want to know meaning of darks,lights,fumbling,extended development in that context.and main idea pls It didn’t always work this way. There was a time you had to get your hands dirty, when you were in the dark for most of it. Fumbling was a given. When you needed more contrast, more saturation- darker darks and brighter brights- they called it extended development.It meant you spent longer time up to your wrists, longer time inhaling chemicals. It wasn’t always easy. https://poetryisanemotioninwords.tumblr.com/post/91763687122/i-it-didnt-always-work-this-way-there-was-a and that is the whole context