I'm fully vaxxed, as were all of my students at the Photographers Formulary in this past July. Sorry to hear yours got cancelled as it was an opportunity to learn from a master how to print using in-camera negatives.
I had some absolutely outstanding students that mastered digital negatives from the ground up (selecting inks, linearization and fine tuning), glop making/tissue making, sensitizing/mating/developing and finishing prints as well as how to properly size art paper. Students had access to the facilities for 24 hours a day over 5.5 days and most were working late into the evenings.
The facilities are outstanding (we used all three huge darkrooms - one for exposing/making/pouring glop, one for drying sensitized tissue and poured tissues in the dark, and one for sensitizing and developing. It has a full classroom, a break area and a dining room where Lynn and her crew prepared fabulous meals. On site housing just a short stroll out back, and a fully stocked warehouse of everything alt-process to buy and bring home. All the students came away with several beautiful prints from their negatives. I was impressed with their dedication to learning.
L-R owners Bud/Lyn, Nikos, Joel,Dan,Doug, Don
Sadly no one came with in-camera negatives but we could have done those too (just a matter of matching the sensitizer amount to the negative. I love printing my 7x17 and 12x20 negatives but with film costs these days (gee I remember when a box of 12x20 TriX was only $47.....). I usually use medum format digital - GFX100 and Arca Swiss Rm3di/Hasselblad907x back.
Lets hope next year is better. There is nothing like Yosemite in the fall for making some images (non waterfall of course)!
Don Nelson
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