Introduction to Black & White Film Photography

Class Description

The world of black & white photography is more than just “black and white.” With film photography you can control and create dynamic and detailed images that are timeless. Photographer, artist and educator Daniel Gregory will demonstrate how black and white photography can allow you to be more creative with your work. He’ll show the different types of film and how to meter for black & white as well as how you can get into the development process. This class will be your introduction into truly creating a photo from capture through print in the most hands on way.

You’ll learn:

Types of Film and how they impact the overall look

Zone System Basics

Metering for Black & White Film

Film Chemistry and development techniques

Safety and Storage for working with chemicals

Scanning your own negatives

How to push and pull film

Advanced exposure techniques and utilizing the zone system

Get hands on with your photography by learning to shoot with black and white film and learn techniques that you can bring into your digital workflow that ultimately will make you a stronger and more confident photographer.

Lessons

1What Is Film
2Types Of Film
3The Film Scale
4Film Speed
5Film Cameras
6Loading Film Into The Camera
7Zone System Basics
8Metering For Black & White
9Camera Basics: ISO
10Safety In The Dark Room
11Film Development Process And Supplies
12The Film Developing Process Step-By-Step
13Storage And Organization Of Images
14Scanning 101
15Scanning Your Own Negatives Demo/Guidelines
16Enhancing Your Scans With Photoshop
17Dodge And Burn In Photoshop
18Using Photoshop Luminosity Masks To Work The Zone System
19Printing Options
20Printing Papers
21How Film Develops
22Film Density By Zone
23Film Pushing And Pulling
24Film Filters
25Reciprocity Failure
26Advanced Film Exposure
27Making The Analog Print
28Black And White Resources
29Alternative Processes

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I am really fond of Daniel Gregory as a teacher. He does a great job. To me, his enthousiasm, his passion for and his dedication to film photography are infectuous. It's great that CreativeLive makes place for film photography and for such a pro teaching it. It can never do so enough for me. Thanks. I am a fan.

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This is an excellent course and Daniel is a great teacher! I'm coming back to shooting film and darkroom work after 20 years away. I have some wonderful film cameras sitting in my cabinet and I decided I wanted to use them--so I have decided to shoot BW with film, and shoot color with my digital cameras. I will develop the BW film myself and scan and print digitally. This class is perfect for me!

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Daniel is on fire! He gets better as the day gets longer. This is like being read a book by the author all in one day. Almost zero wasted words. Really intense—way beyond an intro course—and I loved every bit of it. Thanks, Daniel, and thanks, CL!