Confusion-&Lots of Choices

I haven't made much progress with my enlarger since I don't have a dedicated darkroom space. Plus, I've been pretty busy with school. I've only turned it on and off a couple of times, the enlarger seems fine, just dusty. Well, except for one thing; it makes a loud humming noise when I turn on the enlarging light. Apparently the enlarger is in condenser mode (thankfully), but the loud noise is a bit disconcerting. I hope maybe once I blow out the dust, this problem will go away. Otherwise, I don't know what I'll do. But who knows if I'll ever get a darkroom here. I may be setting it up in my apartment when I move out to Portland.


Now on to developing film. I know that different developers have different effects on the film. I just don't know which do what. I guess I'll look into those Darkroom Cookbook books, I haven't yet because I thought they were outdated. But the knowledge would be beneficial. I really want to understand everything that I can in every aspect of photography so I can be a knowledgeable teacher in the future.