What you will learn:

• Black and White film developing chemistry basics.

• How to load film onto a reel in the darkroom.

• How to process your own film.

• How to properly store and archive your film.

What you need to bring:

• 1 roll of previously shot 35mm or 120 medium format black and white film

  • Please note we cannot develop Ilford XP2 film.

Developing only workshops are typically held on weeknights and are 1-2 hours long. After payment, I will reach out via text message and email to coordinate and provide our exact address. $125 per person, max 3 people per session.

What you will learn:

• Chemistry Basics: The basic chemical process behind black and white printing.

• Printing Techniques: The basic process of making a black and white print, including exposure control and operating the enlarger.

  • During the workshop we will make (1) Contact Print of your whole roll and (2) final prints from negative(s) of your choosing.

• Archival process: Steps necessary for properly washing and creating a final archival print.

What you will need:

• 1 Roll of developed Black And White film:

  • Either bring your own previously developed black and white 35mm film or medium format film or add on a Film Developing workshop for only $100 extra, a $25 discount

Printing workshops are typically held on weekends and are 3-4 hours long. After payment, I will reach out via text message and email to coordinate and provide our exact address. $250 per person, max 2 people per session.

Learn the magic of Split Grade Printing in the darkroom! This advanced process gives you the complete control over the full tonality within a black and white print and lets you perform local adjustments such as dodging and burning to refine contrast further to your liking.

What you will learn:

• The overall process and method to make archival prints using the Split Grade Printing method of darkroom printing.

• How to dodge and burn your highlights and shadows independently of each other.

• Archival Process: Steps necessary for proper washing and creating a final archival print

• During the workshop we will make (2-3) final prints from negative(s) of your choosing.

What you will need:

• Previously developed black and white 35mm film or medium format film.

• Previous basic knowledge of black and white darkroom printing.

• 8×10 Ilford Multigrade Fiber paper is included in the workshop, if you would like to print larger you will need to bring your own paper. Only Multigrade Fiber papers are acceptable.

Printing workshops are typically held on weekends and are 3-4 hours long. After payment, I will reach out via text message and email to coordinate the date/time and provide our exact address. $250 per person, max 2 people per session.

Unlock the magic of Lith Printing!

Lith printing is a unique black and white darkroom printing technique which utilizes special developers and old expired Bromide based paper to create incredibly unique prints. Characteristics typically seen are very high contrast, gritty textures, dreamy highlights, and overall warm tones. No two prints are ever alike.

In this process paper is heavily overexposed and then developed in a highly diluted developer by inspection. Images appear very slowly but soon the dark areas of the image run away in what is called Infections Development. The print is then snatched out of the developer at the exact right moment.

What you will learn:

• Lith chemistry basics

• Lith paper choices

• How key variables in the process effect the print such as: Exposure, developer dilution, temperature, and snatch point

• How toning can affect your prints color

• During the workshop we will make multiple prints from negatives of your choosing. Lith printing times are variable from 10-40+ minutes per print.

  • 8×10 paper is included in the workshop price. For an additional charge 11×14 and 16×20 paper can be used. This paper we use in this workshop is rare and largely unobtainable today in these larger sizes.

What you will need:

• Previously developed black and white 35mm film or medium format film.

  • Negatives should have good density for this process. Lith printing pairs well with infrared film, especially Kodak HIE. Expect very dreamy and ethereal prints when done with this film.

• Previous basic knowledge of black and white darkroom printing.

Lith printing workshops are typically held on weekends and are 5-6 hours long due to the length of development time needed for each image. After payment, I will reach out via text message and email to coordinate and provide our exact address. $450 per person, max 1 person per session.