If photography is your passion, then you shouldn’t miss out the pleasure out of developing your own film. Here’s how you can develop black-and-white or color film.

Materials

• Thermometers
• Negative storage files
• Storage bottles
• C-41 kits
• Plastic graduates
• Developing tank and reels
• Film-hanging clips
• Darkroom timers
• Can opener

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1. First and foremost, you must have a darkroom specially reserved for all your photo developing needs.
2. Have everything organized in front of you. You must know where everything is, or else you might end up fumbling badly.
3. Turn off the light.
4. Open the film canister at both ends using a regular bottle opener.
5. Take out the film from the film canister. Handle it around the edges all the time. Cut off the lead tab at the end of the real to make a straight edge.
6. Feed the end of the reel into the little tabs that signify the beginning of the reel. It should be in at the center,  only a few centimeters.
7. Thread the film between the top and bottom of the reel with the wire spiral.
8. Twist the reel back and forth, until the film is on the reel. Cut off the last part that’s still connected to the spindle.
9. Drop the loaded reel into the developing tank and secure the lid tightly.
10. Turn the light back on.

Development

1. Put some water in the tank and let it sit for a minute, then pour it out. The bigger the film, the longer the water must soak.
2. Before moving on with the developer, make sure that you know how long you should leave it in the tank. Make sure that it is diluted perfectly with water.
3. Pour the developer in a medium-high speed: Not to quickly, not too slowly. There should be enough for the film in.
4. Start the timer, putting the push-cap on the tank. Agitate the tank for ten seconds straight, once every minute. To agitate, flip it over for several times.
5. Once the timer goes off, pour the developer down the sink.
6. Fill up the tank with water, shake for a bit and then pour out into the sink. Do this two more times.
7. Prepare the fixer dilution and pour it in the tank the same way you did with the developer. Agitate the tank the same way you did the developer: Ten seconds straight, once every minute. Do this for five to ten minutes, and then rinse it out again with water like in Step 6.
8. You can now expose the film to light. Unscrew the top of the tank and set aside.
9. Pull the reel out and look at the film. Don’t take it off the reel just yet. Expect a purple tint or tinge on the film, as this is normal. If it’s very purple, you might need to do another round of fixing, as detailed in Step 7.
10. Remove all the remaining water from the tank and pour a very small amount into the bottom. Fill the tank slowly until the reel is submerged. Tap the sides of the tank if any bubbles appear. Leave it be for 30 seconds, pour everything out and take out the reel.
11. Twist the reel apart, lift half of it off. Carefully use your fingers to pinch one end of the roll, the one with no exposures. Lift the film off the reel and let it unroll. Don’t let it touch anything else.
12. Hang up the reels in anywhere that is free of dust. Let the weighted film clip go on the bottom of the roll. When hanging up, make sure not to damage or puncture the exposures.
13. Leave for four to eight hours to dry and harden.
14. Examine the film for chemical spots or water marks. If there are, put it back on the reel to wash again.
15. If the film does not have any problems, cut and sleeve it. You can now use it for anything you need.

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