For many of us the current revival of film photography is limited to shooting film which is then scanned or, at best, to commissioning prints from a lab. While this works fine for many purposes, it also takes much, if not most of the magic of film photography away. After all, it is the very process of enlarging your image and making a darkroom print that is the most magical part of shooting film. Still, many of us hesitate to delve into traditional printmaking because they fear they lack the necessary knowledge or that it is a complex process requiring expensive, specialist equipment and large space. If you are one of the photographers who would like to experience the real magic of darkroom work, we have prepared an online workshop for you that will demystify the process. The four hour long online workshop will address all issues connected with beginning to make your own enlargements so as to provide participants with information and skills required to start their own darkroom work. The programme includes: an introduction to the process with detailed explanation of each step an introduction to creating your own darkroom an overview of materials used in the darkroom including their availability and prices an overview of the necessary/useful equipment and of the technical requirements of the process learning to make contact prints an introduction to image manipulation in the darkroom a presentation of all the steps involved in making a black and white silver gelatin print an introduction to re-touching black and white prints an introduction to archival processing There will also be ample time for discussions and question...
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