How do you make a photo out of developed film?

Question

So if i have a roll of processed film... how do I put an exposure on photo paper?

Answer 1

unless you have a full dark room setup you pretty much stuffed

Answer 2

You'll need an enlarger.  Also, a room in your house that you can make as dark as possible.  Photographic paper isn't sensitive to red light, so you can use a red light or what's called a "safe light."  The room doesn't have to be completely dark, if a tiny bit of white light leaks in, it's not the end of the world.  But you should try to make it as dark as possible.  You can easily make a darkroom in your garage or bathroom.

It's easy to develop black and white pictures, but more complicated for color photos.  For B&W photos, you basically just need the enlarger, and two chemicals, called the "developer" and the "fixer."  I don't know if you developed the film yourself, or if you took it to a photo lab to get developed.  If you developed the film yourself, then you should already be familiar with photographic chemicals.  But anyway, the process is pretty simple.

First, you put the negative (the processed film) onto a tray on the enlarger, called the "negative carrier."  The enlarger has a lamp and a lens that projects the image from the negative onto the photo paper.  Since photo paper is light sensitive, like film, you expose it and then develop it.  The exposure time will depend on the format of the film and the density of the negative.  ("Density" is a little too complicated to get into here right now, but it relates to how the film was exposed when you first took the picture with the camera).  On average, you will expose the photo paper for about 10 seconds.  You just turn on the lamp and project the image onto the paper for a certain time to expose it, then turn off the light.

After you have exposed the paper, you put it into a tray with the developer chemical.  Usually you'll develop it for 1 minute (I usually develop for 1 minute, 25 seconds).  Then put it in another tray with water to stop the development.  Next, you put it in a tray with fixer.  The fixer makes the image permanent so that it's not light sensitive anymore.  Then wash the paper with running water one last time.  Once it's dry, you have a finished photograph.

You can find an enlarger on eBay for fairly cheap.  I got mine in good condition for about $40.  You'll need 4 plastic trays for developing, and the developer and fixer.  The chemicals will cost about $13.  Any good camera shop will sell the chemicals and the other supplies you need, or you can also order them online.  

You can also just take your negatives to a photo lab and they can make prints for you.  But really, it's a lot of fun to do it yourself.  Also, real optical prints from an enlarger look MUCH better than prints from a 1-hour photo lab.  Unless you take the film to a professional photo lab, you're better off doing it yourself.  You'll have a lot of fun and learn more.

Answer 3

if you have negatives and happen to have a darkroom set up then go ahead and make a print, but if not you can scan your negatives with a flat bed scanner than accepts film. if you don't have one readily available, go to your local camera shop and ask them to do it for you and put it on a cd.  

Answer 4

First you have a full dark room and photo solvent chemicals. it has help photo developed.