.....and when in that dimly red-lit room when a picture you have taken floats onto life on a white paper.... Can't express the excitement.... Almost like child birth.... A new life coming into being...
Yes, I remember that.
I also remember wishing it could go faster so I could finish the roll and go do other things.
I also remember how wrong temp, wrong mix and wrong exposure could waste stock and time and cause issues with the people waiting for their pictures.
Then there were the contaminants; a stray hair, some lint, a wayward insect...
Plus, even when everything you've done is right on the money, there's the occasional bad product which scraps the whole endeavor.
The smell, the cleanup and the storage room.
Digital is not only easier and cheaper and faster, you can quickly get the effects you want without ruining your pristine image. You can do things you can't do in a darkroom. Plus, you can do it with your phone while sitting on a nice warm sunny beach.