The black & white darkroom course course is aimed at creating laboratory professionals able to correctly develop and print, by using the best techniques and a proper chemical knowledge.
B/W photography is an alternative to color photography, both from a technical and an expressive point of view.
Printing in black and white offers almost the same creative opportunities as those present during a shooting.
LESSONS | 16, 4 hours each
HOURS | 64
CERTIFICATE | Certificate of attendance
PROGRAM
- Darkroom equipment
- general equipment
- film development equipment
- print equipment
- Black and White photography relevant authors: portrait, reportage, architecture, landscape
- BW film development
- general rules and principles
- development chemistry
- development technique
- set-up
- various format film development
- choosing the right equipment
- Print
- contact print
- enlargement
- exposure
- development
- stop bath
- fixing
- washing and drying
- finishing touches
- suggestions and recommendations
- Mistakes correction
- negatives weakening and strengthening
- stains on negatives and prints
- mistakes detection tricks
- lighting and shooting mistakes, improper equipment use
- problem solving
- Processing
- tonings
- Lith print
- theory of photo manipulation
- solarization
- elements of color print and of E6, C-41
- The Zone System
- definition
- film pre-visualization and contrasts
- film density
- negative development methods
- Zone System personalization:
- standard print time test
- sensibility film test
- film development time
- greyscale
- Special chemistry
- photography chemistry: personalized development, fix and toning
- inversion: from BW film to BW photographic slides
- measured solarization
- Technical information, finding the right equipment and technical biography
During the black & white darkroom course students develop and print a great variety of shots that will become part of their portfolio.
Students will be given a certificate of attendance with an evaluation based on their performance.