15 Mar Making the Most of Black & White Photography (Both Analog & Digital) | July
Making the Most of Black & White Photography (Both Analog & Digital)
Date | Monday & Wednesday July 31 & August 2
Time | 6:30 – 8 PM
Location | Colorado Photographic Arts Center
1200 Lincoln Street, Denver, CO, 80203
Cost | $63 Member and $69 Non-member
Instructor | Ernest Nitka
Skill Level | Intermediate
Objective:
Students will learn the advantages of enhancing and manipulating both analog, and born-digital images into black & white through post-processing techniques.
Course Description:
Students will be taught to look at black and white images critically, from a historical standpoint and discuss how black and white images matter in the present artistic climate. Students will learn skills to manipulate and enhance digital files with post-processing techniques. These skills will introduce methods to to modify and enhance digital images and digitized film formats, allowing for more creative outputs.
A basic understanding of post-processing software (Photoshop, CaptureOne, Lightroom, etc.) will be necessary. If working with film, the instructor is willing to scan images for use in this workshop provided that the negatives are received at least one week in advance.
TOPICS COVERED
- Why BW matters
- Learning to see in BW
- Methods for converting to BW & tools for creative manipulation
Materials Needed:
- Film scans if working with film (instructor is willing to scan images for use in this workshop provided that the negatives are received at least one week in advance)
- Digital image files
- Knowledge of basic image-editing software
- Note-taking materials