Project. Plan ahead what type of artwork you will be doing. Making a layout of your intended work will minimize a need for extra effort and cost. You will also be able to set time for contingency plans if steps you take go wrong. Of course chances of this happening will be greatly minimized.

Gather. After having made a careful plan, you now are ready to acquire needed devices and materials needed for your work. If you have made a good outline then you’ll have no problem. Otherwise be ready for Plan B. Just hope this doesn’t happen.

First of all this is a misnomer. You actually don’t need a darkroom. All that you need to have is a space for a printer and if you’re still using film, a film scanner. You need not set aside a large chunk of your time in developing your pictures since color and tonal adjustments are simple and precise. Although there still are complexities in colors using digital printing unlike black and white darkroom printing, print output of this new process is fast approaching perfection and quality is getting better.