Photographer Benjamin “Ben” Perlin is skilled in film photography and advanced darkroom techniques. Benjamin Perlin favors the results of darkroom processing over digital techniques and continues to develop his work by hand. 

In the age of the digital camera, darkrooms and film photography are used less and less commonly. However, these traditional methods still stand the test of time, offering an array of benefits over digital tools and computer software. Consider the following arguments for darkroom developing.

-Film photography and darkroom processing force photographers to choose shots deliberately. There is a fixed number of frames on each roll of film, so photographers must carefully evaluate the lighting and composition of every single shot before taking it. 

-Many kinds of photographic film offer more tonal range than digital files. It takes many digital photographers several bracketed digital files to achieve the same range that can be created in a darkroom on film, especially in black-and-white photography. 

-Developing in the darkroom allows for mistakes, experimentation, and happy accidents. Something unexpected in the developing process may make a photo more interesting. Digital retouching methods with quick “undo” features generally do not allow for this degree of spontaneity.