Darkroom Access

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6.30-9.30pm | 18+ yrs
A Brewery Arts Darkroom Membership allows experienced and professional photographers the opportunity to work in a safe, relaxed, and creative Darkroom environment, to develop and print black and white photography.

Members have access to some specialist Dark Room equipment and are able to pursue their own work, with Liam Collins, the Dark Room tutor, present. The Darkroom capacity allows for five members present plus one supervisor per session.

The Darkroom Access Sessions is accessible to:
Professional photographers or those with proven experience who wish to develop and print black and white film photography. Users will need to provide evidence of their experience of darkroom developing and printing in order to use the darkroom.
Those who have successfully completed a darkroom photography course at Brewery Arts.
All users, regardless of experience, must undergo an induction session. Inductions take approximately 20-30 minutes at the start of a session and will cover darkroom and building safety procedures, and familiarisation with equipment. The induction is not a darkroom printing or refresher course.

What is provided?
Five enlargers are available for 35mm black and white film processing. The darkroom operates on a first-come first-served basis and enlarging bays need to be booked in advance.
One enlarger can print 120 (medium format) and 5 x 4 (large format).
Multigrade Dec, Stop and Fix chemicals are provided for traditional black and white printing and is included in the session fee. Colour developing and printing is not available.
Developing trays accommodate A4 size and 16" x 12" paper.
There is a Tutor or supervisor present at each session.