print development

Print development is a process used in film photography where a photographic print is created from a film or digital image. It involves exposing photographic paper to the image, then chemically processing it through a series of steps—developer, stop bath, fixer, and wash—to turn the latent image into a visible, stable photograph. The chemicals react with the light-exposed areas to produce the dark and light tones seen in the final print. This process enables the creation of physical copies of photographs, capturing the colors, tones, and details of the original image.