Introduction to Darkroom

Before you enrol, please be aware of the following:

All students must attend a minimum of 7 out of the 9 classes each term in order to receive a pass. If this is not possible, you will need to discuss this with your lecturer or the admin team.

You can request an extension from your lecturer for the final assessment, however, the maximum extension is two weeks. If you are unable to hand in your work by this time you will need to resit the class. If it is due to extenuating circumstances, please discuss this with your lecturer.

If your circumstances change and it is no longer possible for you to study, you have until Week 5 of term to defer your course to a following term within the next year. However refunds cannot be issued, and students are liable for all tuition fees as of the Term Census Date, which is the last Friday of the previous term. Fees paid are rolled over to the returning term. Withdrawals prior to the Term Census Date will forfeit the 20% non-refundable deposit paid.

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Important Dates

Term 2, 2022 Tuesday 7pm - 10pm - 03 May - 28 June

Term 4, 2022 Monday 7pm - 10pm - 10 October - 05 December

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Fee By Instalment

Afterpay is available for this course. Simply click enrol now and select it as an option at checkout

Don't want to use Afterpay? You can also set up an in-house payment plan by clicking here.

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Early Enrolment Discount

A $40 discount applies if full payment is made before the Term Census Date. This discount will already be applied to the online price, and flagged as on "sale".

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Duration

Nine weeks, one class per week, three hours per class. Students should expect to do an extra six hours per week of their own work.

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Required Materials

35mm film camera with manual controls

• All chemistry and consumables are supplied, but students will supply their own film and paper.

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Additional Information

This course is entry level and designed especially for the beginner to introduce them to film-based image capture and processing. Students will learn about all basic darkroom processes and printing.

“Don’t be afraid of the dark…room! Come and see the magic as prints appear before your eyes as you learn about black & white printing and film processing. This is a terrific class in taking an intuitive approach to making photographs and thinking more about your subject matter. Darkroom printing is also a very helpful method of understanding an image’s tonal range and contrast control, which will inform your digital post production work.”

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You will learn:

• B&W Film Processing

• B&W paper development

• Contact sheets and enlarging

• Test strips and print controls

• Contrast filters

• Dodging and burning

• Photographic retouching

• Print evaluation

• Toning photographs

• Basic window mat cutting

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Class types at the CCP

In the timetable dropdown box you’ll notice that each class will either specify if it is, online only, in-person only or mixed. If you select a mixed class you will get to choose if you would like to study the course online or in-person when filling out your enrolment form.

For more details on the different delivery formats click HERE

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