After Printing

Cleaned Negatives- I cleaned my negatives by dipping them into Photo Flo solution for 20 seconds and then gently wiped them down photo wipes until they were dry.

Loaded Negative into enlarger- I took my negatives and put them in the holder with the negative I wanted to enlarge in the center. I put the holder back into place and pressed down the head of the enlarger.

Focused image- To focus the image that I chose I cranked the handle in the far back to get it to fit in the desired frame and then focused the image with the two knobs on the sides. To make sure that the image was perfectly focused, I used the microscope mirror thing to see the crystals in the image.

Set aperture- After I focused it, I changed the aperture to where there was a very dim light shining and i could barley see the image. I then turned off the light and set the timer to 3 seconds.

Made test strip- To make the test strip, I covered put a small piece of emulsion paper in the frame and shone light on it for 3 seconds, then i covered up 3/4 of the paper and shone it for 1 second. Then I covered only half of it up and shone light on it for one more second, and finally covered only 1/4 of the paper and shone light for 1 more second. I then ran it through the chemicals.

Made Final Print- I looked at my test strip in light and chose the amount of time that would work best for my image and went back into the dark room. I took a whole piece of emulsion paper put it in the frame and set the timer to the amount of time needed. I ran my paper through the chemicals and got my image.