Colour Darkroom: Introduction to Print Making

We’ve swapped set dates for total flexibility!

To book your darkroom course, just let us know your preferred dates via the form below. We'll be in touch to handle the rest.

The aim of this one on one course is to introduce you to the process of colour analogue print making while teaching you the fundamentals that will enable you to make your own hand prints.

We will begin with a tour of the darkroom and an introduction to the enlargers, print processor and RA4 chemicals. We will then make a contact sheet while exploring each of the variables associated with colour hand printing.

After a coffee / lunch break we will make full prints. The goal by the end of the day is to make two / three prints, with you working independently on the last.

You will need to bring shot and processed colour negatives. Everything needed to make a contact sheet and prints will be provided.

This course includes a follow-up day where you'd get access to the darkroom to print on your own (with technical assistance from our darkroom facilitator if needed), solidifying your knowledge. This should happen in the days following your course and for this you'll need to buy your own paper.

One should leave the course feeling ready and confident to build this unique process into your own photographic practice.

If interested, you may request to start the course in the lab - briefly looking at our C41 Dev and Scan process

*We offer a 2 pax course option at R2500 / person on special request. Please mail us to set this up.