Introduction to Black & White Film Photography
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:
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
LEO DE BOCK
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.
Texas Beauty Photography
Great class!! It's jam packed with usable information for anyone wanting to shoot, process, and print black and white images. There is so much detail presented in this class, I can practically guarantee you'll come back to it again and again. I successfully used this class to capture b/w photographs, process the negatives, capture them digitally, and finally, produce beautiful prints that I'm proud to show my friends and clients. This may well be one of the best classes on all of CreativeLive. Highly recommended!
user-661816
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!