Color Darkroom Printing 101 4 Week Course (Oct/Nov)
Color Darkroom Printing 101 4 Week Course (Oct/Nov)
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This 4 week course will teach you how to make color darkroom prints on your own, by taking your own color negatives and creating one of a kind, full color prints in a traditional hand printing color darkroom. We will cover all the basics of color darkroom printing, including contact sheets, photograms, and beginner to intermediate printing techniques.
Prerequisites: Black & White darkroom knowledge. You must have some experience printing in a b&w darkroom. If you have never done this before, you can take any of our intro to black $ white darkroom classes prior to taking this class.
What to bring: Your color negatives. We will be making color darkroom prints from your negatives in this class. We will go over any additional materials to bring in class week to week.
What is included?
All chemistry and paper is included in this course rate. You will also receive a 20% discount for booking any hourly time in our darkroom for the duration of the course.
October 16th 2025 - November 6th, 2025
Thursdays, 6PM - 9PM
In this class we will cover the following topics:
Shooting film and camera settings such as aperture and shutter speed.
We will learn how to process and develop the film we shoot into usable negatives, taking the negatives into the darkroom to print them out onto photographic paper using a series of chemicals and red lights.
You will cover making contact sheets, making black and white darkroom prints, how to use darkroom chemicals, how to dodge and burn, and other traditional photographic techniques.
You will leave the class with a small portfolio of hand printed work, and a deeper knowledge of how black and white analog photography works.
This is a beginner class that is very hands on. Please come prepared to learn and be aware of what you are signing up for before making your payment. If you have specific questions about our class syllabus, please email us at info@gowanusdarkroom.com.
Due to the popularity of this class, we cannot not issue refunds any less than one week before the class starts. Once the one week before class mark has passed, we may be able to offer a partial refund depending on circumstances.