courses: Analogue portrait photography & darkroom practice / building a project & portfolio
analogue portrait photography & darkroom practice £700 BOOK NOW
Building a project & PORTFOLIO £700 book now
analogue portrait photography & darkroom practice £700
This short course will introduce you to analogue portrait photography and basic darkroom practices. Over six weekly sessions taught by darkroom’s Phil Grey and sometimes White Lies bass player Charles Cave you will be guided through:
Making portraits with models outdoors in natural light, and in a studio using strobes
Making a contact sheet of your shoots
Discussing as a group which pictures are most successful and deciding which to print
How to print and fine-tune beautiful silver-gelatin enlargements of your portraits.
You will come away from this course with a beautiful small portfolio of portraiture prints and a grasp of everything needed to continue working in this field, as well the ability to print your work to a good standard in the darkroom.
This course is open to people with all levels of experience, but a good understanding of your camera(s) and lens(es) is highly recommended.
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Building a project & PORTFOLIO £700
In this course you will explore a project idea of your choice while also learning and refining your darkroom skills.
Over six weekly evening sessions there will be instruction and support in:
Camera functions and control
Film processing
Printing technique and craft
Concept development
Critiquing your own and other’s work
Making final prints
Starting by considering the work of established photographers and reviewing examples of your own work, this course will guide you through the development of your own personal practice, to produce a portfolio of well-crafted, black and white prints.
Through regular feedback sessions, you will explore how your ideas can be realised and brought to their best conclusion. The programme concludes with each participant making final prints of their best work to exhibit in the darkroom gallery space.
This course is aimed at participants with some knowledge of practical photography (rather than total beginners), and will enable you to produce inventive, high quality work.
The course is be led by Philip Grey, who studied at the Polytechnic of Central London and has since taught photography at a number of London universities. Phil’s history is rooted in analogue photographic practice often including long-form projects.
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The fee includes all chemistry plus photographic paper used for teaching purposes. Participants will be required to supply their own film (35mm/120) and black and white paper for producing final exhibition prints. Also included in the fee is a self-directed darkroom access session during the mid-course break.
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