Mine was a little better than that Lea, but not much bigger. I worked in a bathroom the size you might find in an RV. No windows helped. A dark blanket draped over the door with towels shoved along the bottom. I did have running water and the tub allowed me to put trays there. The enlarger sat on the toilet. Gave new meaning to going to the john. --- On Sat, 10/11/08, lea murphy <lea@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > From: lea murphy <lea@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Subject: Re: DIY photo equipment > To: "List for Photo/Imaging Educators - Professionals - Students" <photoforum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Date: Saturday, October 11, 2008, 11:00 PM > I made my second darkroom by hanging plastic bags from the > rafters in > my parents' basement. > > They did a pretty good job keeping the darkroom dark but > since they > didn't reach the floor I could only work in there at > night when there > was no sunshine to creep in and even then I had to hope no > one would > come down and flip on a lightswitch somewhere else on the > basement. > > I made my first darkroom by shoving my clothes down the > pole, storing > my shoes under my bed and sitting on the floor of my > bedroom closet > cross-legged while I printed. > > That's how nuts I was to make photographs. > > Lea > > life is short. photograph it. > www.leamurphy.com > > On Oct 11, 2008, at 10:45 PM, Trevor Cunningham > <tr_cunningham@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > I anticipate that Andy has volumes to contribute to > this topic. > > > > "somewhere between zero and one...everything else > is exaggeration" - > > Anonymous > > > > > > ----- Original Message ---- > > From: "nprichard@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx" > <nprichard@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > To: List for Photo/Imaging Educators - Professionals - > Students <photoforum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > > > > Sent: Sunday, October 12, 2008 7:44:33 AM > > Subject: Re: DIY photo equipment > > > > > Well as a guy that has an interest in tinkering, > I have built a > > number > > > of pieces of photo related projects. I am > interested in stuff > > others > > > might have built that they put to use in > photography. > > > > Perhaps this link will be of interest, then. > > > > http://www.diyphotography.net/ > > > > Nathan Prichard > > > > > >
