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What is Traditional Darkroom?What is Traditional Darkroom?
Traditional Darkroom is where it all began. It started in a world where the word 'photography' didn't yet exist and the art of creating images of reality with light and chemicals sat somewhere between science and magic. Did you know that the mathematicians Aristotle and Euclid describe pinhole cameras in the 4th and 5th centuries?

In the early 1800s, artist/inventors like Louis Dageurre and Henry Fox Talbot (among others) experimented with ways of fixing images using chemicals, including silver compounds, following exposures on materials like glass and metal, lasting from several minutes to several hours. By 1840, Talbot was creating negative images using the calotype process and John Herschel had invented the cyanotype process (where the term 'blueprint' comes from) and created the first glass negative in 1839.

In the middle part of the 1800s, the wet plate collodion process be
Text and Typography - November 2012Sorry for the delay in writing the "monthly" DD Roundups, but I've had been featuring little DDs in the last months, been on 4 weeks vacation and had some other issues, I may talk about later at a more personal point ;) 
Anyway, here is the roundup of the last 3 months with DDs featured by ^pica-ae from the Text and Typography galleries on deviantART, Typography related groups on dA and some helpful FAQ entries :la:
September

October



November


Typography Related Groups
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Introduction to the Darkroom galleryIntroduction to the Darkroom gallery on dA
Darkroom on dA is a tribute to the traditional, involving chemical developing and printing techniques which have barely changed since the birth of photography, a symbol of the modern, making use of technological advances in digital processing, and a whole lot of amazing and beautiful things in between.

While the majority of Photography galleries on dA are subject-based, Darkroom is technique-based. Photographs using Darkroom techniques are generally accepted in the other photography galleries too, but if you wish to categorise your Darkroom photography submission based on how it was created, then Photography > Darkroom is here to allow you to do that.

If you're not a photographer, or you arrived on your photographic journey at a time when digital was in full swing, you may have never shot on film, been temporarily blinded by walking into daylight after hours spen
What is Digital Darkroom?What is Digital Darkroom?
Digital Darkroom is the evolution, converting chemical processes to digital ones, cellulose and silver to pixels and bytes. The first digital camera, weighing 8 pounds with a resolution of 0.01 megapixels, was built in 1975 and recorded black and white images to a cassette tape. The first camera which recorded images as computerised files was made by Fuji in 1988 and the first commercially available digital camera was created in 1990.

The Digital Darkroom gallery on dA is for photographs which have been digitally processed or edited with the use of computer software to emulate traditional and alternative film darkroom techniques. It's also a place for very modern processes like HDR photography, which involves creating images with a higher range of visible tones than regular photography.

Most of the functions available in digital editing software were created to mimic actual darkroom
Stock and Resources DDs- November 2012:iconelandria:
Stock and Resource DDs given by ^Elandria










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Art History - Textiles FeaturesA Feature from the Textiles Gallery
Gallery Info: Textiles
Art created by using fabric and natural woven materials including
fashion/costume construction and hairpieces like wigs and falls.












And some tutorials about textiles

Can't get enough? Have a look at the gallery yourself!
Helpful links:
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Cartoons and Comics November 2012 NewsletterThank you!
Hello everyone! First and foremost, thank you the wonderful November 2012! :love: I'm going to list down some of the activities that will be presented to the community starting next year so we'll have one epic start for 2013!
Weekly Themed Features
Artists' Interview
And a closer look  on Daily Deviations
I am already working on the major parts so I hope to finish em soon! 
Daily Deviation Summary: November 2012
Next, thank you everyone for sending your suggestions! :love: If you haven't suggested something yet, then be sure to suggest some to me :) I am specifically looking for Christmas deviations for this month, but ofcourse, I am always open for any deviations that you think deserves to be on the spotlight with a Daily Deviation :) 
And now, here are the DD Summary for this month:
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Fashion This WeekA selection of fashion photography submitted over the past week which deserve some extra attention!




Show Me #11 - Self-PortraitsI decided to start a feature series in the Deviation ThumbShare Forum based on themes and featuring the collected deviations on Sundays.
The eleventh theme was Self-Portraits!
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With so much loveHello everyone! I'd like to share a very important feature that is very close to my heart :heart: 
I started this collection last year I think but due to uncertain circumstances, I was not able to update the collection on a regular basis, which led me to the hiatus for the collection. But a few months back, I think earlier this year, I saw an artwork that made me think that I should go back and make my collection grow. 
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dA Groups that welcome Darkroom photos

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dA Groups that welcome Darkroom photos


Check out these fabulous dA groups which are home to some truly stunning darkroom creations.


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#alt-process-printing's gallery is like a living history of photographic printing techniques, from Polaroid emulsion lifts to Dageurrotypes. You'll find some familiar processes here as well as many that you've never heard of or seen before. This group is a great place to browse if you want to learn more about Darkroom photography as well as see beautiful images.

  



:icontlrs:
#TLRs is a group for photos taken with (and of) twin-lens reflex cameras. These are film cameras that have two lenses with the same focal length, one being the 'taking lens' (which actually takes the picture) and the other being used as a view-finder.

  



:iconanalogphotographers:
#AnalogPhotographers has a gallery packed with gorgeous film-shot images, categorised by technique. They encourage members to include detailed information about their materials and processes in the descriptions of their submissions, so their gallery will give you the opportunity to find out about how its contents were created.

  



:iconpolaroidlovers:
#PolaroidLovers is a wonderful place to discover beautiful images shot on instant film. From landscapes to still life to portraiture, their gallery is a treasure trove of visual wonder.

  


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*Robin-Bervini Dec 2, 2012  Hobbyist Photographer
thanks!
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~BuChWien Dec 2, 2012
wow! thank you! :sun:
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=JillAuville Dec 1, 2012  Hobbyist Photographer
thank you :aww:
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thank you :)
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Mood: Joy *cameraflou Nov 30, 2012
thank you very much my dear :hug:

Wondeful selection and honrored !:rose:
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`JamminJo Nov 30, 2012   Photographer
Hello :wave:

Wonderful article :love:

Another group that accepts darkroom photo's #Through-a-Lens
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