Private one on one lesson. Learn how to develop one black & white roll of film from start to finish, including:

• Loading your film into a light safe tank.

• Preparing and proper use of chemicals.

• Washing, drying, and finishing.

  You provide your own film. Chemistry is included. Length: 1.5 hours.

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Private crash course one on one lesson which covers:

• Learn about a black and white enlarger, chemistry, and proper darkroom printing and print washing techniques.

• Take home one contact sheet and one black and white silver gelatin print.

  Chemistry and paper included. Length: 2 hours.
  Students must have their own black & white negatives to print from.
  This is a quick class, please be on time as the topics will move very quickly. For a longer class, please take our GROUP workshop in B&W Printing, or take a look at our long form classes.

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Learn how to enlarge and print from a color negative and take home your prints.

• Learning about a color enlarger, color balancing, and color printing.

  Please do not sign up for this class without first learning traditional darkroom printing, as there is not enough time in the lesson to cover both.

• Chemistry and paper included. Length: 3 hours.

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To add any additional person to your private lesson, add this to your checkout items. We can accommodate up to 3 additional people per private lesson (just add 3 of these to your cart when you check out).

Learn how to take photos and use your camera. You may bring any still film camera of your choosing.

• Loading film into your camera and film selection.

• Camera basics: aperture, shutter speed, ISO, etc.

• Shooting film (35mm, 120mm, or 4x5, depending on your preference).

  Length: 1 hour.

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Continue your B&W Darkroom printing education with this intermediate black & white printing workshop. Learn more advanced techniques such as dodging and burning, contrast printing, and flashing. You’ll create anywhere between 1-3 black and white images from a negative, taking home anything you print during the class. Must have previous darkroom experience to take this course.

You provide your own negatives to print from. Chemistry is included.

This class is for darkroom printing only. We do not develop any film in this class. (See our FAQ if you’re unsure!)

Length: 2 hours

In this 2 hour lesson, learn how to make prints using the cyanotype process, which produces rich blue prints with brilliant highlights. We will cover chemistry mixing, print coating, and printing, and you will take your cyanotypes home with you at the end of the lesson.

Chemistry and paper provided. Students will need to bring their own print materials. Cyanotype is a contact process, so print materials can range from physical objects to large format negatives. If you would like to use a digital image, please send us the image at least 7 days before your class so that we can prepare a digital negative for you.

Private, personally tailored lesson with a teacher with over 20 years of experience. Learn the specifics of darkroom printing and hone your skills to a deeper degree. The lesson can be molded to fit your needs or interests, and can cover non traditional techniques as well as all of the classic darkroom tricks. MINIMUM purchase of 2 hours (change quantity to 2 or more when adding item to checkout). We believe nothing much can get done in the darkroom with less than this!

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A 3 hour lesson for those who have learned this process previously, but need a refresher course. We will briefly describe the film developing process, going over processing techniques and times and leaving you with a syllabus, though we will not physically develop film in this course. We will then make a few prints in the darkroom, which you’ll take home at the end of the lesson. It’s just enough to get you started again, but not enough to learn as a beginner.

For beginners, please sign up for film processing/printing private lessons a la carte.

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