Platinum/Palladium Printing with Digital Negatives with Victor Ramos (In-Person Learning – One session)
- Saturday
November 7, 2026
9:00 am - 5:00 pm
Discover the refined beauty and extraordinary tonal range of Platinum/Palladium printing in this intensive, hands-on workshop led by artist and educator Victor Ramos. This one-day class introduces a contemporary approach to one of photography’s most prestigious alternative processes, using digital negatives to create finely detailed, archival-quality prints with exceptional depth and subtlety.
Tuition:$415 + $200 material and ink fee (Become a Member today and receive 5% – 20% off!)
Limited to 8 students.
© Photo by Victor Ramos
About
In-Person Learning
Discover the refined beauty and extraordinary tonal range of Platinum/Palladium printing in this intensive, hands-on workshop led by artist and educator Victor Ramos. This one-day class introduces a contemporary approach to one of photography’s most prestigious alternative processes, using digital negatives to create finely detailed, archival-quality prints with exceptional depth and subtlety.
Designed for photographers and creatives of all levels, this workshop provides a clear, step-by-step introduction to the platinum/palladium process. Students will learn how to prepare digital negatives optimized for contact printing, mix and handle sensitized chemistry, and expose prints using UV light or natural sunlight. Victor will guide participants through coating techniques, exposure control, and development methods that reveal the process’s signature range of delicate highlights and rich shadow detail.
In addition to technical instruction, the class emphasizes creative decision-making, including contrast control, image calibration, and tonal adjustment for expressive results. Whether working from digital captures or smartphone images, participants will explore how to translate contemporary photographs into elegant, museum-quality prints. Students will leave with completed prints and a solid foundation for continuing this sophisticated process independently.
Victor Ramos is an award winning fine art photographer from Los Angeles, California. Victor became interested in photography by watching his father take snapshots of the growing family with a 35mm Kodak camera. When Victor was 12, he asked to borrow the camera. His father never got it back.
Victor is experienced in using silver gelatin, digital, platinum / palladium, cyanotype and gum bichromate printing techniques.
Victor has exhibited in the US and internationally including exhibitions at The Los Angeles Center of Photography, the dnj Gallery in Santa Monica, The SoHo Gallery in New York, the Plaxall Gallery in New York, the Photoplace Gallery in Vermont, the HeadOn Photo Festival in Sydney, Australia, the Tokyo International Foto Awards, the Hariban Photo Awards, Kyoto, Japan, The London International Creative Competition and the Analog Sparks Competition.
His work has been featured, reviewed and published in the Lenscratch blog , A Photo Editor blog, Duncan Miller Gallery Daily Photograph, Fraction Magazine, L’Oeil de la Photographie and Digital Photo Pro Magazine. He is a Review Santa Fe 100 alumni and a Chico Review Alumni.
Victor lives in Los Angeles, California when he is not on a walk-about in some far away locale.
Details
- One Session
- Date: Saturday, November 7, 9 am – 5 pm
- Enrollment Limit: 8 participants
- Skill/Experience Level: Open to all levels
- Tuition: $415 + $200 material and ink fee (Become a Member today and receive up to 20% off!)
- Location: 252 South Los Angeles Street, Los Angeles, California, 90012
- Nearby Lodging: The Miyako Hotel – 328 E. First Street Los Angeles, California, 90012, United States, The Double-Tree by Hilton Hotel, Los Angeles Downtown – 120 South Los Angeles Street, Los Angeles, California, 90012, USA
- Not Included: Meals, snacks, bottled water and transportation (to and from the workshop location). Students are encouraged to bring their own food or order from nearby restaurants. Ride share apps or public transit are recommended for those without transportation. Students will be notified of food and parking options in the area.