Arrival (after 3.30pm), tea and coffee served in the lounge. Dinner served in the Dining room at 7pm.

Presentation discussing correct and appropriate exposure for black & white film, meters and metering, and filtration for black & white film photography; understanding histograms, exposure and colour space for digital.

Excursion: concentrating on metering and filtration for film users, understanding exposure and histograms for digital users. The excursion will be to an appropriate location in the Lake District suited to black & white photography

Films processed with guests and negatives assessed, digital images downloaded, projected and assessed for exposure and composition.

Excursion: Another excursion within the Lake District, this may be an ideal opportunity for film users wishing to try out infra-red film. More advanced digital techniques can also be addressed.

Both days are split into six equal sessions, and guests have the opportunity to work on their own negatives in the darkroom or own digital files in the digital room with John on a one-to-one basis, covering the techniques of their choosing. These sessions may deal with basic black & white printing techniques, archival processing, split grading, toning for permanence, lith printing; or digital black & white conversion techniques.

Although sessions are all on a one-to one personal basis, guests are welcome to sit in to observe any other session. Time not spent in the dark- or digital rooms, guests can practise their photographic techniques out in the field.

All evening sessions are kept flexible in order to meet the wishes of guests, but can cover such topics as:

Projecting and assessing digital images for suitability as a black & white image. Digital black and white techniques, print assessment, print finishing, mounting and presentation, print discussions and lectures.