Making a Contact Sheet, Using the enlarger & Print Processing

1. Set up the enlarger with the lens and negative carrier properly installed

2. Set a contact printing frame under the enlarger, open the lens up and adjust the enlarger so that the light covers the whole contact printing frame with some to spare

3. Put in a contrast filter -  for our class work we used 3 - into the enlarger and stop down the lens to the right amount of light (its generally to stops down from the highest number)

4. Turn off the enlarger

5. Cut a strip of en-exposed photographic paper about 6cm wide

6. Put all of the film strips glossy side up in the printing frame and the photographic paper directly under them.

7. Turn the enlarger on and expose the paper for 3-5 second to begin with

8. Create a 1cm strip along the edge of the exposed paper with a piece of dodging paper for 3-5 seconds

9.Move another 1cm and expose the second strip for another 3-5 seconds

10. Do this another 3 more times and turn of the enlarger

11. Take the paper out of the contact printing frame - leaving the negatives behind- and process the exposed paper

Print Processing:

1. Look at the clock , the developing time recommended is 1.30 to 2.00 minutes

2. Using the developer tongs flip the front edge of the paper into the developer and quickly push the whole paper under the liquid

3. Immediately start to agitate the developer with the tongs or by lifting the edge of the tray

4. Continue to agitate for the full 1.30 or 2.00 minutes

5. With the tongs lift the paper out of the developer and let the liquid drain into the tray for 5 seconds

6. Drop the paper into the stop bath and agitate for 30 seconds

7. Remove the paper and drop the print into the fixer

8. Move the print around in the solution for 2 minutes

9. Drain the solution off the print and toss into the wash bath

10. Leave to soak for 2-3 minutes then put the print through the electric dryer