A guide to the basic skills of black and white printing.
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“A
really great day! Darkroom printing is so much fun”
Sara, 2004 |
Printing
your own photographs is a great skill and it is fascinating to play
around in the darkroom with chemicals and light sensitive paper and
watch your photographs appear as if by magic. Learn how to produce
a perfect print from your negatives, rather than sending them off
to a mini lab!
You will discover how to make test strips, contact sheets and how
to produce quality prints. We will also explore exciting ways of manipulating
basic printing techniques that enable you to improve on your original
photograph. You will discover exciting techniques like burning and
dodging! Students will be able to assess their own understanding of
each process, and plan further study according to their abilities.
Course Overview:
Who is the Darkroom Basics course
aimed at?
Darkroom Basics covers the basics of black and white printing and
is ideal for both beginners and those wishing to refresh their previous
darkroom knowledge.
You may also be interested in some of our other darkroom classes such
as the Darkroom Introduction
class or Basic Photography, which
are also basic courses in darkroom skills for total beginners. You
may also want to consider a longer course containing camera and darkroom
lessons such as our Creative
Photography course.
Progression Routes
Darkroom Basics is also part of our Guide
to photography courses. Please see our Photography
Course planner for more details. You may also wish to go on to
learn how to make the most out of your photographs by learning how
to use your camera manually on our Camera
Introduction and Camera Basics or
learn how to develop your own film with Film
Processing. This introductory photography workshop will provide
you with the darkroom skills necessary for independent darkroom use
and to progress to our Developing
Photography skills Level 2 darkroom lessons such as Darkroom
Techniques.
When do we hold Darkroom Basics
classes?
Darkroom Basics is generally a weekend workshop
but may be taken as an evening course. Please see our Photography
Course Schedule for more details.
How do you join our photography
classes?
To join the Darkroom Basics course please check dates, prices and
availability on our Photography
Course Schedule page and then fill out our Enrolment
Form. If you are a group wishing to book the course please also
contact us through our Course
Enquiry form or call 020 7720 2891 between 9am and 1pm.
We only need three or four students
to run this photography workshop, so we may be able to create an extra
course if we have the demand. Alternately you may want to consider
attending a couple of one to one sessions, please see our One
to One Photography Tuition page for details.
Where do we hold
our photography classes?
We hold most of our photography courses on our premises in the Clapham
Leisure Centre, details of how to get there can be found on our Zoom
In Location page.
Zoom In is a small community based organisation details of which can
be found on our About Zoom In pages.
Please see our Beginners
Courses page for other introductory and beginner level courses.
Course
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