Black & white film developing workshop

Everything’s included, so there’s nothing to buy and nothing to figure out. When you book, you choose the developing session date that suits you. We then post your roll of black & white film out to you, and once it arrives you can shoot it in your own time before the session. Giving it as a gift? The recipient picks their own session date using the gift certificate, whenever they’re ready.

Guided every step of the way, you’ll develop your own roll from start to finish: loading the film into a developing tank, mixing the chemistry, and using the darkroom’s equipment. It’s hands-on and easy to follow, and by the end you’ll genuinely understand what’s happening, not just how to copy it. Learn it once and you can keep developing your own film at home, saving a good chunk on lab costs over time.

This is the technical part: scanning your developed negatives to see your images as finished positives for the first time. You’ll use our professional-grade scanning equipment to draw the best out of every frame, and we’ll talk through what’s happening as you go. We can also cover other scanning techniques that work well at home, so you can keep digitising your own film later. Your finished images are sent over by transfer link after the workshop.