Travis where have you gone bro...... come back to us. i guess i speak to ever here. hope your well. and hope your back soon. hopefully your on like Ansel Adams Adventure. and will return with a tone of film and photo to show us all.

I already develop my negs. But I love your way of teach stuff! Helpful as always!

I went the extreme cheap way for most of my stuff! I bought my 1000ml mug from a dollar store, $20 for the changing bag ( ebay), no need for bottle opener because I don't wind my film all the way once spent, spent juice jugs (3L) ha! Finally some good old Rodinal which lasts forever!

It is so true that real photographers develop their own film, it is also true that film is way more fun and rewarding than electrons, Keep the videos coming

hi travis, i've been developing my own film and making prints in my darkroom all my life, and i love it. i really like your videos, i hope you make more. .

Thanks! I just bought a Pentax SPII today, looking forward to giving this hobby a try. Hopefully, if I enjoy it, I’ll buy all this equipment to save money over time, thanks to you!

Your videos are great! You share amazing photographs! Please make more videos because you do amazing work that is so pleasant to watch. Thank you for sharing.

I develop C41 and E6 in my sink. If you want to be extremely cheap you can skip the dark bag, I don't recommend it but I developed my first few rolls by loading the film in simply a dark closet. It worked well enough but it's extremely stressful compared to a dark bag. For colour film you can skip the graduate, you only need to be precise during initial mixing since you reuse chemicals for multiple development. I got everything I needed from a Kaiser starter kit which was somewhere around 80 euro. C41 kits are somewhere around 25 euro for 1 liter kits. E6 is currently smallest in 2.5L kits for 60 euro. Tetenal has said they are releasing 1 1L kit soonish so it should be nice and cheap after that.

For the noobs out there, the Rodinal and Fixer he mentioned are for black and white film only. The guy behind the counter and the camera shop screwed me over by assuming I wanted to develop B&W when I first started. If you shoot color just get a C41 powder kit off eBay for $30. It'll last you about 18 rolls. Very informative video I wish more people knew how easy it is! Thanks Travis

You're awesome Travis.

This video is nice and contrasty. Well done. Just started to develop a year ago, no problem.

Travis, are you still there? We hope that everything is okay. Hope to see you back one of these days.

Keep up the good work, film is a lost Art! I think you know the best is to make a print! And watch the magic appear.

Whats up my man? you are one of the most down to earth and unpretentious film channels out there, I got turned on to your channel when I was researching Rolleiflex. Ive since gotten a flex, a cord and an M645. I wanted to share a review on my channel I just completed of a very bidget BW film called ultrafine xtreme, if you havent heard of it feel free to check it out on my channel and let me know what you think, if you have tried it plz still let me know your experience. respect

Rodnial is great! I have my bottle now About 1 1/2 Year and it is still not empty and it still develop good, so it is very reliabel and it is cheap. For example for 1 film with Dilution 1+50 you need about 7 or 8 ml, that is not much (you can get about 62 developments out of a 500ml bottle). Greetings from Germany

That will definitely get you started! Great job

I haven't done that since high school (20 years), but will definitely have a DIY setup eventually. I just got back into film photography after spending $30 on a camera bag containing a late 90's overseas SLR with an owners manual 2 lenses, a remote flash, and a few rolls of fim at a junk shop last month.

Thank you for this video!

Thanks for the helpful video!

i love you videos keep going

And then consider used stuff or buy on fleamarkets, use aquarium thermometers, or buy in hairdresser’s supply ... and for me I‘m actually using a lot Caffenol M - easy, cheap from local drugstore.

You are my bearded analog guru!

Great video! How do you dispose your fixer when it’s time for a fresh supply? Do you transfer the liquid to another container or do you dispose of the gallon container and purchase a new one? Wondering if you could do a video or blog post in the future about issues one can encounter when developing such as how to test old chemicals, film curling, water streaks, over developing/under developing, tap water vs distilled water for mixing chemicals and rinsing, basically a “if this happens to the developed film, it’s because of this” troubleshooting type video. There are a lot of how to videos on KZfaq but haven’t really seen any troubleshooting stuff. Any ways, thanks for all you do!

Excellent vid Travis

Are you still doing this or have you moved on? It's been awhile since you put out content.

What's up bro? I've been following your channel for a while and one thing I like about it is you're one of the most non pretentious film channels out there. I have something you might get a kick out of. I just did a review on my channel of lomography color negative 100 in medium format and it turns out to be one of the most inexpensive medium format color films available. You're more than welcome to check it out. I still have yes to give large format a try after I've seen a couple of your tutorials.

Hi enjoy your stuff when are you doing more it’s been awhile

@foresthillfilmlab - what's happening? We love your videos.

Thanks Travis for the very informative video. I've been giving some thought to developing my own film (at least black & white) as availability and cost of commercial film processing seems to be getting more and more of an issue as time goes on. For example: I dropped off a roll of exposed 35 mm color film to our local pharmacy that purports to get film processing done (a major national chain who shall remain nameless) going on a month ago..and I'm still waiting! So..if I get these materials and do my own developing of monochrome film..can I then get a film scanner, hook to my computer, and print off my own prints on appropriate printer paper? I have considerable investment in film photography cameras and do not want to give up on film photography yet..and I love film photography. Besides, I like monochrome/black & white in particular (I like that you record many of your videos in black & white). Thanks really enjoy your videos..among my 'go to' videos on KZfaq for anything to do with photography. Keep well.

I am assuming that this is for B&W film, and these chemicals don't work for color (C41) right?

Where you at?

Is there any way to "print" a negative onto a sensor so that you can dodge and burn and stuff but directly onto a sensor in a darkroom. That would be cool.

Any news on Travis? I miss the videos and his enthusiasm!

hey travis, you didn't mention stop bath, unless I missed it. I assume it's a nominal cost. Also, how do you dispose of spent chemiicals? Are they safe to dump down regular sink drain? Appreciate the info.

are you going to make more vidioes, i hope you do.

What about ventilation? I've never developed but everything I've read says if you develop in a dark room the fumes are toxic.

If you mix your developer from concentrate and use it one shot you don't even need to buy a jug. Use a gallon of distilled water for your development and final rinse. You can use distilled water at $1.25 a gallon and you get a free jug which you can refill with tap water for stop bath and fixer. Be wary of buying a $16 film cassette opener which is nothing but a bottle opener. Liquor stores used to give these away for free as promotional items. Same with film clips as was mentioned. Use clothes pins or the metal clips at office supply stores or Walmart. Did I mention that I am cheap?

Don't forget a funnel. That will really blow the budget ;?)

I love developing my own negs. I find it almost theraputic. Like cooking. Not only that but you can also experiment with different chemicals, too. I take it you dont use stop bath?

Great video Travis...thanks for posting! I think this will push me over the edge and begin developing. How would you recommend doing the final rinse when the tap water is over 100 F in the summer (yeh Phoenix)?

Yea man I can't even tell you how many people tell me they would shoot and develop film if they had a darkroom. Btw if you're ever in the East Bay hit me up I wanna buy you a beer!

"That excuse is BULLSHIT!....I don't wanna hear it again!" Lmao!!

Where you go??

does the permawash act like a stop bath?

For years developing my film in my toilet :-)

I want to start printing at home. What enlarger do you recommend. Under $500

Hi so do u use a stop bath?

Is it difficult trying to get the film in the daylight tank in the bag without seeing what your doing?

Its almost 2020 is that bottle of photo flo still there?

You have to add extra time when developing with diluted chemicals right? Is it for all the chemicals and how can you tell how much time to add on?

I dont wanna here it agian:-)

Just don't mention the $3,900 Jobo CPP-3 film and print processor, or the $1,700 Beseler 67XLD enlarger, or the fact that you use the cheapest black and white chemicals you can find, or the fact that those chemicals are one-time-use consumables and have recurring costs.

Nice video, i would love to develop my own film , but i can stand buying a 150$ or more scanners and pasing the tedious and long process of scanning and editing :(

I use very little photoflo but just noticed my almost full bottle expires in March 2019. Does it really expire?

Do you have how to contact to you I need to talk to you

Whatever happened to this guy?