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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:

  • 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

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

    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!

    philter
     

    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!