. i claimed his room and had it transformed to my very own darkroom. well… i came up with the plans and ideas and my dad realized them, so big thanks go out to my dad for his major efforts!

 

i took some pics of the darkroom with my crappy digital camera. image quality isn’t that great, but good enough to give you an idea of what the room looks like…

 

below’s a picture of the wet side of the darkroom. the walls aren’t really in the “traditional darkroom colors”(black, red, grey, …) though. i first wanted to test whether the current colors(in combination with the safe light) caused any fogging. after doing some tests, it appeared that no fogging occured(not even after more then ten minutes, so i should be safe). no need to have the walls repainted then…

 

at the moment, i’m using this part for drying my prints, but that’s just temporary. later on, i’ll have a complete drying rack underneath the sink…

 

“zé chemikals!”. looking forward to experiment!

 

the sink is completely made out of wood. metal cools down chemicals pretty fast, so i opted for a wooden sink painted with epoxy paint(the same paint is also used for boats).

 

on the other side of the room is my brother’s old desk, which i’m using to put my enlarger on;
a lovely Omega enlarger.

 

never liked color enlargers before, but i’m definitely lovin’ this one!

 

 

 

so, now i can finally print my negs again… that’s a pretty big motivation for me! this room will definitely be my new home where i’ll be spending entire weekends…

 

-bert

 

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