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Film Photography: Developing & Digitising Black & White Film at Home

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About Film Photography: Developing & Digitising Black & White Film at Home

Introduction & Overview

Black & White Film Photography Nowadays

Preparing Your Film for Processing

Loading the Development Tank

Chemicals & Equipment

Developing Your Film

Stop Bath

Fixing Your Film

Washing Your Negatives

Drying Your Negatives

Archiving Your Negatives

Digitising Your Negatives

Image Resolution & Colour Mode

Cleaning & Retouching Photographs in Photoshop

Tonal Adjustments

Sharpening Photographs in Photoshop

Saving Images for Print & Web

What Next & Conclusion

What You Will Learn?

  • Take full control of your film photography by learning to develop black & white film at home, and then by digitising and retouching your photographs in Adobe Photoshop..
  • Being able to develop black & white film at home can give you a lot of freedom and room for experimentation, and it's not as complicated as it may seem! All you need is a few chemicals, basic equipment and attention, patience and precision when following the instructions—and you’ll learn to achieve great results and never go back to a black & white photo processing lab!.
  • I am Dominic Righini-Brand, and even though most of my professional photography is digital, I still love chemical photography and shooting with black & white film! I first leaned how to process black and white film nearly 20 years ago when I was a high school student and have been doing it ever since!.
  • In this class you will learn:.
  • This class is suitable for anyone who is already shooting on film and wants to level up their chemical photography skills. To complete this class you will need a basic understanding of black & white film photography—you will need to be able to successfully shoot a black & white film to be able to develop it afterwards..
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  • I cannot wait to see you in the class and hear about your experience with black & white film photography!.
  • Contest:.
  • To celebrate the launch of this class will be running a special contest and giving away 3 photographic prints and one lucky winner will also get a 30-minute video call with us to discuss their photographic work! To enter simply watch the whole class, leave a review and drop us an e-mail or a message on Instagram or Facebook with the screenshot showing that you have completed watching the class. .
  • Entry deadline is at midnight EST on Thursdays, 12 October 2017, and the winners will be randomly picked and announced the following day, so good luck!.