Oct Half Term - Introduction to B&W Darkroom Photography

Oct Half Term – Introduction to B&W Darkroom Photography

This course is ideal for beginners who have never experienced creating images in a traditional black and white darkroom before. Students will be introduced to printing photographs and contact sheets from negatives, experimenting with light to create photograms, and how to print drawings and sketches using the Cliché Verre technique.

What The Course is About:

On this taster course, you will be taught the basic skills of using a photographic darkroom and the safe use of chemicals to create a number of images. You will have a demonstration on the proper use of darkroom equipment, and how to use an enlarger and timer, combined with various printing techniques to produce a black and white photograph. Using traditional and modern printing techniques you will be shown how to create high quality black and white images.

Materials Required:

What to bring to the first session:

Bring a range of textures and personal objects that are opaque to create silhouettes and transparent to create detail to use in the darkroom. If you have any old 35mm negatives bring them with you. Photographic paper is available to buy from the college. This may be time to hunt out your old film camera to use.

Previous Experience:

Beginners

End of course:

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