How To Develop Your Own Film –

Justin Ouellette:

Besides offering you a more intimate role in the process, doing your own processing can possibly save you money and definitely save you time. It’s not difficult to do, and I guarantee that even a mediocre job will be better than the one done by most labs, simply by virtue of the fact that you’ll baby your film because it’s yours. Also, unlike a lab, you won’t be using watered-down developer from the lowest bidder, you won’t have to rush any part of the process, and when your negatives come out great you can take all the credit.

I’m not a photographer, but my sister is. She developed her own film all through school. Her lab was in our downstairs bathroom, and this how-to article reminds me of those days.