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Scan of a 5x5cm print from a pinhole camera. This came out of a soup package!

Pinhole Photography Workshop this Friday, 13 December!

Learn the most hands-on, DIY, back-to-the-basics approach to photography there is: Pinhole Photography. This Friday, 13 December at 11:00 there will be a workshop on making a camera out of a shoebox. Or one of those plastic just-add-water soup packages. The picture above came out of a soup package. Really.

The workshop will last about six hours, beginning at 11:00. Participation fee is 20 euros including materials – paper, chemistry, construction supplies – but please, bring your own shoebox or soup thing. I can only buy so many shoes. After going over the basics of why this works at all (essentially, a brief history of the camera), you will be guided through building a camera yourself, from the box and basic supplies. At that point we will go into the darkroom, load our cameras, and then go out on the street and shoot. We’ll develop the pictures right away, and we should have enough time (read: daylight) to do this a couple of times. In the end, participants can take home not only their own cameras but also the photos made in them and hand-developed in the darkroom. It’ll be fun!

Ready to Sign Up? Just send me an email.

Scan of a 5x5cm print from a pinhole camera. This came out of a soup package!

Scan of a 5x5cm print from a pinhole camera. This came out of a soup package!

Learn to develop your own negatives in the darkroom

Announcing: Film Development Workshop, Sunday 17 November at 13:00 in Berlin!

Analog Photography Berlin is pleased to announce The Real Hipstamtlc workshop on Sunday, 17 November at 13:00, where you can learn to exposure and develop your own black and white film!

We will spend an hour or two discussing the basics of exposure and the key differences between digital and analog photography, then we’ll go out and shoot in inspiring Friedrichshain. Coming back to the lab, we’ll warm up with some tea and then start developing film in the darkroom.

By the end of the day, participants will have exposed and develop their own film, and can take their negatives home with them!

The workshop will last between 6 and 7 hours. Participation fee is 20 euros including materials – film, chemical, coffee, tea, beer…

see you there!

Workshop participants enjoying the world through a twin lens reflex camera

Workshop participants enjoying the world through a twin lens reflex camera

The velodrom in Friedrichshain, Berlin. Shot on a disposable black and white camera

Learn to Develop Film, Friday 1 November 13:00 in Berlin!

Always wanted to learn how to work in a darkroom? Your chance has arrived! Learn the basics of black and white film exposure and development in a workshop in Freidrichshain, Berlin on Friday 1 November at 13:00. The Real Hipstamatic workshop is a chance to learn the basics of exposure, shoot on film, and learn to develop black-and-white film yourself in the darkroom.

Ready to Sign Up? Just send me an email.

All details are available here. Each workshop costs 5 euros (materials fee) plus a suggested donation of 15 euros to keep the water running. The workshop runs 6-7 hours, and is lots of fun. There will be coffee for the beginning and beer for the end.

Questions? Send an email. More information is available here,

New Workshop! The Real Hipstamatic: Film Development on 1 November

Strolling towards the Velodrom in Friedrichshain during a workshop

Strolling towards the Velodrom in Friedrichshain during a workshop

The next workshop on black and white film development has just been announced for 1 November, at 13:00. The Real Hipstamatic workshop is a chance to learn the basics of exposure, shot on film, and learn to develop black-and-white film yourself in the darkroom. All details are available here.

Ready to Sign Up? Just send me an email.

In addition, two other workshops which have been previously announced are taking place in November and December. During Printing from a Negative: Make The Magic on 15 November you can learn how to enlarge photos in the darkroom. Perfect if you have some of your own negatives or have attended The Real Hipstamatic and want to keep going deeper into film photography.

At the Pinhole Camera Photography workshop on 13 December 2013 you can learn how to make a camera out of things lying around your apartment. We’ll build cameras and use them right away, shooting pictures and developing them in the darkroom.

All workshops are held in Berlin-Friedrichshain on Fridays at 13:00, lasting about 6 hours.

Questions? Send an email. More information is available here,

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Workshop Announcement: Printing from Negatives and Pinhole Photography

Two workshops have just been announced: Printing from a negative on 15 November and Pinhole Photography on 13 December. All details are available here.

Printing from a Negative: Make The Magic on 15 November 2013 is a workshop to learn how to enlarge photos in the darkroom. This is what you know from the movies, with a red light and a piece of paper in different trays. Learn to do it yourself!

Pinhole Camera Photography on 13 December 2013 is a workshop to learn how to make and use a camera out of box. This is as hands-on as photography gets, essentially building a camera from household materials, then going out and using it.

All workshops are held in Berlin-Friedrichshain on Fridays at 13:00, lasting 6 hours.

Ready to Sign Up? Just send me an email. More information is available here.

 

 

Sign Up for a Film Photography Workshop on Friday 11 October in Berlin

The velodrom in Friedrichshain, Berlin. Shot on a disposable black and white camera

The velodrom in Friedrichshain, Berlin. Shot on a disposable black and white camera

It’s workshop time! This Friday, 11 October there will be a workshop introducing black and white film photography at 13:00. We’ll go over the basics of exposure, then go out and shoot for an hour or two. Afterwards we’ll develop negatives in the darkroom and then “scan” the negatives so you can see the fruits of your labor. The full workshop description is here. Spots are filling up! If you miss this session, your next chance will be in November…

Ready to Sign Up? Just send me an email.

See you on Friday!
Adam

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Film Development Workshops at Social Media Week Berlin

The film development workshops at Social Media Week Berlin were a huge success. There was a lot of interest in the sessions on using a smartphone to digitize and post negatives, and of course in the workshops on developing film in the darkroom.

Here are some photos from the workshop in the park, nothing like a grafittied-up old thing lying around to make for a good climb. Climbers-Post

If you missed us during SMW Berlin, the next workshop on film development is this Friday, 11 October at 13:00. You can sign up by sending me an email.

Workshops on Film Development
Here’s the kind of thing we were doing. We walked around the neighborhood in Friedrichshain-Berlin for an hour or two with cameras. This photo is shot on a Holga camera, Rollei RPX 400 film. After getting back to the lab, participants were introduced to the lab. The whole process of film development was explained – and then we did it. After a beer pause of waiting for things to wash a dry, we took the negatives out to have a look.

The upper shot is photographed on a smartphone. We laid the negatives flat on a viewing table and photographed them. After that, we could crop and apply filters in-camera to make it a positive image. That is the lower shot – the finished product, ready to be shared, posted, whatever.

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Like what you see? Please Share/Post/Like etc. You can sign up for a workshop by sending me an email.

 

The velodrom in Friedrichshain, Berlin. Shot on a disposable black and white camera

Three workshops during Social Media Week!

Come check out Analog Photography Berlin during Social Media Week 2013. There will be three, yes three workshops hosted by us.

Round 1: Monday, 23 September 2013 at Design Akademie Berlin is The Real Hipstamatic: Post Analogue Photos in 5 minutes. Learn to scan negatives using a smartphone!

Round 2: Tuesday, 24 September 2013 brings The Real Hipstamatic: Analogue Photography Workshop, a full-on crash course in analog photography and scanning. Space is limited here, please contact me.

Round 3: Thursday, 26 September 2013 is Street Photography Redux: Seeing With a Smartphone. We’ll go for an urban stroll with a handful of Lumia1020 smartphone/cameras that Nokia has given us for testing and do some street photography.

The velodrom in Friedrichshain, Berlin. Shot on a disposable black and white camera

Workshops During Social Media Week Berlin 2013

Check out Analog Photography Berlin during Social Media Week 2013, 23-27 September!

There will be several events during the week, where you learn a bit about black and white analog photography and social media at the same time. The question is, of course, how to use a photograph shot on film for social media. Well, I’m doing it here, for a start.

Social Media Week events are free and open to the public. They are a great way to learn, network, and grow.

On Monday, 23 September 2013 at Design Akademie Berlin is The Real Hipstamatic: Post Analogue Photos in 5 minutes. Here we will use a new fancy Nokia 1020 Smartphone to scan negatives, ready to post them on your favorite sites, be it Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Tumblr, or something else. Come on by, bring your negatives, and we can simply and quickly digitize them!

On Tuesday, 24 September 2013 there is a full crash course on on analog photography and getting it on line, called The Real Hipstamatic: Analogue Photography Workshop. Space is limited here, please contact me.

Pinhole Photography Workshop on 30 August

Join in for a workshop on Pinhole Photography on 30 August at 6pm. In this workshop we will turn a box into a camera. We will go over why a pinhole camera works at all, then we will build pinhole cameras. After that, we’ll load our pinhole cameras in the darkroom and go out and shoot. Of course, we’ll go back into the dakrooom and develop these pinhole photographs. This is an excellent way to get into the darkroom, to start with black and white analog photography, or to experiment a bit more. Check out more on this course and others or sign up by sending an email here.