Newest Review: ... disorganised and occasionally late. It's good for complete beginners to experiment but read up on the basics first ... more
... because with a group size of about 15 you may struggle to get time with the instructor. There's no set program to follow, so you can experiment as you like. Two hours can seem a little rushed. My main gripe is that a beginner's B&W darkroom course should really have examples of the effects of printing pictures at different grades, burning, dodging etc. Although these techniques were explained, there were no examples to look at. Other gripes - students weren't told that certain film such as Ilford XP2 were inappr...more
Your £56 pounds (for Wandsworth residents, little bit more otherwise), gets you 10 x 2hr sessions in the darkroom one evening a week, which (unless someone can tell me better) is pretty good value. You pay for your own paper. The instructor was lively, funny and knowledgeable but disorganised and occasionally late. It's good for complete beginners to experiment but read up on the basics first because with a group size of about 15 you may struggle to get time with the instructor. There's no set program to follow, so you can experiment as you like. Two hours can seem a little rushed. My main gripe is that a beginner's B&W darkroom course should really ...
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