- Darkroom Photography Beginners
- Cyanotypes
- Pinholes
- Digital Camera
- Smartphone Photography
- Experimental
- Bookmaking
- Members
- Sponsored
BEGINNERS BLACK AND WHITE PHOTOGRAPHY
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£85 All materials supplied. No experience necessary.
This workshop is bookable through EventBrite, or email us at theinvernessdarkroom@gmail.com
Everything you need to know to get started in black and white analogue photography – in one day! Learn to shoot, develop and print 35mm black and white film at the Inverness Darkroom. Cameras are available for use – or bring your own.
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CYANOTYPES
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£45 All materials supplied. No previous photography experience necessary.
Learn about the simple chemistry involved in one of the earliest 19th century photographic processes, to make beautiful rich blue prints – without a camera!
Please bring along an apron, or wear something you don’t mind might get stained. No experience necessary, all materials included.
This workshop is bookable through EventBrite, or email us at theinvernessdarkroom@gmail.com
PINHOLE PHOTOGRAPHY WITH CHRIS BIRD
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£45 All materials supplied. No previous photography experience necessary.
Join artist Chris Bird for a workshop on pinhole photography – a long known way to make photographic images without the use of a lens. You’ll learn about the unique qualities of these magical images; you’ll learn to make your own pinhole cameras and photographs; and you’ll explore the creative potential of this simple, slow photography.
Chris Bird is a local artist who builds and adapts cameras to make pinhole images on both film and paper, and is interested in how the simple process condenses light, time, perspective and memory.
Please bring along an apron, or wear something you don’t mind might get stained. No experience necessary, all materials included.
This workshop is bookable through EventBrite , or email us at theinvernessdarkroom@gmail.com
GET TO KNOW YOUR DIGITAL CAMERA – BETTER!
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This workshop is bookable through EventBrite, or email us at theinvernessdarkroom@gmail.com
£40 No previous photography experience necessary. Bring your camera!
Get to know your camera better – whether it’s a DSLR, Mirrorless or any other digital camera, this relaxed afternoon session will take you through the controls, menus, buttons and numbers that unlock your camera’s creative possibilities.
3 hour session. Bring your camera!
Get to know your Smartphone camera better!
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£40 All materials supplied. No experience necessary. Just Bring your Smartphone!
This workshop is bookable through EventBrite link above, or email us at theinvernessdarkroom@gmail.com
Get to know your smartphone camera better – whether it’s an iPhone or Android, this relaxed afternoon session will take you through the controls, menus, buttons and numbers that unlock your camera’s creative possibilities.
3 hour session. Bring your smartphone!
Experimental darkroom processes: making chemigrams and photograms
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This workshop is bookable through EventBrite link above, or email us at theinvernessdarkroom@gmail.com
£45 All materials supplied. No previous photography experience necessary.
Ready to try your hand at making something new in the darkroom? Come along to get your hands messy and have fun creating photographs without a camera. You’ll learn how to make photograms using found objects and paper negatives; and you’ll experiment with the chemigram process that uses ordinary household ingredients, such as honey, as a resist on photographic paper to create unique patterns, textures and shapes.
3 hour session.
Please bring along an apron, or wear something you don’t mind might get stained. No previous photography or darkroom experience necessary. All materials included.
BOOKMAKING
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Some say a book is the ultimate form in which to show photographs. In this workshop you will learn how to make a hardcover exposed spine coptic-bound book. Materials will be provided, but please feel free to bring along any of your own that you’d like to work with: such as loose photographs, your own cyanotypes, or papers. This workshop is not just for photographers, but anyone interested in the book as an art form. The workshop is led by artist Rachael Jane MacDonald, a graduate of Edinburgh College of Art, Rachael incorporates cyanotypes, textiles and mixed media into her practice.
No experience necessary, all materials included.
Members only
Evenings in the Darkroom with Matt
Tuesday nights 7-9pm each week! Come along to a supervised darkroom session with Matt Sillars. Any level of darkroom skill welcome, including those in need of a refresher, or just starting out. These sessions are for sharing tips and tricks and getting feedback on your photographs and prints. Social and productive!
£2 donation gratefully accepted towards darkroom chemistry. Paper will be available to purchase – by the sheet!! Note: You must be a current member of the Inverness Darkroom.
No Upcoming Sponsored Workshops
Wasps Heritage Programme
As part of WASPS ongoing heritage programme funded by The National Lottery Heritage Fund Scotland were delighted to be working with The Inverness Darkroom to offer in depth two day training course.
Questions? Get in touch: theinvernessdarkroom@gmail.com
