Description
What to Expect:
Day 1: Shooting & Black and White Film Development
• Hands-on camera basics, settings and film loading
• A guided photowalk through the surrounding countryside, exploring composition, light, and manual settings (weather permitting – indoor loaction available as a backup)
• Hands-on black & white film development of your own shots in the darkroom
️ Day 2: Contact Printing, Colour Processing & Scanning
• Make a contact sheet from your black and white negatives in the darkroom
• Demonstration of colour film developing (C-41 process) as we process the behind the scenes shots from the weekend.
• Learn how to scan and digitise your negatives
Who Is It For?
- Beginners curious about trying film photography for the first time
- Confident digital photographers exploring analogue photography
- Film enthusiasts who typically send their film to a lab and want to handle the entire process themselves
- Those with a fondness for the past who have shot film before and want to experience it again
Why This Location?
Breathtaking Scenery – Shoot among reservoirs, woodland, and industrial heritage sites
️Unique Venue – Learn film photography in a spacious, inspiring studio environment
Weather-Ready – If it rains, we have a well-equipped indoor space for creative shooting
What’s Included?
- Use of a 35mm SLR – if time allows, hands-on experience with medium & large format cameras
(If you already have your own film camera feel free to bring it along as well) - Roll of Black & White film (with more available to buy if you need)
- All chemicals & darkroom materials
- High resolution scans of your own images
- Your negatives, contact sheet & download of your scans
- Expert guidance in a relaxed, small-group setting
️Small group with limited spots available – book now!