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Black & White Film & Darkroom

Black & white photography: camera, film and the darkroom

Note: we also run a weekend workshop covering these skills.
This course runs over four Monday evenings, 6pm-8pm.
Starts Monday 15th October
(Misses Labour Day), Mon. 29th Oct., Mon. 5th and 12th Nov.

Please contact us to register your interest, as numbers per course are limited by darkroom space.

The course will cover:
  • camera control and basics for shooting film
  • developing film in the darkroom
  • making contact sheets and editing
  • making black & white prints in the darkroom.
Most people taking up photography this century will have started out on a digital camera. Marvellous tools that they are, there remains a great attraction to doing things the old way - silver-based analogue photography.

This course will uncover the mysteries of the darkroom, and you will find it's relatively simple to get started and add a new dimension to your photography. Anyone wanting to give their photography a lift should try shooting black & white film and experience developing and printing it themselves, by hand.

If you haven't used a darkroom for a few years, or decades, this course will provide you with a good brush-up on techniques. It is also suitable for those teaching photography as an art subject and wanting practical darkroom skills and an understanding of how the process works, and to pass on the knowledge.

Tutors: John Williams & Mark Beehre.


Course fee: $290.00, including GST.
- A deposit of $90.00 will be required to confirm your place.
- Limit: 4 students.
- Materials are covered by the course fee.
- 35mm film cameras are available for a nominal charge if needed.
- Please see Conditions & payment information before paying your deposit for the course.


Please email James Gilberd to register your interest.
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Photo: J.Gilberd
Photo by John Williams, learn black & whiote photography darkroom
Photo: John Williams
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