This Digital Negative covers the following:

DMax & DMin
printer setup and guidelines
discussion on ink choices best light blocking
workflow + settings
correct scanning and evaluation negative calibration final tuning save ACV curve. Making changes

Access to water will be necessary for all courses
some materials may need to be sourced either from your local supermarket or ordered online. Segment 3 space that can be made 'light safe' DIY film developer using some household ingredients which will be fun and environmentally friendly learning a bit about photographic chemistry.

SEGMENT ONE
LO-FI DARKROOM
Here we will work out how to modify the space available to you to make a darkroom suitable for analogue printing which can additionally be used for film loading, and other processes. Basics off photography physics and chemistry will be covered in order to achieve best results. Attendees will learn the following techniques:
 Basic darkroom setup -Making the space lightsafe -Lofi paper exposure units for contact printing and for those more ambitious DIY enlargement setups which are simple and affordable. - Processing chemistry: making own paper developer. - Printing techniques: contact prints, photograms, shadowgrams, DIY paper negatives, cliche verres and solarisation. 

SEGMENT THREE:

CAMERA-LESS PHOTOGRAPHY

What fun can we have with black and white photo paper? In this segment Brittonie will guide participants on how to make the most out of new, old or fogged black and white photo enlarging paper. You will also learn how to best preserve and document these types of images. 

Attendees will learn the following techniques:

- Lumen Prints -- photographic exposures and impressions made without developing the paper.
 - Kitchen Chemigrams -- a fun way to use old and expired paper and or old and expired processing chemistry to make wild and beautiful creations allowing photography to crossover into other realms of art. -Solargraphs – they capture the sun's path across the sky over long exposures.


SEGMENT TWO

DIY CAMERAS

Grab materials around the house to make a basic pinhole camera which can be used with simple black & white enlarging paper to capture fun and unique images wherever you are. You will learn a bit about photographic chemistry while processing film at home. Basics of photography physics and chemistry will be covered in order to achieve best results.
Attendees will learn the following techniques:
 35mm matchbox pinhole camera which will accept paper or film - Simple fixed lens camera -Homebrew film developer with household ingredients that are fun and environmentally friendly. Which we will use to process the film in the matchbox.

SEGMENT FOUR
HISTORIC PROCESSES

In this segment participants will explore photographic printmaking using UV light and basic materials from things you can find in your kitchen to some elements you can easily order. These processes are a slow and simple way to enjoy the craft of fine art photography through the beginnings of the media with hand made and hand applied light sensitive coatings. Attendees will learn the following techniques:
- Anthotypes- environmentally friendly slow prints utilizing colors from plant juice -Cyanotypes- blueprints, toning and wet cyanotype -Salt Prints - using salt water and silver to create beautiful brown/sepia images - Discussion on combine process and history