Community Darkrooms, Syracuse's only state-of-the-art, affordable public access photography and
digital imaging facility, announces the launch of three new workshop formats to serve every need,
schedule and skill level, from beginners to hobbyists to professional artists and everyone in
between.
Single-Session Workshops consist of a three- to five-hour session to inspire, motivate and inform
participants about topics as diverse as good scanning techniques, maximizing the power of the
camera flash and incorporating text into photographic work.
For topics too involved to handle in a single session, Community Darkrooms has created Weekend
Workshops-two, three- to five-hour sessions on consecutive weekend days. Some Weekend
Workshops, such as "Self-Publishing Your Images" or "Political Expression in Digital Collage," can
be a great way for families or groups of friends to work on a photo-based project together.
And finally, Firm Foundations workshops run for five weeks, and these one-session-a-week
workshops teach everything participants need to know about topics including basic image-making
techniques in the digital lab, as well as the traditional color and black-and-white labs.
Not only has the format changed, but many of the new workshops are centered on themes of self
development or personal interests. These include topics such as photographing yourself or family,
looking at landscape photography and political interests, as well as street photography, among
many others. In addition, there are a host of technique-oriented workshops for both digital and
traditional labs, in all skill levels.
Registration is open and workshops begin as early as Feb. 2 and run into May. Visit
http://www.communitydarkrooms.com to read more about the workshops, download a copy of the
brochure and register online through the new online store.
Community Darkrooms, located at Syracuse University, provides photographers and digital artists
access to black-and-white and color darkrooms, a lighting studio and a digital lab with top-of-the-line
scanning and printing equipment. Other services include high resolution scanning and digital
printing services, as well as unique workshops. For 35 years, Community Darkrooms and Light
Work have supported the artist in everyone-from hobbyists to professional photographers-by
offering affordable facilities with valuable educational opportunities.
