Art Black & White Photography 9/2/21

Black and White Is New Again! A Digital Photography Workshop

Black and white photography is making a comeback in a big way. Camera manufacturers are even producing digital cameras that only shoot monochrome images. It seems that what’s old is new again. Except this time around, we don’t have to be in the darkroom for hours with our hands smelling of processing chemicals. It’s now fairly easy to create a beautiful black and white photograph from the right color digital file and have tremendous control over the tonal quality of the final images.

To many, black and white evokes nostalgia, even romance. Some consider the form the ideal of fine art photography. With today’s digital technology, creating black and white images can be fun and creatively rewarding, but also challenging. Let professional photographer Scott Dressel-Martin lead you through the process of producing visually stunning black and white images. In this class, learn how to see in black and white, including how to interpret the color world in terms of line, form and tone in order to identify appropriate subjects for interesting black and white compositions. Learn the basics of using Adobe Lightroom and Photoshop, two powerful software programs, to process images into dynamic monochromatic statements. Between sessions you can take your newly learned skills and shoot fresh images on your own. Back in the virtual classroom, enjoy a short group critique of some of your images, see what works, what doesn’t and how you might expand your skills in the future. Come away with the eye to look at subjects in a different way and the skills to create beautiful, tonally rich images for screen or print. Please note: This is a digital photography class and will not investigate film-based options.

Three Zoom sessions

Thur., Sept. 2, 9, 23, 2021, 6:30–8:30 pm MT

ENRICH 0523 / $105

Scott Dressel-Martin is the author of Light Grows the Garden: The Denver Botanic Gardens. As a photographer and filmmaker, Scott has photographed around the world. He began his career in photojournalism and has been published internationally. He is the official photographer of the Denver Botanic Gardens, and he also helps a select group of institutions promote their missions and tell relevant and moving stories.

All photos by Scott Dressel-Martin