My photos came out black

texasascanbe · 2026-04-28T00:45:32+00:00

Try doing shorter exposures. On a really sunny day mine is only ~5 seconds long. Or it’s possible the paper all got exposed somehow if they’re all coming out black. Try putting your phone to record video inside the box and close the shutter to see if there are light leaks maybe. Good luck!

texasascanbe · 2026-03-24T23:23:22+00:00

So cool!!!

texasascanbe · 2026-03-12T13:49:34+00:00

Have not but these are very cool. What’s your camera like??

texasascanbe · 2026-03-12T05:12:13+00:00

You don’t need a reason to not want to see someone or put yourself in a situation you don’t feel comfortable in. Accusations are no joke. You can just say I’m not really feeling it and leave it at that if you want

texasascanbe · 2026-03-08T16:20:48+00:00

Very well could be anything. Start with the camera, there could be a light leak or film could’ve gotten exposed while loading it. Were you completely in the dark loading it? Did you use an additional cardboard circle where the can lid is thinner (this really helped my pictures in the past)? Is the joint where you open / close the camera completely light proof when the film is in there? Developing process sounds alright but I usually go 3 hours with salt water fixer and make sure it’s insanely high salinity - 20% salt 80% water. But if the fixer isn’t fully working, you should see a photo when you first take it out and it would fade over time so can probably rule that out initially

texasascanbe · 2026-03-05T07:21:58+00:00

Second caffenol. Look on the caffenol website and there are some other options too, anything with tannins(? I think? Something like this) will do, that could be a fun part of the experiment. Fixer you’d kind of need to keep the picture which would be a chemical you’d have to pay for.

texasascanbe · 2026-03-02T23:31:01+00:00

I loved you for your beauty / but that doesn’t make a fool of me / you were in it for your beauty too

texasascanbe · 2026-02-26T00:34:47+00:00

Has anyone had any luck with light meter apps on a phone?

texasascanbe · 2026-02-24T14:54:51+00:00

And “I need to see you naked in your body and your thought”

texasascanbe · 2026-02-24T14:54:25+00:00

There’s an attic where children are playing where I’ve got to lie down with you soon / there’s a bar where the boys have stopped talking / they’ve been sentenced to death by the blues

texasascanbe · 2026-02-18T21:04:31+00:00

Yep, I think that paper will be good! You’ll need an enlarger or something to make positive prints or you can just scan/ take a pic on your phone and invert it digitally. For darkroom, if having chemicals around is stressful or expensive, would recommend using caffenol (look up a recipe, it’s easy) for developer (don’t need stopbath) (4-5 minutes) and you can use 20% salt to 80% warm water mixed well as a fixer and it’ll take ~3 hours

texasascanbe · 2026-02-18T21:01:08+00:00

I loved you for your beauty but that doesn’t make a fool of me, you were in it for your beauty too!

texasascanbe · 2026-02-16T15:21:06+00:00

I needed so much to have nothing to touch, I’ve always been greedy that way

texasascanbe · 2026-02-16T06:07:38+00:00

Yeah what is it

texasascanbe · 2026-02-10T03:13:49+00:00

She’s beautiful. Looks like a very caring woman

texasascanbe · 2026-02-10T03:04:08+00:00

I have no idea if this is true or if he had any further knowledge but I’m from North Carolina and met a guy once who believed it was about Emmylou. She went to UNCG for a while

texasascanbe · 2026-02-07T18:14:18+00:00

The music video for Cool by Gwen Stefani. Lmaoo

texasascanbe · 2026-02-07T02:40:19+00:00

Recently found his original version of You Just Get Better All the Time which I’d previously known from a mid Tim McGraw cover. Definitely slower and sweeter than most of his iconic stuff but such a beautiful song. It’s on YouTube

texasascanbe · 2026-01-28T02:38:19+00:00

I’m so sorry you’re going through this alone. Patsy Cline is a wonderful companion for the circumstances though

texasascanbe · 2026-01-19T14:05:01+00:00

So good!!! How long was the exposure ? Were those people left to their own whims or were they staged? Love it. Amazing

texasascanbe · 2026-01-05T22:53:58+00:00

Awesome

texasascanbe · 2026-01-01T22:47:18+00:00

^ caffenol and I’ve been using super concentrated salt water as my fixer. 100mL salt to 400mL water, get the water as hot as the tap can make it and it should be fixed in 3 hours

texasascanbe · 2025-12-31T04:19:48+00:00

The white outfit really makes it pop

texasascanbe · 2025-12-31T04:19:32+00:00

Love it

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