John Whitmore from TheDarkShed – mullets, showers and darkrooms

Welcome to episode 96 everyone, really pleased to have you on board once again. Had some lovely guests recently and I’m adding another friendly person to the list. This time we are discussing the darkroom with John Whitmore aka TheDarkShed.

John discusses his life around the darkroom, children and all things analogue. He has his own youtube show and produces live + behind the scenes approach to making art. it’s challenges and ideas he has and shows us how to do this.

What I really like about John is his honesty, he tells you straight and makes mistakes, just like all of us. He doesn’t mind saying when something goes wrong and explains why (he usually gets there in the end).

He’s approachable on social media and can hear him on Sunny 16 podcast too quite often.

friendships & photography show
playing painting dev + pre fix
pictures of children
safety in the darkroom
the mentality of shooting film
lumen prints & grass
fixer thumb signatures
learning the incorrect way
pre fix + experimenting
importance of combining techniques
how to remove hairs from negatives
unusual way 2do large prints
the business of enjoyment
photographers vs artists
being multi-skilled

RESOURCES

The Darkroom handbook by Michael Langford – https://www.amazon.co.uk/Darkroom-Handbook-Michael-Langford/dp/0852231881

Gulnara’s handmade project – https://www.gulnara.com/hand-painted-19871993

Sunny 16 podcast featuring John – https://sunny16podcast.com/2020/05/31/ep-204-groceries-point-blank/

FRIENDS OF THE SHOW

Film developing – https://filmdev.co.uk/

Static Age zines – https://www.staticage.co.uk/

LINKS

John website – https://johnwhitmorephotography.co.uk/

John Youtube – https://www.youtube.com/c/thedarkshed

John Instagram – https://www.instagram.com/thedarkshed/

Phlogger Instagram – http://instagram.com/phlogger.co.uk

Phlogger photos – https://www.instagram.com/phlogger_photos/

Extra content

John has kindly sent us these examples of his work and loved this playing around with pre-fix.