Jim Fitzgerald and I will be teaching an intensive hands-on workshop on carbon printing at the Ansel Adams Gallery this coming October.

https://shop.anseladams.com/collecti...arbon-printing

This is an all-film workshop. Participants will have two photographing opportunities (an afternoon and a morning session) to use supplied 8x10s and film in Yosemite Valley, with help and direction from the instructors...and/or use their own cameras (up to 8x10). I will develop the students' film in the evenings (rotary, PyrocatHD) and these are the negatives we will be printing with for the workshop.

The workshop size is limited to 6 students to best work with the space and provide the best experience for the participants. I have been told that as of two weeks ago we had three spaces available.

Below is the tenative schedule to give you an idea how it will go...with many small tweaks possible depending on weather and participants' desires.

Wednesday, October 20

9am Meet at Ansel Adams Darkroom (behind Gallery)
Introductions
10:00 About the Carbon Printing Process
10:30 The first step: Tissue Making – we’ll pour tissues
Noon Lunch
1pm Photograph the rest of the day with instructors

Thursday, October 21

9am Meet at darkroom. Examine negatives from the day before
Sensitizing demo
Participants sensitize tissue for afternoon use.
10:30 Demo printing preparation
Participants start their first exposure (w/ pre-sensitized tissue)
Demo Transfer bath/Developing
Participants Process their prints
Noon Lunch
1:00 Continue printing (using tissue sensitized by students)
5:00 Done for the day

Friday, October 22

Time? Early morning photo session at Sentinel Bridge
9:00 Examine dry prints from Thursday
9:30 Sensitize tissue for afternoon use
10:30 Start printing with pre-sensitized tissue
Lunch and then more printing until 5pm

Saturday, October 23

9am Meet at darkroom. Examine negatives from the day before
Participants sensitize tissue for afternoon use.
10:30 Participants start their exposures (w/ pre-sensitized tissue)
Process prints
Noon Lunch
1:00 Continue printing
5:00 Wash and hang up the last prints, and plan to have all personal items out of the darkroom by around 5pm.