
When I started shooting film again my developing was done right where we all left off almost ten years ago – the local drug store. That lasted about three weeks until me and my dad grew tired of the inconvenience of heading into town and back, even if the results were acceptable. As we moved on to professional film emulsions and medium format, it became more of a necessity to home develop our rolls. Fortunately the Dalgarno abode is blessed with a disused soapstone sink in the basement, presumably for doing laundry before the proliferation of automatic washing machines. After a quick trip to the Home Depot for a laundry mixer tap fitting and some surreptitious acquisitions of unneeded lab equipment we were all set for our first adventure in color film.