Portrait Photography Short Course

Details

Topics covered:

Through  lectures we look at the work of well known photographers, discuss their composition and style of lighting.

We review students' portfolios and project work in progress.

There is a focus on digital photography and we have  Apple IMacs, and  high end film scanners.

You can also work with film, and we have a darkroom for film processing, a machine for resin coated multigrade printing, and a wetbench for silver gelatin paper printing, but recently  most students have been working digitally.

Materials

Please bring with you to the first session:

• Your camera and lenses, and a notepad.
• Film if you are using it.
• Bring in examples of your own work to show on a memory stick - they don't have to be portraits - they can be any kind of photograph.
• The college also has 3 Medium Format Cameras that are available for use for studio projects (they cannot go out of the studio). If you would like to use these, please bring 3 rolls of Ilford FP4 120 ISO film

Please bring with you to the first session:

For those wishing to work with digital cameras:

• Most students use a Digital SLR. We don't provide digital printing facilities. Students can then get the images printed in a lab, or at home if they have a PC/Mac.

• In practice, those working digitally have their own PC/Mac at home and will print them there.)
• Students can use a college Digital SLR in the studio and then download the images onto a memory stick to take home.

For those wishing to work with traditional films and paper

• Film: a minimum of 3 black and white films: 1 x 400 ISO speed
• 2 x 100 or 125 ISO speed (recommended are Ilford Delta 100 or 400, or FP4 125 or HP5 400)
• OPTIONAL: 1 roll of Fuji colour 100 ISO film

Paper:

• 1 x packet of paper (25 sheets of Ilford Multigrade 9.5 x 12 inches)
• Bring your own 35mm cameras
• Clear plastic 'see through' Kenro negative bags.