Introduction to Black & White Film Photography

 

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

    What Is Film
    Types Of Film
    The Film Scale
    Film Speed
    Film Cameras
    Loading Film Into The Camera
    Zone System Basics
    Metering For Black & White
    Camera Basics: ISO
    Safety In The Dark Room
    Film Development Process And Supplies
    The Film Developing Process Step-By-Step
    Storage And Organization Of Images
    Scanning 101
    Scanning Your Own Negatives Demo/Guidelines
    Enhancing Your Scans With Photoshop
    Dodge And Burn In Photoshop
    Using Photoshop Luminosity Masks To Work The Zone System
    Printing Options
    Printing Papers
    How Film Develops
    Film Density By Zone
    Film Pushing And Pulling
    Film Filters
    Reciprocity Failure
    Advanced Film Exposure
    Making The Analog Print
    Black And White Resources
    Alternative Processes
     
     
     
     

    Reviews

    • 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.
    • 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!
    • 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!
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