First Rolls of 35mm Processed Film

So I finally got into the darkroom today and processed three, COUNT 'EM, three rolls of film! It was hectic, time consuming, and also somewhat rewarding.

Getting the film on the rolls was the worst. Complete darkness, trying to shove this extremely thin film that wants to roll up into it's perfect little roll every chance it gets into a plastic opening about 2mm thick will give you enough stress to throw your film into the black air and collapse onto the cold ground. I didn't do the former but will admit to having to relax and sit down for a little bit while my photo partner fixed my roll.

After that it was pretty simple, 10 minutes of developer and rocking the developing tank back and forth to agitate it, then washing the film, and finally fixing it so that it wasn't light sensitive anymore. When I pulled the film off the drying racks I was instantly reminded why photography is probably my favorite medium to work with.

Here are some negatives from my first rolls. I found an iPad app to use that turns the screen into a lightbox to view them which I'm using in these pictures.

Pretty awesome stuff if I do say so myself.