Welcome to Pictorial Planet
A website dedicated to the art of Black and White Film Developing and Photography
by John Finch
Here to buy my books?
I now have two books to cover two different aspects of photography. Please click the link to read about my books and to purchase world wide.
The Art of Black and White Developing covers getting the best from your negative and paper development. Useful for scanning and darkroom work.
And the new:
The Art of Black and White Film Photography shows the methodology, the tricks and the tips that help make great wall hanging photographs with your equipment. I show how you don't need to spend a lot to make amazing photographs and show how to do that.
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NEW - The Art of Black and White Film Photography
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And the popular book that started it all:
The Art of Black and White Developing - Fifth Edition
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Old Building : Altyre Estate, Moray, Scotland
Processed in DiXactol Ultra
About this site:
I've been a darkroom enthusiast since my father taught me darkroom work at eight. From the age of ten he had me making developers, stops, fixers and toners. Since then I've been a professional soldier, aircrewman, photographer, film maker, film director, writer, training designer, and facilitator.
Throughout my life, the thing I've enjoyed the most, is sharing my passion with other photographers. To that end I published my first book (The Black and White Developing Workshop) in 2005 to share with others my experiences.
So far my book has been updated five times and now covers all things developing in the darkroom (as well as lots of photography tips). Why not follow me on @pictorialplanet@mastodon.world or like my page on facebook and share this resource with your friends. Better still become a Patreon and buy my book to support this website.
A couple of years after this was taken I was developing film!
I never stopped :)
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