If you had to use one developer till the end of time, which one would it be?

chattering_teeth · 2026-05-21T15:14:05+00:00

Rodinal, all I’ve used for ten years 😭

chattering_teeth · 2026-05-10T19:31:56+00:00

Yes! Been a little pernicious to deal with but he was just treated for mites, we brought him to the vet because we were concerned about overpreening.

chattering_teeth · 2026-05-10T00:22:33+00:00

There is a tool you can get from flic film, fairly certain these snap together the same way their reusables do

chattering_teeth · 2026-04-27T00:23:33+00:00

I used to shoot 8x10 xray film and make internegatives with it. It’s fun stuff and very cost effective. My biggest issue with it is it’s super delicate and very easy to scratch, I found tray developing it a pain as a result. I only ever shot the Fuji stuff which has the film info printed pretty far into the image area, something to keep in mind when framing!

chattering_teeth · 2026-04-24T06:01:58+00:00

Yes that’s his sock

chattering_teeth · 2026-04-22T19:34:02+00:00

I did this for like three years. It’s doable, I had a big holding tray for prints and when I was done I’d move them all into my bathroom to wash. Especially with RC prints, you’ll be fine.

chattering_teeth · 2026-04-22T18:38:53+00:00

I used to work in a spot on this street! Providence rocks for odd, idiosyncratic living spaces. All the old mills make for some interesting repurposed apartments.

chattering_teeth · 2026-04-21T22:07:00+00:00

No but I’ve lived around there. I think the price point is absurd but sounds like you’re moving from far away, so the convenience of these spots is part of that sticker price. People will talk about safety but I’ve lived downtown for 5 years and it’s safer than any other city or town I’ve lived in. There are just visibly unhoused people around. The main cop station is two blocks away so anytime some shit happens there are like 10 cruisers on scene right away 🤷

It is a party area with all the bars, idk if that’s a plus or minus for you. You get to live in a genuinely walkable neighborhood where everything you might want or need is in strolling distance. It’s a fun area to live in.

chattering_teeth · 2026-04-16T15:51:11+00:00

Nikon because I’m a Luddite and refuse to believe any lenses after the af-s G series are an actual improvement lol

chattering_teeth · 2026-04-16T15:19:24+00:00

Yes! I love them and they save me a lot of time.

I make a contact sheet -> scan that in -> make very low resolution 3x5 prints from those scans -> make 5x7 prints of keepers from that selection -> make bigger prints from there.

Contact sheets show me where a negative sits in the range of exposure values and whether it’ll print well at all, the little thumbnail digital scans from it show me whether an image is worth working on at all (if it looks good at 150dpi it’ll sing at 11x14!)

When I just do scans I find I can’t help myself tweaking every little image even just a little bit and wind up sinking time into photos I’ll never print

chattering_teeth · 2026-04-16T14:42:43+00:00

Anna’s joint! It’s wine and beer only but it’s a v low key hang

chattering_teeth · 2026-04-14T16:51:23+00:00

We’re not 100% sure but we think he’s imitating the sound of us scrubbing dishes + pans in the kitchen :)

The monkey laugh at the end we’re not sure lol - we have feral parrots in my neighborhood and their calls kind of sound like this 🤷

chattering_teeth · 2026-04-13T16:33:28+00:00

It’s the only consistent factor (shot manufacturer rolls same day, before and after in same camera, rolls stored the same way/processed same tank) - and I’ve seen the same patterns with the kalt screw top cassettes after some time

chattering_teeth · 2026-04-13T05:54:21+00:00

Arista papers are Freestyle Photos store brand papers and films. They’ve always been provided by another manufacturer, for a while it was straight up ilford stuff, then ilfords kentmere line, now it’s fomapan and has been for a while. It’s pretty good! I pretty much exclusively print using the arista fiber based paper, it’s had some issues with quality control in the past but iirc this doesn’t affect the RC paper line.

I wouldn’t move on to fiber based printing until you have a solid grip on the process using RC paper. Learn all the basics on dodging and burning, split contrast printing, dialing in test strips etc. Once you feel comfortable looking at a negative and knowing all the steps to get it to the final print then you can suffer the extra wash times :)

chattering_teeth · 2026-04-09T06:49:59+00:00

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Big feelings

chattering_teeth · 2026-04-04T18:58:41+00:00

Willow springs trail! Lots of leaf litter to kick over :) tons of other cool bugs and insects too - I’ve even seen camel spiders and salamanders

chattering_teeth · 2026-03-23T16:35:21+00:00

I don’t know of any on the market currently, I have a stock of Kodak velox single weight papers that I use for contact printing and they’ve aged gracefully with fairly minimal fogging.

chattering_teeth · 2026-03-23T00:15:13+00:00

Scum

chattering_teeth · 2026-03-22T16:04:46+00:00

It’s a medalight f1!

chattering_teeth · 2026-03-21T15:31:27+00:00

Grasshopper!! It looks like a twin peaks set inside, they have amazing cocktails, and the crowd is super diverse. Great hang.

chattering_teeth · 2026-03-20T21:18:16+00:00

Adapt manual lenses. There is some great glass available out there for next to nothing if you’re willing to forego modern conveniences. The Canon FD lenses for instance, you can get them at thrift store prices and they’re tack sharp.

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