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Essential Black & White Darkroom

BKC @ Gowanus Darkroom 119 8th St , Brooklyn, NY

Who should take this class Are you a digital photographer looking to expand your knowledge of photographic technique and history?  Maybe you took a darkroom class in school and want to get back to your roots?  Is there something about photos shot on film that you love but can't explain why?  If the answer to any of these questions is yes, you should definitely check this class out. What you will learn The great standard-bearer of...

(325) All levels 13 and older
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$905

8 sessions

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Essential Portraiture (6 Weeks)

BKC @ 736 Bushwick Ave, Brooklyn, NY

ATTENTION: This class is offered with extremely limited max capacity of 6 in-person students.  Students will be required to wear masks during class until further notice.  Our classroom is well-ventilated and cleaned before each class session.    Everyone loves a good portrait. But in this photographic genre, there’s far more than meets the eye.  Portraits can be symbolic, iconic, flattering or revealing.  In addition...

(325) Intermediate 13 and older
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$409

6 sessions

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Photoshop for Photographers

BKC @ 33 Washington St, Brooklyn, NY

Photographers and other visual artists, as well as weekend shooters and people who want to know how to "photoshop" their faces onto their friends' faces. Without a doubt, Photoshop is the gold standard app for graphics and photography professionals, and used by countless artists, businesses, and groups that operate in every known activity. As a photographer, you'll need to be able to sort through the many features that will help make your photos...

(325) Beginner 13 and older
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$350

7 sessions

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The Analog Film Lab

BKC @ Gowanus Darkroom 119 8th St , Brooklyn, NY

This all-day intensive workshop will combine shooting, processing, developing and printing into one action-packed day. First we’ll meet at the Darkroom and we'll demonstrate how to properly load film and set up your camera. You'll get a refresher on shooting mechanics and using your light meter, then we'll each shoot a roll of film in the surrounding neighborhood. From there you’ll learn how to process the exposed film using a film reel and...

(325) Intermediate 13 and older
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$279
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Inner Vision: The Magic of Risk

BKC @ 736 Bushwick Ave, Brooklyn, NY

COVID UPDATE:  In the interest of health and safety, this class will be offered using an online platform.  Links to join the class will be sent to all registered students in advance of class start time. “What would happen if…?” This question lies at the heart of creativity, experimentation, and discovery. To engage with the creative process you have to be willing to get curious, explore, show up for the work and take risks. Without...

(325) All levels 13 and older
No upcoming schedules
$299

6 sessions

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Mastering Adobe Lightroom

BKC @ 33 Washington St, Brooklyn, NY

Beginners and experienced shooters alike can all benefit from learning Adobe's excellent photo management and post-production app Lightroom. Built from the ground up to suit the needs of professional photographers, Lightroom can greatly speed up your editing and image adjustment time compared to Bridge and Photoshop. If you use iPhoto to organize your images, you'll be amazed at how much Lightroom can help you better manage, edit and adjust your...

(325) Beginner 13 and older
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$180

4 sessions

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Essential Photography: Black and White Darkroom

BKC @ Gowanus Darkroom 119 8th St , Brooklyn, NY

Over 6 weeks we'll cover basic darkroom skills, including black & white film processing, test strips, contact sheets and negative enlargement. We'll delve deep into more advanced techniques like contrast filtration, dodging and burning, combination printing, print toning, hand-coloring and more. You'll complete printing assignments each week with included lab hours, plus a final project to be submitted to our regular Student Shows....

(325) All levels 13 and older
No upcoming schedules
$495

6 sessions

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Complete Analog Darkroom

BKC @ Gowanus Darkroom 119 8th St , Brooklyn, NY

Fully immerse yourself in the Analog process with this rigorous 12-week course.  From analog camera shooting mechanics in both 35mm and medium format, to processing film, to printing in both black & white AND color, and learning skills to adjust tonality, color-correct prints, formulate chemistry and use alternative processes to generate physical art objects. You'll receive a 3-month limited membership to Bushwick Community Darkroom, including...

(325) Intermediate 13 and older
No upcoming schedules
$1,095

12 sessions

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Digital Photography I: The Basics

BKC @ 736 Bushwick Ave, Brooklyn, NY

We'll be covering all the nuts-to-bolts aspects of exposure, shutter speeds, aperture, ISO, depth of field, motion blur, as well as comparing different lenses and the basics of composition.  Class instruction strongly emphasizes technical understanding, but we also hope to spark your creative expression and even offer a new way of seeing the world around you. This course features challenging exercises, weekly creative assignments, and thought-provoking...

(325) Beginner 13 and older
No upcoming schedules
$409

8 sessions

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Crash Course: Camera Basics

BKC @ 736 Bushwick Ave, Brooklyn, NY

ATTENTION: This class will be offered as a HYBRID class, with a limited number of in-person seats available in addition to Live Online Learning. This listing is for registration for our IN-PERSON class. Crash Course: Camera Basics is an efficient, one-shot introduction to digital photography, and a good place to explore the fundamentals of your camera.  We'll get you up and running quickly, showing you what's up with all the buttons and...

(325) Beginner 13 and older
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Crash Course: Color Darkroom

BKC @ Gowanus Darkroom 119 8th St , Brooklyn, NY

The class will cover basic enlarger operation, contact printing of negatives, as well as color filtration to balance out color casts and achieve a great-looking print. Additionally we'll discuss proper darkroom etiquette and safety so that you'll be able to use the color darkroom with confidence. In a few short hours, you'll be well on your way to creating luminous photographic enlargements with that extra magic that only analog technology can provide....

(325) All levels 13 and older
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$135
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Digital Video I: Intro to HD Video Production

BKC @ 33 Washington St, Brooklyn, NY

During the course of 9 weeks, you will learn how to set-up your camera to maximize its full HD potential. You will learn how to use the cinematic language to tell stories or create short documentaries. Basic lighting techniques, choice of lenses and equipment will be address in order to get the best results for what you want to achieve. Visual effects and sound techniques will be covered during this class series. You will be able to put what you...

(325) Beginner 13 and older
No upcoming schedules
$300

9 sessions

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Expedition I: Sebago and The Catskills

BKC

Join Alan Winslow and Justin William Lin on our first BKC photo expedition.  We’ll be heading north into the serene beauty of upstate New York, from the Catskills to the foothills of the Adirondacks, staying in stoic cabins and campsites close to nature.  Challenge yourself with daily on-site technical and creative workshops, hiking and exploring the landscapes and practicing our skills on the ever-changing natural...

(325) All levels 13 and older
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Essential Medium & Large Format

BKC @ Gowanus Darkroom 119 8th St , Brooklyn, NY

To fully maximize the potential of Analog, you've gotta go big.  Physical size matters in photography, and just as sensor size can have a massive influence on the way your digital photos look, film size is a huge factor in optical resolution.  In fact, you won't be able to find a DSLR that comes close to the rendering quality of a good large format camera.  To replicate the resolution of 8x10 sheet film, you would need a sensor...

(325) Intermediate 13 and older
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$475

6 sessions

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Essential Photoshop

BKC @ 33 Washington St, Brooklyn, NY

As a photographer, you'll need to be able to sort through the many features that will help make your photos better, without getting bogged down by the less relevant stuff. We've custom-designed this course to provide a practical guide to Photoshop that's specifically engineered for photographers. Move beyond the filters panel and learn everything from making basic tonal adjustments to creating surreal multi-layer imagery.   Try your hand at...

(325) All levels 13 and older
No upcoming schedules
$350

6 sessions

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Digital Photo I for Teens

BKC @ Gowanus Darkroom 119 8th St , Brooklyn, NY

Over 9 weeks we'll be covering all the basics of photography from how to control your camera, understanding what light is doing, as well as using lenses and composition techniques. Using fun and engaging exercises to build understanding, we'll combine classroom learning with camera work and creative ideas. Digital Photo I is a goal-oriented process. Students will learn how to use these skills towards their favorite type of photography and work...

(325) Beginner 11 - 16 years old
No upcoming schedules
$315

9 sessions

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Digital Photo for Teens: Telling Stories

BKC @ Gowanus Darkroom 119 8th St , Brooklyn, NY

Photography has many purposes, but one of its most powerful is the ability to tell stories.  People will always love a good story, and we believe learning to tell stories, whether personal, narrative or documentary, is critical to a young person's imagination and future.  In this 9 week class for teens, we are focusing on telling stories.  What stories guide us?  What stories move us?  We will discover some new threads, hone...

(325) Beginner 11 - 16 years old
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$375

9 sessions

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Essential Street Photography

BKC @ 736 Bushwick Ave, Brooklyn, NY

Street photography is all about accepting challenges: change your perspective, look closer, dig deeper, and express the world around you in a fresh and unique way.   In this class, we'll challenge you each week to develop ideas and explore framing and techniques used by classic street photographers like Garry Winogrand, Gordon Parks and Helen Levitt, as well as contemporary shooters like Zack Arias and Daniel Arnold. We'll analyze the...

(325) All levels 13 and older
No upcoming schedules
$359

6 sessions

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Embrace Your Curiosity: Creative Process Workshop

BKC @ 33 Washington St, Brooklyn, NY

Have you been struggling with your ideas or creative process? Do you feel creatively stuck and unsure of how to get unstuck? Do you simply want to bring more creativity and innovation into your artistic practice or life in general? Then this class is for you! Deeply ingrained in our culture is the belief that creativity is an innate ability allotted only to a gifted few, when the reality is that creativity can be learned, practiced and honed. Like...

(325) All levels 13 and older
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$140

2 sessions

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1 Day Workout: Color Calisthenics

BKC @ 736 Bushwick Ave, Brooklyn, NY

This one-day class invites you to think critically about color in your photographs.  We'll briefly overview the history of color photography, from early trials in 3-color process by Thomas Sutton to the digital pixel palettes of today's Photoshop world. Then we'll go hands-on, making photographic stories that challenge our interpretation of color.  You'll discover what makes a great color vs black & white photograph, and become familiar...

(325) All levels 13 and older
No upcoming schedules
$120
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