Workshops

At District Darkroom our workshops cater to everyone. Whether you’re wanting to refresh your darkroom skills or a beginner, each workshop is designed to teach the skills you need to work confidently in the Darkroom.

DARKROOM FOUNDATIONS 

  • Learn to Develop a black and white film

  • Learn to create archival prints

In this workshop you’ll learn the foundations of the black and white darkroom. We’ll cover everything from the multi-step film development process to creating archival black and white prints.

UPCOMING WORKSHOP DATES – Sat 29 Mar – Sun 13 Apr

Printing

  • Make a contact sheet

  • Create black and white prints

In this workshop you’ll learn the art of silver gelatin printing in the Black and White Darkroom. Our instructors will teach you invaluable skills, tips and tricks and ensure you leave District Darkroom with a contact sheet, at least two final prints and the confidence to come back and work solo in the darkroom.

UPCOMING WORKSHOP DATES – Sun 2 Mar – Sat 12 Apr

Film processing

  • Process a 35mm Black and white film

  • Make a contact sheet

So, you’ve been shooting film and enjoying the experience but you would really like to learn how to take control and get hands on with film development. Come to District Darkroom and discover what the art of black and white film processing is all about.

Bring an exposed roll of black & white 35mm film to class. (Not Ilford XP-2). And we’ll make sure you leave with all the skills you need to develop your films at home.

Please get in touch if you’re interested in a film developing workshop at a custom time.

Custom film photography workshop

Are you struggling with any aspects of your film photography? You might be shooting but not quite getting the results that you see online. Not quite sure what is going on and want to get some intensive help so that you can spend your big dollars on getting great results instead of slight disappointment. You might want to do a printing workshop or a foundations workshop but the days are just not lining up with your schedule. Do you want to improve your knowledge of exposure, lenses, film selection, push processing or anything at all about film photography? Send a message through on the contact form to organise a workshop on a day that suits you. One to one or special rates for two people if you bring a friend!

Special free 45 minute Darkroom experience

Would you like to find out more about making a traditional black and white print in the darkroom? Bring one of your negatives and experience the magic of the darkroom. We ran our first Darkroom experience on 26 and 27 October and had a really great time! Stay tuned because we will run another one early in 2025!