#1001 The Art and Craft of B&W Master Class

Instructor(s): Bryce Denison

Tuition: $500.00

This six-week ten-session MASTER CLASS will take the B&W film photographer back to the glory days when the only way to make premium black and white prints was in the wet darkroom. Not anymore! Modern day ink jet printers can now surpass wet darkroom prints. Learn about how to see in color then convert your digital color image to a successful Black & White image. Learn about NIK Silver Effects (DXO) and NIK High Dynamic Range (HDR) programs. This class involves homework assignments, portfolio reviews, and field trip shooting opportunities during class. MPW will include instruction and access to high resolution scanners if some of your best work was done long ago on film. This premium class includes five weekend workshops: B & W Digital Infrared (#130), Fashion at Depot Town – Ypsilanti (#501), (Elmwood Cemetery and Heidelburg Project) and (#123) Digital Panorama Stitching. This all inclusive class is not just classroom theory and field trips. Students will print their images in MPW’s state-of-the-art computer lab making 13×19 exhibition grade prints suitable for framing or to put in your portfolio.

This four-week nine-session MASTER CLASS will take the B&W film photographer back to the glory days when the only way to make premium black and white prints was in the wet darkroom. Not anymore! Modern day ink jet printers can now surpass wet darkroom prints. Learn about how to see in color then convert your digital color image to a successful Black & White image. Learn about NIK Silver Effects (DXO) and NIK High Dynamic Range (HDR) programs. This class involves homework assignments, portfolio reviews, and field trip shooting opportunities during class. MPW will include instruction and access to high resolution scanners if some of your best work was done long ago on film. This premium class includes five weekend workshops: B & W Digital Infrared (#130), Fashion at Depot Town – Ypsilanti (#501), (Elmwood Cemetery and Heidelberg Project) and (#123) Digital Panorama Stitching. This all inclusive class is not just classroom theory and field trips. Students will print their images in MPW’s state-of-the-art computer lab making 13×19 exhibition grade prints suitable for framing or to put in your portfolio.

Wed Sept 10, 2025 First session – Class overview and expectations

Sat  Sept 13, 2025 #130 Digital Infrared  9-12 AM

Sat  Sept 13, 2025 #123 Panorama Stitching  1-4 PM

Wed Sept 17, 2025 Image Review and Computer Time and Digital vs Film

Sun Sept 21, 2025 #501 Fashion/Portraiture at Depot Town 10:00am-5:00 pm

Wed Sept 24, 2025 Image Review and scanning of film

Sun Sept 28, 2025 Field Trip to Elmwood Cemetery and Heidelberg Project

Wed Oct 1, 2025 Final Image Review and Printing