The Online Darkroom

Dear Reader,

If you have not arrived here from The Online Darkroom and you've been trying to decipher this blog with Google Translate, you can find translations of a couple of posts here.

In its original Turkish version I conceived this blog as a way of sharing my passion and what little information I have about film based photography and the darkroom, and hopefully encourage a few in my community. Never had I thought that there would be an international interest for my writing. Now that Bruce has asked me, I will try and translate some select posts once a month to be published on The Online Darkroom.

At this point I feel the urge to emphasize that I claim neither mastery nor authority. Most of the technicalities I write about I've learned from books and people far more knowledgeable than myself. I hope that the technical bits in my posts act as a useful starting point for the less experienced darkroom enthusiast. The key to improvement is further patient experimentation and adaptation to individual circumstances.

As a user of both digital and analog means I'm convinced that printing black&white film in a darkroom is still a valid and highly satisfying way of producing prints of superb quality and this should not be allowed to die without a fight :) Coexistence is the key word for me.