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Darkroom Playground
$85.00 – $100.00
A 2-Day Workshop
Thursday, May 29th and June 5th, 2025
6:00 – 8:30 PM
16+
A 2-Day Photography Class for Ages 16+
This advanced darkroom class is for the truly enthusiastic darkroom lover who finds passion in the dark and hates to see the lights go on. Designed for those who know black and white darkroom printing basics but want to take their knowledge further. This class will include tools and techniques for making good prints better using contrast control and dodging and burning as well as playful techniques such as selective development, solarizing, paper negatives, and much more.
Supplies Included. Students only need to bring a set of negatives to each class.
Workshop Location
CEPA Gallery Learning Center
Limited Availability
This workshop is limited to 8 participants.
Date & Time
Thursday, May 29th and June 5th, 2025
6:00 – 8:30 PM
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Additional Information
| Register for the Class: | Individual: $100.00, CEPA Member: $85.00 |
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Meet the Teaching Artist
Meet the Teaching Artist
Kim has been teaching and sharing her love of the black and white darkroom since 1990, first in Madison, WI as a mini-course instructor at the University of Wisconsin at Madison and then at the Center for Photography at Madison (which she co-founded).
She moved to Greenville, SC in 2002 and founded, directed and taught at the WestEnd Darkoom Photo School and worked full-time at the Metropolitan Arts Council, a non-profit arts organization advocating and supporting the thriving arts community in Greenville. She has exhibited her work widely around the Midwest and in Upstate South Carolina. She moved to Buffalo in late summer 2017 and looks forward to being part of CEPA and Buffalo’s vibrant photography community. And until she gets a darkroom set up in her Elmwood Village home, CEPA’s darkroom will become her beloved creative space.
She shoots primarily with homemade pinhole and 1960’s plastic toy cameras and says that the fun of shooting low-tech is the unpredictability of the resulting images, images that cannot be choreographed or reproduced and are only discovered later in the darkroom.
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Membership
$25.00 – $2,500.00Join CEPA Gallery and Big Orbit today and become a member of one of the most dynamic and important arts organizations in Western New York.
Membership is the best way to stay informed about upcoming exhibits, special events, classes, and other activities at CEPA Gallery and Big Orbit. It’s also the best way to support our mission and the amazing work we do for the Greater Buffalo community!
Join today and enjoy a number of member benefits, including:
- Inclusion in mailing list (email newsletter and mailings)
- Opportunity to participate in the Annual Members’ Exhibits and win an annual solo Exhibition Award.
- Access to the CEPA photography archive and reference library
Membership Levels
Sponsor a Student | Add a $25 Donation to Any Membership Level
Join us in supporting the newest members of the arts community in Buffalo by providing a passionate high school or college student a year of access to CEPA’s nationally recognized facilities, resources, and mentorship to help set them up for success in the arts.- After you add a Membership to your cart, go to Donate to CEPA and add a $25 donation to sponsor a student
Student Membership | $25
High school, college, and graduate students are eligible for this membership level. Includes invitations to exclusive workshops hosted by CEPA for individuals who are looking at going into a creative field. Topics include: resume building, grant writing, and more!- Free access to CEPA’s facilities, labs, resources, and staff support
- Free portfolio review with CEPA staff
- Discounts on workshops
Individual Membership | $40
- Free portfolio review with CEPA staff
- Discounts on workshops
- Discounted rates for darkroom, digital lab and photo studio
Family Membership | $100
- Individual membership for up to four members of the same household
- 50% off one workshop or summer camp for an individual in the household
- Discounts on workshops
- Discounted rates for darkroom, digital lab and photo studio
Lab Membership | $75
- 12 Hours of free Lab (Darkroom/Digital) time.
- One free hour of instruction.
- Discounts on workshops.
- Discounted rates for darkroom, digital lab and photo studio.
Arts Professional Membership | $150
- 24 Hours of free Lab (Darkroom/Digital) time
- 10% Discount at Delaware Camera
- One free hour of instruction or free portfolio review.
- Discounts on workshops
- Discounted rates for darkroom, digital lab and photo studio
Collector Membership | $250
Whether you’re a photographer or a passionate viewer, this tier provides exclusive access to everything CEPA has to offer! Collectors receive all benefits of the Arts Professional level, as well as the following:- Private curator tour for up to 2 exhibits per year
- Free print of your choice from CEPA’s Visions of Greater Buffalo Collection
- 24 Hours of free Lab (Darkroom/Digital) time
- 10% Discount at Delaware Camera
- One free hour of instruction or free portfolio review.
- Discounts on workshops
- Discounted rates for darkroom, digital lab and photo studio
Patron of the Arts | $2,500
Be recognized publicly as a Patron of the Arts on our Sponsors webpage and in all our newsletter for a year!
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Learn Your Digital Camera
$90.00 – $120.00A 2-Day Class
Friday, January 31st and February 7th
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Ages 13+A 2-Day Photography Class for Ages 13+
Designed specifically for beginner photographers, this course will walk you through the essentials of how to use your digital mirrorless/SLR camera and all the key functions. Take a deep dive and become more comfortable with your camera, perfect for someone who has recently acquired a camera but hasn’t learned it inside and out yet.
You will learn photography tips about everything from shutter speed to aperture, depth of field to ISO. You will get a primer on how to compensate for bad lighting and how to compose your shot for maximum effect and better photos. By the end of the course, you‚ will be ready to take your photography skills to the next level and continue your education with a more advanced photography course.
This class will help you:
- Learn the most essential functions of your camera
- Gain confidence in putting new features into action
- Understand basic photographic terminology including the rule of thirds and the exposure triangle
- Get a solid understanding of lighting and composition techniques
- Figure out how to position yourself and your subject for optimal results
- Learn to take great photos with the camera you have without extra gear.
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CEPA Learning Center
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Friday, January 31st and February 7th
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Studio Lighting
$100.00 – $120.00A 1-Day Class
Saturday, February 22nd
12:30 pm–4:00 pm
Ages 16+A 1-Day Photography Class for Ages 16+
If you’re new to studio lighting, it is easy to get intimidated by the amount of stuff you have to learn. In this hands-on class, you’ll start to learn the complexities of controlling light in a controlled space. CEPA will provide studio space and equipment, introducing you to some of the most basic studio lighting equipment and terms you will need to navigate a photography studio.
A model will be on site for hands on experience working in a real studio setting.
Class is taught by one of CEPA’s veteran instructors – Piotr Meszynski (see more about Peter below). By the end of the lab session, you’ll have the skills to tackle any type of indoor shoot, whether it’s in a huge warehouse or your spare bedroom.
In this class you will learn how to:
· Set your ISO, shutter speed and aperture.
· Understand depth of field and shooting groups.
· Use all sorts of flashes, including strobes and hot shoe flashes, as well as modifiers.
· Build your studio and buy the right gear for the right price.Location
CEPA Education Center
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Saturday, February 22nd
12:30 pm – 4:00 pmJoin CEPA Today and Save!
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Platinum Palladium Printing
$130.00 – $155.00A 1-Day Class
Saturday, April 12th
10:30am–1:30pm
Ages 16+A Photography Class for Ages 16+
Platinum Palladium was a favorite of early Pictorial photographers, and is still one of most highly regarded fine art printing techniques for it’s delicate and wide tonal range, abilty to control contrast and warmth, and for it’s archival properties. Platinum prints are considered to be the most archival and durable of all traditional printing techniques, having been time tested, the chemistry is extremely stable and will last as long as the paper it’s printed on – for 100’s and 100’s of years.
As Platinum Palladium is a more expensive and advanced process we recommend starting with the Intro to Digital Negatives and Cyanotype class if you’re new to Alt Process photography. This is a hybrid digital/analog class and will briefly touch on many of the same steps as the Intro class, but go much more indepth for considerations specific to Platinum – controlling contrast/warmth via drop count, paper preparation and humidification, and more.
You do not need a darkroom, the entire process can be replicated at home or in a classroom.
Supplies are included. Students only need a digital image.
Please call or email info@cepagallery.org if you have questions.
Workshop Location
CEPA Learning Center
Limited Availability
This class is limited to 8 participants.
Dates & Times
Saturday, April 12th
10:30am–1:30pmJoin CEPA Today and Save!
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