film camera

since i started my course i have also learnt how to use a film camera, how to develop film, how to create a contact sheet and how to print images off the film using an enlarger. in order to create a contact sheet you get all of your developed film, you then place them in a film holder, you then get an 8 by 10 inches slip of photographic paper, and you place it under the film and expose it under an enlarger for a previously chosen amount of time, then you use the same process that you do for a photo-gram or a pin hole camera. after you have your contact sheet, you decide which photos you would like to print. you then place the film in the enlarger and make sure that you have the film centred. then you need to do a test sheet this is done by getting a 5 by 7 slip of photographic paper, and cutting it in half, then you place the paper under the enlarger and get a piece of card. you then use the card to only expose part of the image, then you expose the paper for 5 seconds at a time, while each time moving the card over therefore showing how the photo would look if it was exposed for 5,10,15,20,25 seconds. after deciding how long you are going to expose your image for, you create a final image. this is done by placing a 5 by 7 slip of paper, and then placing it under the enlarger. then you expose the paper for the previously selected amount of time. then you develop the image in the same way as you would develop a photo-gram.