Special offers

Entire Darkroom Hire, with dedicated technician - £475 (call for appointment)

Private Darkroom access for whole day (8 hours), including technical assistance as needed. Email info@swdarkroom.com to request specific dates, as we can also reserve entire darkroom hire on days not regularly open.

Personalised Workshop on any mutually convenient date - £250

Scheduled on any mutually convenient date, this workshop will be developed to meet your personal interests and needs. If you want to work on a specific technique or have an interest in experimenting with a particular printing process, we can use our technical knowledge to help you achieve your goals, develop your art practice and match you with the best tutor to do so. Please email info@swdarkroom.com with details about your interest, and we will reply with options.

Membership - £80

Membership for 12 months, 15% discount on all services.

Darkroom Printing

Black and White Printing, up to 20"x24" (4 hours) - £40

Black and White Darkroom printing up to 20" x 24", choose four hour time slot; 10:00am - 14:00 pm, 14:00 pm - 18:00 pm. Time slot might be shared with one or two others.

Student/member - Black and White Printing, up to 20"x24"(4 hours) - £34

Black/white Darkroom printing up to 20" x 24", choose four hour time slot 10:00am - 14:00 pm or 14:00pm - 18:00 pm.

Black and White Printing up to 20"x24" (Day rate) - £80

Use of darkroom to print up to 20" x 24",
could possibly be shared with one or two others.

Student/Member - Black and White Printing, up to 20"x24"(day rate) - £68

Use of black white darkroom to print up to 20" x 24", could possibly be shared with one or two others.

Colour Printing - 12''x16'' (4 hours) - £40

(Colenta processor) up to 12” x 16”

Student/member - Colour Printing 12''x 16'' (4 hours) - £34

(Colenta processor) up to 12” x 16” prints

Colour printing, up to 20" x 24" (4 hours) - £40

(Colenta Processor) Colour Darkroom printing up to 20" x 24", choose four hour time slot 10:00am - 14:00 pm or 14:00pm - 18:00 pm. Two enlarger flashing cubicle can be booked if needed, please indicate in notes.

Student/member Colour printing, up to 20" x 24" (4 hours) - £34

(Colenta Processor) Colour Darkroom printing up to 20" x 24", choose four hour time slot 10:00am - 14:00 pm or 14:00pm - 18:00 pm. Two enlarger flashing cubicle can be booked if needed, please indicate in notes.

Colour printing - 12''x16'' (Day rate) - £80

(Colenta processor) up to 12''x16'' prints

Student/member Colour Printing - 12''x16'' (Day rate) - £68

(Colenta processor) up to 12” x 16” max

Whole Darkroom Day Rate - £250

Private use of the entire darkroom space for large printing black & white up to 54" inch prints, colour printing up to 20" x 24" or for simply having a lovely printing day all to yourself.

Student/member Whole Darkroom Day Rate - £212.50

Private use of the entire darkroom space for large printing black & white up to 54" inch prints, colour printing up to 20" x 24" or for simply having a lovely printing day all to yourself.

Technical assistance half day - £125

Technical assistance whole day - £250

Student/member technical assistance half day - £105

Student/Member technical assistance whole day - £212.50

Dedicated technician for first hour of printing session - £35

First time printing at SWD? Maybe you need a little refresher? Or assistance with a special project? We can offer a dedicated technician for the first hour of any colour or black/white session you book. Simply book this add on at the same time slot as your printing session.

Film Processing/Scanning

Film developing (only)

Black/White or colour. 35mm or 120. £5 per roll or 5x4 single neg.
7 day turnaround, however sometimes we can do faster - talk to us about it.
email: info@swdarkroom.com . call: 07851643621 . Instagram message: sw_darkroom

Film Developing and Scanning

Film dev & scan
Low Res (5-10mb)JPEG prices (Social Media usage)
BW or colour, 35mm or 120
£9.00

Film dev & scan
Medium (18 mb) JPEG prices
BW or colour, 35mm, 120
£12.00

Film dev & scan
Large (100 mb) TIFF prices
BW or colour, 35mm, 120
£22.00

Add contact sheet prints to any film process/scan order.
10" x 12" contact sheets will be an additional £8 per sheet, BW or colour.
7 day turnaround, however sometimes we can do faster - talk to us about it.
email: info@swdarkroom.com . call: 07851643621 . Instagram message: sw_darkroom (less)

Noritsu scanning

Noritsu cut roll scanning
Low res JPEG (5-10 mb) £15.00
Med (18 mb) JPEG £25.00
Large (100mb)TIFF £34.00

Noritsu Uncut Roll Scanning
Low res (5-10 mb)JPEG £10.00
Med (18 mb) JPEG £22.00
Large (100mb) TIFF £28.00
7 day turnaround, however sometimes we can do faster - talk to us about it.
email: info@swdarkroom.com . call: 07851643621 . Instagram message: sw_darkroom (less)

Imacon Scanning

Designed for scanning specific single images to high resolution.
35mm, 120 and 4x5 film formats
20mb £5.00
80mb £14.00
150mb £16.00
7 day turnaround, however sometimes we can do faster - talk to us about it.
email: info@swdarkroom.com . call: 07851643621 . Instagram message: sw_darkroom (less)

DIY black/white film processing - £25

Two hour session, does not include technical assistance beyond setting up for you to use. Each additional hour beyond two hours will be charged on the day at £12 per hour. If technical assistance is required, please book a separately listed DIY film processing workshop to get started.

DIY black/white film processing & contact sheet workshop - £85

Learn how to load film into a processing tank and mix chemicals to develop your film. After processing your film, you will be shown how to produce a contact sheet from the negatives.

All materials included.

Bring a roll of undeveloped (shot) 35mm or 120 black and white film ready for processing.

Workshops

Intro to Black and White Printing - 5 hours - £125

This five hour intensive course will demonstrate the process of printing from start to finish, including contact sheets, dodging and burning, split grade exposure and determining the strength and weaknesses of your negatives through to final prints/. SW Darkroom will supply all paper and chemistry needed, all you will need to bring are your pre-processed negatives. This course does not cover the process of film development, however you can make arrangements for film processing ahead of the workshop if needed.

Intro to Colour Printing - 5 hours - £125

This five hour intensive workshop will demonstrate colour printing from start to finish, including creating a contact sheet from a set of negatives. You will learn how to correct colour casts from test sheets through to final prints.
SW Darkroom will supply all paper and chemistry needed, all you will need to bring are your pre-processed negatives. This course does not cover the process of film development, however you can make arrangements for film processing ahead of the workshop if needed.

Student/Member Intro to Black White Printing - £105

This five hour intensive course will demonstrate the process of printing from start to finish, including contact sheets, dodging and burning, split grade exposure and determining the strength and weaknesses of your negatives through to final prints/. SW Darkroom will supply all paper and chemistry needed, all you will need to bring are your pre-processed negatives. This course does not cover the process of film development, however you can make arrangements for film processing ahead of the workshop if needed.

Student/Member Intro to Colour Printing - £105

This five hour intensive workshop will demonstrate colour printing from start to finish, including creating a contact sheet from a set of negatives. You will learn how to correct colour casts from test sheets through to final prints.
SW Darkroom will supply all paper and chemistry needed, all you will need to bring are your pre-processed negatives. This course does not cover the process of film development, however you can make arrangements for film processing ahead of the workshop if needed.