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dear suzi-Q
i hope that you get better soon. drink some hot peppermint tea with honey and lemon in it, that;ll sooth your throuat and clear up your upper respritory system, sinus, et al.
i'm in thailand at my office now, so i guess we really won't hang out. i am glad that you are developing your darkroom; i'll have to try it out when i get back.
i have no clue when i might come home, because i am unsure whether or not i can get a work permit here. if the kingdom grants me one, i can stay legally for one year, instead of the usual tourit 30 days. i am going to do a little PR here for an international cooking show hosted by this woman i worked for in august of 2000. she is funny in the fact that she is all business and hi-so (upperclass), and yet wants to create a show and sense of on screen programming that is accessible by the masses as an equal. it's funny too, that i will be doing some work for her, because i can see how transparant this is, but it's a great opportunity to flex my creative skills.
other than that i don't as of yet know really what i'm doing here. but, that is the fun of it.i think i'll post this on my blog, so that everyone can see how weird this trip is going to be. but, in the interim, take care of yourself, tell daniel i said hi, and assure bridget that someday we will take cool bicycle photos on the train tracks. i promised didn't i?
on the setup tip, you want to make sure that you have three areas. depending on size of your space, this can be cramped, but you want to make sure they remain as seperate as possible:
1) prep area: a place, maybe a waist to ribs-level bench where you can look at your negs via a light table or a lamp. you can also use the floor around this area to store your chemistry, both unmixed and already prepared.
2) dry area: set up your enlarger here. usually set up with a base board and a timer attached, this area should be large enough sto both suit the size of the enlarger, and also an area to place other tools and/or negs and paper. nearby too can be a space for, focuscopes(the magnifier looking thingies), loupes, filters, photo easel, paper, straight edge cutting board & slicer, etc.
3) wet area: this is the place where you want to put all of your open chemistry, trays, and holding bins. i deally you would have a sink, so if this is the case, situate the wet area here, so as to not splash on anything that is irreplacable (negs, paper, anything stainable).
you also want to take into account ventilation and your safety lights: a fan or vent is ideal for refreshing the oxygen in the darkroom; you don't want to be huffing fumes all day....for once. the safety lights/lamps should be suited for the space; the amount of light and exact tint (red, orange, oreange-yellow) should be positioned so you can have it on when you enter the room, and be placed where you can view everything in the dry area, but also be luminate enough to gauge the correct exposure of the photos in the wet area. also because color photo might need a different shade depending on the sort of paper used.
this is important to note the strenth too, because you could fog your paper if it is left out too long under a strong light. a good tip would be to measure the distance from your light to your enlarger, and then to your wet trays, and look on the lights' box too see if it is an okay enought strength/distance.
other than that if you need more specifics, i can give you some more information. happy printing!
bay
ps- it's hot!
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