Practical Darkroom

This second course in the black and white darkroom focuses on producing fine-art quality prints in the gold-standard medium of black and white photography: archival fiber-based silver-gelatin. Along the way, you will learn how to influence and control the structural and tonal qualities of your negatives and prints by thoughtfully choosing and manipulating films, papers, developers and toners these tools are the keys to the myriads of undiscovered looks and styles possible within the black and white medium. Diligent students will finish this course with gallery-quality mounted prints the entry point for an exhibition career. Basic Darkroom or recent experience with photo chemistry, film processing and colour head enlargers are prerequisites for this course. If you have completed Basic Darkroom at Langara, you may use the darkrooms during Open Studio on Sundays, starting Week 1 otherwise, you must satisfy your instructors with your competence before being granted this privilege. You must have a film camera (35mm or 120 medium format) and a light-meter (in-camera is best!) for this course.Prerequisites: Basic Darkroom or equivalent.