Darkroom One-to-One

If you’re new to the darkroom and curious about the possibilities or excited to refine some old skills, we are happy to offer one-to-one tuition for non-members, during our open access times. On Mondays and Fridays our technician, Emily Ryalls, will be happy to give you a focused learning experience.

The bookable slot can be tailored to the individual’s desired outcome and would make a fantastic gift to any creative friend or family member.

Within our one-to-one sessions, you can explore a wide range of traditional and experimental darkroom processes, or use this time for a supported photowalk around the city, getting to grips with your film camera. It’s a great way of learning something new, whilst tailoring the session to your needs and interests.

One-to-one sessions are priced at £30p/hr for non darkroom members and inclusive of chemistry (exclusive of darkroom paper, which is priced at £1.20p/sheet).

Alternative processes 
This includes a range of cameraless photography, such as chemigram, photogram, cyanotype, and lumen print. You could choose to focus on one or all of these processes within your session – giving a refined or expanded understanding.
Film processing
This is a great opportunity to develop your first roll of film, or to refresh some old skills in a supported environment.
Darkroom printing
Within the darkroom you could treat the session as a beginner, familiarising yourself with the process and techniques, or this could be focused on techniques such as dodging and burning, to get the best from your negatives.
Darkroom printing with digital negatives
This is where we can use digital images taken on phones/digital cameras and print them onto transparencies to allow for darkroom printing. It’s a great opportunity to experience our darkroom, without needing any film!
Photowalk
Take a walk around the city with our darkroom technician, focusing on approaches to image making and getting to grips with your film camera. You could then look at pairing this with some film processing back at the darkroom.
Zine making/photobook sequencing
This is a great opportunity to refine a dummy book that you might be working on.

One-to-One

  • £30 p/hr (including chemistry usage but not including paper and negative sleeves etc… )
  • Monday 10:00–14:00 & Friday 10:00 – 14:00
  • Sessions are either 1 or 2 hours

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