If you have followed my blog for any bit of time you may have gathered I further develop all my photographs in my digital darkroom using a variety of products and techniques. I do this because I don’t believe a digital photograph is ready until then. While my chemical darkroom techniques were very simple back in my film days the choice of the film I used did make a difference. It wasn’t because I couldn’t learn advanced darkroom techniques but I had limited opportunity to learn more advanced techniques.
When digital came along I was able to experiment more. The only thing I lost was a bit of time and used a bit of electricity. No waste of chemicals, film, or photographic paper. If a technique failed, start over.
Even with simple changes in color tone, you can change the entire look and feel of a scene.
The same scene from the same image developed slightly differently gives us a completely different message by its look and feel.
If you don’t embrace the modern digital darkroom, now is the time to give it a try. You may be surprised at how it changes your art.
Photographer Clay 
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