If you didn't see this

Here is a picture of that tray I had to make so I could develop a big photograph. It was so much fun making a print that big. I couldn't do it by myself. Usually the darkroom is so quiet and lonely. No one uses the darkroom which I am actually glad about in a way. If the darkroom was always crowded it would have been hard to do this because I took up the whole sink with my tray and my enlarger was out in the middle of the room. I basically had to take over the whole darkroom and no one would have been able to be in there anyways. Or they would have been annoyed. I guess it's nice the school has another one. These darkrooms are so much better than the one at Mount Adams. That thing was like a little closet in the wall. So tiny. My class had like 8 or 9 people in it too. The darkroom was packed. Either way, I'm so glad Emily Momohara asked me if I wanted to print large because it was such a good experience. Having to lift big buckets of chemicals, having someone help me, actually being scared about the time in there. Usually I'm so relaxed and calm, slow moving, gently rock the trays to move the chemicals. Printing big I needed someone helping me. It was the best when 2 people helped. One person could be handling the tray making sure when we dumped chemicals that the tray got lifted up so all the chemicals would move towards the drain. Another person would help me throw chemicals on, and collect them as they poured out of the drain. This tray held 15 gallons of water and a little over half a gallon of chemical. Usually.....I will need 63 OUNCES of water and 7 ounces of chemicals. 63 ounces for an 8x10 and 15 GALLONS for my big print. It was awesome. I'm leaving the tray here too, in hopes that some kids next year say "hey, I can actually print that big?"