May Half Term - B&W Darkroom Photography - Putney School of Art and Design

May Half Term – B&W Darkroom Photography

This course is ideal for complete beginners who have never developed or experienced a darkroom before as well as those students wanting to develop film and print images from traditional sources as well as playing and experimenting with light

What The Course is About:

What will I achieve? You will learn the basic principles of using light with enlargers and timings. Learn to use chemicals to develop stop and fix images to create and build a portfolio of photographic images.

Materials Required:

What to bring to the first session: Bring a range of textures and personal objects that are opaque and transparent as well as solid for silhouette to use in the darkroom. If you wish to develop and print from negatives there will be options to buy film and photographic paper. This may be time to hunt out your old film camera to use.

Previous Experience:

Suitable for complete beginners who have never used film or taken a photo before as well as seasoned professionals who want to develop and print old school photographs.

End of course:

What will I achieve? You will learn the basic principles of black and white darkroom printing to attain the correct exposure and contrast for your prints. You will understand how to use the enlargers, and how to correctly process your prints using black and white chemistry. Using your knowledge of printing you will be able to manipulate your image by dodging and burning, or combine different printing techniques to create something more experimental.