NEW Darkroom Creative Photography: Taster Sessions 14 Plus

The Darkroom Creative Photography Taster Sessions are suitable for anyone over 14 years old. If you have a passion for photography and photographic techniques, this course will allow you to expand you skills using traditional printing techniques.

What The Course is About:

The course will give the opportunity to use the schools B&W darkroom facilities to learn the basics of printing black and white photographs from your very own negatives but also allow you to experiment in with photograms, photographic prints made by laying objects onto photographic paper and exposing it to light. Through practical demonstrations, you will be able to explore the many possibilities that a B&W darkroom has to offer. The majority of class time is devoted to working in the darkroom and building printing techniques.

Materials Required:

Ideally you will bring your own black and white negatives already processed and ready to print but alternatively you can bring a black and white image, which we can transfer to acetate to create a negative. Through discussion with the tutor, you may bring in other materials / objects for the photogram experiments.

Previous Experience:

All Levels

End of course:

What will I achieve? A wider knowledge of what is possible with traditional photographic printing techniques and a confidence to experiment and to explore various approaches to pursue your creative ideas.