{"componentChunkName":"component---src-templates-blogposting-js","path":"/blog/black_and_white3","result":{"data":{"mdx":{"body":"function _extends() { _extends = Object.assign || function (target) { for (var i = 1; i < arguments.length; i++) { var source = arguments[i]; for (var key in source) { if (Object.prototype.hasOwnProperty.call(source, key)) { target[key] = source[key]; } } } return target; }; return _extends.apply(this, arguments); }\n\nfunction _objectWithoutProperties(source, excluded) { if (source == null) return {}; var target = _objectWithoutPropertiesLoose(source, excluded); var key, i; if (Object.getOwnPropertySymbols) { var sourceSymbolKeys = Object.getOwnPropertySymbols(source); for (i = 0; i < sourceSymbolKeys.length; i++) { key = sourceSymbolKeys[i]; if (excluded.indexOf(key) >= 0) continue; if (!Object.prototype.propertyIsEnumerable.call(source, key)) continue; target[key] = source[key]; } } return target; }\n\nfunction _objectWithoutPropertiesLoose(source, excluded) { if (source == null) return {}; var target = {}; var sourceKeys = Object.keys(source); var key, i; for (i = 0; i < sourceKeys.length; i++) { key = sourceKeys[i]; if (excluded.indexOf(key) >= 0) continue; target[key] = source[key]; } return target; }\n\n/* @jsxRuntime classic */\n\n/* @jsx mdx */\nvar _frontmatter = {\n  \"date\": \"2008-05-10T03:42:00.000Z\",\n  \"updated\": \"2008-05-10T03:42:00.000Z\",\n  \"type\": \"BlogPosting\",\n  \"title\": \"My Exploration of Black and White, part III\",\n  \"entityId\": \"04081300-f940-11e6-8d52-ffa6c436feb5\",\n  \"revisionId\": \"04081301-f940-11e6-8d52-ffa6c436feb5\",\n  \"revisionNum\": 1,\n  \"tags\": {\n    \"arts.meta.techniques\": [{\n      \"@id\": \"bw\",\n      \"objClass\": \"tag\"\n    }, {\n      \"@id\": \"printing\",\n      \"objClass\": \"tag\"\n    }],\n    \"arts.meta.serials\": [{\n      \"@id\": \"arts.meta.serials.exploring_black_and_white\",\n      \"objClass\": \"ontag\"\n    }]\n  },\n  \"sidebar\": \"I am, of course, just starting the exploration. All I've used is Ilford Multigrade IV RC. I haven't tried any other papers or toning or anything like that, but I will soon enough. Instead of paying by the hour, I just picked up a membership card so that I can come in more frequently.\\n\\nThe nice part, of course, is that I haven't been motivated to go shooting the last few weeks on account of being busy and frustrated with the hard drive troubles.... but after printing the shots... it's all coming back again. 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I can develop B&W film in my bathroom, dry them out, run them through the scanner, and then edit them, without needing to involve others or use large pieces of developing hardware. And this is good because I live in the San Francisco Bay Area so I really don\\u2019t have room in my apartment for a proper darkroom. But the big problem is that, while there\\u2019s plenty of places to take a color print to get a nice 11x14 or 16x20 made, the RA4 machines are not built for classic B&W prints. So I mostly print color images. And I\\u2019ve wanted to screw around with black and white printing\\u2026 especially things like lith printing and split-toning and interesting papers.\"), mdx(\"p\", null, \"So the other day, one of my co-workers who is also a photographer found a B&W rental darkroom with ultra-reasonable rates\\u2026 so we decided to pay them a visit and try it out. 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