Positive Image

Tayler Poist
Period 4

Positive Image 

To create a positive image from a negative, the first step is to make sure the light is set up properly. You must take your negative image into the darkroom with you. You set the light to the brightest light to start and from there bring the light down to F8 and make sure the frame of the light has clear cut lines. The first step you need to take in creating a positive image is to first create a test strip. You place a light sensitive paper test strip with the shiny side facing up in the rectangular area under the light, making sure the light is turned off. Then you take your negative image and place is facing down on top of the test strip. Then you take a piece of cardboard and place it section by section over the image. You set the timer on the light to 2 seconds and move the cardboard on intervals of 2. This helps to determine the time needed to get the best possible positive image. Once you determine the time needed you take a big sheet of paper and create a big image of the time that you calculated it would take. After exposing the image to the light, the next process is to put the image through the chemicals. You put the image through the developer for 1 min, the stop bath for 30 seconds, the fixer for 3 min, and the fixer removes for another 3 min. Your positive image will then develop.