This 9-week series of evening workshops has been designed to provide beginners with the basic principles of Film Photography.

This 9-week series of evening workshops has been designed to provide beginners with the basic principles of Film Photography, a discipline also referred to as Analogue Photography. During the workshops you will be introduced to manual camera operation, darkroom practice, studio practice and the production of black and white prints.

Film Photography/ Analogue Photography is a process whereby photographs are produced using light-sensitive rolls of film. The process uses chemicals to capture an image, typically on paper or film.

At the start of these workshops, you will be introduced to different manual cameras and their formats. This will mainly involve the use of 35 mm film and 120 medium format cameras. Participants are asked to provide their own camera for the duration of the workshops; however, you are invited to use any manual format.

Throughout the workshops you will be taught how to operate both camera and lens controls as well as how to produce correct exposure techniques. In addition, you will learn about the importance of precision with time, temperature, and the dilution of chemicals. Furthermore, you will be taught how to load films onto spirals ready for development -a technique actioned in complete darkness. Afterwards, using our darkroom you will learn how to develop your film whilst working under red light conditions. Using a device called an enlarger, you will be taught how to operate its controls in order to alter size, focus and contrast via different filters. Using this method, you will make contact sheets, enabling you to test various exposure times and contrast with the aim to produce your own black and white print.

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