Not quite pulling the trigger... clicking the shutter?

[xoagray]

And ordered the hardware and chemicals to develop my own film.  So I can start learning to do that by early December.  I really hope this goes well.  This is a part of the film process that I've never done before, so I'm honestly a little nervous.  On paper it really doesn't seem hard to do, but then again neither does driving a stick.  But just like that, I'm sure I'll screw up a little on the way to getting it right.
I need to learn how to scan the negatives as well.  Same to same it doesn't look difficult, but I'm not sure my scanner is even up to this, and while I've worked with GIMP before doing photo editing, I haven't worked with it with negatives. 

Either way, it's going to be interesting. :) 

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Go you!

[ysabetwordsmith]

That's a great project. Darkroom skills are a vital part of photography as an art form, and a great way to build confidence in your own abilities.

Consider taking test photos to develop that will help you see what you're doing -- things with high contrast and low contrast, large shapes and small details. The content matters less than the variety of features that will help you see if your development efforts are capturing everything you photographed or if the quality is degrading in some way.

Re: Go you!

[xoagray]

I've already got some rolls of film that are ready to go, and I have most of the stuff I need, just have to pick up a couple more things. This is something I wanted to do when I shot film before, like almost 30 years ago but never had the ability to do. So in a way this whole thing with shooting film again has been a huge nostalgia trip on top of learning new stuff. :)