The Bristol Folk House is currently renovating and building a new darkroom space for 2023.
Learn the basic fundamentals of traditional black and white darkroom printing. This course includes understanding different photographic papers, how to use an enlarger to make your own photographs and ...
Starts: Tue 07 January 2025, at 18:00
6 Week Course
Course Code: BA33
This course is suitable for DSLR, Mirrorless, Compact System or Bridge Cameras only. Your friendly tutor will support you to use your digital camera, making sense of the camera controls and menus. Yo ...
Starts: Fri 10 January 2025, at 10:00
6 Week Course
Course Code: BA35
In this workshop, we will start by learning how to process a black and white film (35mm or 120mm), before making a contact sheet of your negatives. We will then select one of your pictures to enlarge, ...
Starts: Sat 18 January 2025, at 10:00
1 Day Course
Course Code: SA28
In this workshop, you will be discovering what street photography is, including its different styles and genres. We will cover understanding the myths around the laws and best guidance on the do's and ...
Starts: Sat 18 January 2025, at 10:00
1 Day Course
Course Code: SA29
Learn how to make stunning light sensitive prints using silver gelatine darkroom paper. Discover how darkroom paper works and experiment with using analogue and digital technology to make your own uni ...
Starts: Sat 25 January 2025, at 10:00
1 Day Course
Course Code: SA30
Caffenol is a black and white film developer whose active ingredient is caffeine. You will mix a film developer from easy to obtain household chemicals, including instant coffee, and use it to develop ...
Starts: Sat 01 February 2025, at 10:00
1 Day Course
Course Code: SA31
In this hands-on, beginner-friendly workshop, you will learn to create a beautiful Valentines card using Procreate on the iPad. We will cover fundamental digital drawing techniques, layering, and tex ...
Starts: Sat 01 February 2025, at 10:00
1 Day Course
Course Code: SA14
This workshop is suitable for DSLR, Mirrorless and Compact System Cameras only. If you have some prior knowledge of your camera controls or have enjoyed any of Lee's Digital_x000D_ Photography cours ...
Starts: Sun 02 February 2025, at 10:00
1 Day Course
Course Code: SA32
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 works ...
Starts: Sun 02 February 2025, at 10:00
1 Day Course
Course Code: SA33
Cyanotype is an alternative photographic printing process dating back to the 1800s that produces blue prints, typically using coated paper and light. In this workshop, we will be printing our cyanotyp ...
Starts: Sat 08 February 2025, at 10:00
1 Day Course
Course Code: SA50
The Bristol Folk House has a brand new, purpose built wet-based photography facility.
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