DPD01 – Introduction to Black and White Darkroom

Description

This course is a great introduction to film development and printing were you will gain an excellent basic grounding enabling you to work independently in the darkroom.

You will:

-Learn Darkroom safety and how to use equipment and mix chemicals

-Create photograms

-Develop and store black and white film

-Make contact sheets and test prints

-Use multi-grade filters in printing and produce high quality black and white prints.

The Darkroom will provide all chemicals needed for the duration of the Course and paper for the first 2 weeks. The cost of the course includes one free 3hr session in the darkroom, which can be taken after the courses is finished

Requirements

Students must be able to use a manual or automatic film camera to produce a well-exposed black and white film (35mm, 120 or 5×4 format).