[GH85Carrera]

That was better that inhaling that stink up close.

Several years later on OKC PD police officer called me on a weekend. He was the one that ran the photo lab for the police. They had a had a cop killed on duty, and they wanted the evidence photos to be perfect. Their processor had crappy chemicals in it, and needed a full flush and fill with new. So I want down and helped clean out the tanks, and mix up the fresh chemicals. When it came time to add the bleach starter, I told him he got to have that honor, and warned him of the odor.

We turned on the large exhaust fan, and he suited up like a SWAT officer, and used a full police grade gas mask. I stood down the hall and encouraged him. He said in training the are taught the proper use of a gas mask, and they are put into a room full of tear gas and with the mask, it is zero problem. He said the starter was a smell he immediately could smell thorough the mask. We took a lunch break and let the darkroom de-stink some. Of course it is all digital now.

He was an interest friend. He was the local PDs blood splatter expert. He talked about convicting the murderers with the blood splatter evidence making it clear they how they killed someone. We also shot (photographed!) weddings together on really big weddings.