Yeah! It's not called that so the whole process is printing, so you take the negatives, project them onto speical photo paper(if it sees light you're fucked, and have to start over cuz it's really light sensitive) and you put the photos either face up or down, doesn't matter, in a developing chemical. After it's done developing, you can safely turn on the overhead light. It's really cool watching a photo slowly fade into reality, but also nerve-wracking to make sure you got it right and don't have to start all over from scratch. Lord, help you if you developed your film(roughly a 1 hour~ long process) only to discover light touched it and its useless. This process is really tricky to get right because if you overexpose(leave in the chemicals too long), it'll get dark and won't show well. If you underexpose, it'll be too light. It's all a balancing act
Basically it’s a process of correctly transferring a piece of “Metadata” (Image in this case) onto a “special photo paper” which turns this “light” (image) carrying information into a physical piece of “Memorabilia” (Memory). I find that very interesting I will definitely remember this fact you shared. Thank you
Edit: I assume, the purpose of a “Black/Dark Room” would be to ensure the least amount of light can affect the process. Therefore, the “Images” being “printed” onto the “special paper” are “Pixels of Light” arranged in specific unique patterns. Correct?
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u/fwdsource Sep 08 '24
I was born just at the end of that Era (early 2000 here). The Polaroid pictures printed at Walmart are my favourite.
Polaroids would be such a sweet option. Let’s bring back the “Memory Book” Trend