Weekend Analogue Photography Workshop - 25th and 26th July

Duration

Saturday and Sunday - 2 x 5 hours (10am - 3pm)

Dates

25Th July and 26th July

Fees

£149

Course Overview

Learn the whole process of analogue black & white photography photography in one weekend. From exposure and composition to processing your film, printing up contact sheets and making enlargements.

This course will equip you with the skills required to use a darkroom without assistance.

Summary of activities

Saturday –

Using a 35mm SLR Camera (Taking Photographs)

• How the camera works.
• Shutter/ shutter speeds and its associated effects.
• Aperture and its effect on depth of field.
• Setting correct exposure using the light meter in the camera.
• Combining Aperture and shutter speeds.
• Film ASA.
• Loading Film into the camera.
• Taking photographs, 36 exposure films.

Film processing (Developing photographs)

• Introduction to film processing equipment.
• Practising loading films onto spirals.
• Introduction to process room.
• Load films.
• Process films.

Sunday –

Darkroom Session (Printing photographs)

• Introduction to darkroom/ materials.
• Darkroom etiquette and health & Safety.
• Making a contact sheet of your negatives.
• Making enlargements from negatives (10” x 8”).
• Various printing techniques.

What you will learn

Workshop participants will gain:

• An awareness of how to use 35mm cameras confidently and competently.
• An understanding how to compose and expose analogue material
• An understanding of how to develop black & white films.
• An understanding of how to print black & white films
• The confidence to work independently in the darkroom in the future

About your Instructors:

Dan Burwood is a photographer and teacher based in Balsall Heath, Birmingham. He uses a wide range of approaches – documentary, portraiture, landscape – and techniques, to investigate and reflect on the contemporary world. As well as varied personal and commissioned work produced in the UK, he has produced bodies of work in Cuba and Syria and Brazil.

In 2012 Dan created Darkroom Birmingham as a cornerstone of traditional photographic practice for the photographic communities of the West Midlands and beyond. Shared ideas and practice, and the authentic engagement with individuals and communities that charactarises his own work, form the basis for working with Andrew to found Some Cities

Andrew Jackson - Is a photographer and lecturer (PGCE/FAHE) having taught at numerous colleges and universities. He gained a First Class Honours Degree in photography at Wolverhampton University and an MA with distinction in Documentary Photography at Newport (University of Wales). His work is held in The Garman Ryan Collection at the New Walsall Art Gallery and at The Library of Birmingham National photographic archive. He has had solo exhibitions at The Focal Point Gallery, The New Walsall Art Gallery, The Unit 2 Gallery and as part of a commission from the London School of Economics at The Atrium Gallery .In 2012 he was nominated for the Prix Pictet photography Prize. He is the co-founder of Some Cities CIC

Email: info@some-cities.org.uk

Andrew: 07790 962 689 Dan: 07779159217

Related Courses

At the centre of the Some Cities workshop programme is the modular Documentary Photography programme. Set across three connected workshops, learners will:

1) Researching, planning and developing your Photography Project course

2) Editing and exhibiting your photographic projects course

The whole programme can be purchased for £280 or each course can be purchased separately for £149

These workshops will inspire you to explore and question the identity of documentary photography, which in 2015, encompasses a range of approaches from ‘traditional’ humanistic approaches to more ‘fine art’ one’s which challenge the foundations of the practice.

Prerequisites

No experience of analogue photography is needed.

Equipment

You may bring your own 35mm camera on the day or use one of our provided.

All chemicals, film (one roll – 36exp) and paper are provided

Age

This workshop is open to participants 18 and above

Prior Experience

None

Numbers

Maximum number of participants is 6

Book your place

Concessions / Discounts

Discounts are available to the unwaged, students and OAP's - proof is required of your status at the first session. Please get in touch for the discount code.

Do I have to bring my printed ticket to the event?

Yes, either in printed form or downloaded to a mobile device.

Access

Please note: this course takes place in an upstairs room accessed via a staircase

Terms & Conditions

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