Learn how to use a 5x4 large format camera. The negatives are 5x4 inches (approx 12.5x10cm) and give very high quality analogue photographs, which can be printed in the Folk House darkroom.
The workshop will cover the operation of the camera, including the camera's tilt and shift movements which are used to control the focus, shape and perspective of the image.
The kind of things the camera movements can achieve are straightening of converging perspective lines, staying out of frame when photographing a reflective surface and controlling depth of field.
We will use paper negatives for speed of processing and maximising time with the camera, and will also look at how sheet film would be processed.
Materials provided.
Please be aware that the darkroom is a small space and this workshop will require standing. If you would like to dicsuss this further, please contact admin@bristolfolkhouse.co.uk.
If you need to borrow a camera, we have some available, please contact admin@bristolfolkhouse prior to the course or workshop start date for more information.
Please note: All 10, and 12 week courses have a half term break in the middle. For term dates please visit our Contact us page. We are not open on bank holiday Mondays and any class that falls on these days will be made up at the end of term.
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If a course has already started, please call the office as it may be possible to join after the start date. This may only be possible if the course is not already full, if it is not disruptive for the other students and you are aware that you have missed a percentage of the course and the tutor will not have time to catch you up. This will be at discretion of the Folk House. We run our courses termly, so it might be best to start at the beginning of the course.
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