Overview
B&W Beginners Evening Course
Thursdays 08, 15, 22, 29 February and 07th March 2024
6:00pm - 9:00pm
£190 / £160 (members / concession)
Tutor: Tiu Makkonen
A consistently popular course introducing you to everything you need to know to start shooting and printing B&W film. Learn the whole process of analogue B&W photography over the course of 5 weeks, from exposure and composition to processing your film, printing up contact sheets and making enlargements. This course will equip you with all the skills required to use a darkroom without assistance. You can use your own 35mm camera on the course, if you require loan of a camera please get in touch and we can arrange one for you. All film, paper and chemistry are supplied.
Course contents
Week 1 : 35mm SLR Camera
- Camera handling and how the camera works
- Understanding basic camera functions: shutter speed, aperture, ISO and their creative application
- Setting correct exposure
- Loading film (36 frames)
- You will shoot the film in your own time before the next session.
Week 2 : Film processing
- Introduction to film processing equipment
- Practising loading films onto spirals
- Process films from the week before
- Drying and archiving negatives
Week 3: Darkroom I – Contact sheet
- Introduction to the darkroom, chemistry and materials
- Darkroom etiquette and health & safety
- Making a contact sheet from your negatives
Week 4 : Darkroom II – First prints
- Making enlargements from negatives (10” x 8”)
- Various creative printing techniques, dodging/burning
Week 5: Darkroom III – Printing continued
- Recap
- Self-initiated, supported printmaking
Tiu Makkonen is a fine art and freelance photographer originally from Finland who has been living and working in Scotland for over a decade. Tiu has exhibited her work in both group and solo shows and currently works as the Facility Assistant at Street Level Photoworks. More info here