Dream Camera (First, I love you blog! As a photography major, it keeps on inspiring me. I have a quick question.. how do you develop at home? I was thinking of developing my own. I know it’s in the bathroom but some chemicals are really not supposed to be put down the sink, like fixer (I think). Do you just recycle the ones that you cannot pour down? Also, where do you get your other film developed that you cannot do yourself? Thank you and have a great day!)

Monday, October 31st, 2011

carmenanicia asked:First, I love you blog! As a photography major, it keeps on inspiring me. I have a quick question.. how do you develop at home? I was thinking of developing my own. I know it's in the bathroom but some chemicals are really not supposed to be put down the sink, like fixer (I think). Do you just recycle the ones that you cannot pour down? Also, where do you get your other film developed that you cannot do yourself? Thank you and have a great day!

Thank you so much! And congrats on getting into your choice university!

It sounds like you already saw my post on my bathroom darkroom set-up. I pour only the developer down the sink. Every other chemical I pour back in the bottle to re-use. When a chemical expires, I need to take it to a nearby public darkroom to dispose. There are other special city-owned places to dispose of chemicals.

Because I cannot develop color film myself, I take those rolls to one of three places: my local Ritz/Wolf camera (for 1 hour photo), 120processing.com (for inexpensive medium format and free shipping), or Richard Photo Lab (for paid or especially important work). Richard Photo Lab is very expensive but has the most beautiful scans.

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