Be the camera: titled as such, as that is what it aims to achieve. The scope of this series of workshops, which ranges from beginner to advanced levels, is to make the photographer the key element in the work created. This workshop focuses on analogue photography, how to take photos, read light, develop your film and close the process by creating a silver gelatin print.
Coming Up Workshops:
From the 2nd August - 4th August
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Location: ChristineX Art Gallery, Sliema
Requirements: A 35mm Camera (preferably).
Division of Workshop: 3 days
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Dates and Time:
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Friday 2nd August: 7pm - 9pm
Saturday: 3rd August: 8am onwards
Sunday 4th August: 8am onwards
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Prices:
€285 ( weekend workshop.. Film, Chemicals and Paper provided)
A deposit of a €100 is to be paid on booking your slot.
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​Workshop overview:
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Day 1:
Introductions and an overview of the history of photography and some of the most influential photographers of our time.
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Day 2:
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Part 1
This session covers camera body types, lenses, settings, reading light and the three key features you need to understand to be in control of the images you're producing. This part also covers different types of film, an overview of black and white, as well as colour photography, and a discussion of composition.
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Part 2:
We shall leave the studio load our cameras with film and shoot. The objective of this session is to put all the topics discussed in our previous sessions into practice.
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Part 3
Film Developing: How to load film in tanks, prep your chemicals, and develop your black and white film.
Day 3
Printing in a darkroom from start to finish. Here, we shall divide ourselves into small groups and work together in a darkroom, making a printout of one of the negatives produced the day before.
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After the workshop is complete, we shall agree on a day to meet, discuss the workshop and, more importantly, collect the print and certificate.
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