Introduction to Film Photography

Learn the basics of operating analogue cameras, loading/unloading film, capturing photos and determining exposure with shutter speed, aperture and ISO. You'll be exposed to both 35mm and medium format cameras, learning the pros/cons of analogue photography's two most common formats. Suitable for complete beginners, bring your own camera or use one of ours. Film and post-workshop film processing is included.

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Introduction to Film Photography

Learn the basics of operating analogue cameras, loading/unloading film, capturing photos and determining exposure with shutter speed, aperture and ISO. You'll be exposed to both 35mm and medium format cameras, learning the pros/cons of analogue photography's two most common formats. Suitable for complete beginners, bring your own camera or use one of ours. Film and post-workshop film processing is included.

Darkroom Foundations

Start discovering the analogue darkroom process and leave with photographs you made entirely by hand. In one day, you’ll develop your own film into real negatives, then step under the safelight to craft silver gelatin prints using working heritage darkroom equipment. Walk away with finished prints, real darkroom skills, and the confidence to do it again.

Slide Film Dev & Scan

Learn to process colour slide film yourself and unlock the full quality of your images through professional mirrorless self-scanning.

Darkroom Foundations

Begin discovering the analogue darkroom and leave with photographs made entirely by hand by you. In one day, you’ll develop your own film into real negatives, then step under the safelight to craft silver gelatin prints using working heritage darkroom equipment. Walk away with finished prints, real darkroom skills, and the confidence to do it again.

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Enlarger Lens in Brunswick Darkroom Melbourne
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Black & White Film Development

The first half of our Darkroom Foundations Workshop, attend this if you'd just like to develop your own black & white negatives.

Black & White Darkroom Printing

Safelight, development trays and images coming alive right in front of your eyes. The second half of our Darkroom Foundations Workshop, attend this if you'd to hand-print your photographic negatives with Japanese enlargers, easels and grain-focusers.

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Darkroom enlarger lenses on light table
medium format enlarger lens in brunswick darkroom melbourne
Darkroom enlarger lenses on light table
E6 positive film on light table in brunswick darkroom melbourne

Slide Film Dev & Scan

Learn to process colour slide film yourself and unlock the full quality of your images through professional mirrorless self-scanning.

Darkroom Mastery

Shape contrast and light one exposure at a time, achieve rich tonal depth using fibre-based papers, and protect your work for decades through archival selenium toning. Here, you're introduced to fine-art techniques and careful protocols for mastering the black & white darkroom print.

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medium format enlarger lens in brunswick darkroom melbourne
Wide Darkroom under safelight at Brunswick Darkroom
Wide Darkroom under safelight at Brunswick Darkroom

All the Workshops

With All the Workshops, get unprecedented access to our darkroom and every process in it. You'll be invited to each workshop early to participate in the preparation and chemistry which make a commercial darkroom function like clockwork. This is your opportunity to attend all of our workshops at a discounted rate, and get more out of it than if you were to join each one individually!

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Darkroom Mastery

Shape contrast and light one exposure at a time, achieve rich tonal depth using fibre-based papers, and protect your work for decades through archival selenium toning. Here, you're introduced to fine-art techniques and careful protocols for mastering the black & white darkroom print.

All the Classes

With All the Classes, get unprecedented access to our darkroom and every process in it. You'll be invited to each workshop early to participate in the preparation and chemistry which make a commercial darkroom function like clockwork. This is your opportunity to attend all of our workshops at a discounted rate, and get more out of it than if you were to join each one individually!

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Black & White Film Development

The first half of our Darkroom Foundations Workshop, attend this if you'd like to learn to develop your own black & white negatives.

Black & White Darkroom Printing

Safelight, development trays and images coming alive right in front of your eyes. The second half of our Darkroom Foundations Workshop, attend this if you'd to hand-print your photographic negatives with Japanese enlargers, easels and grain-focusers.