The Kodak Portra 400 is a professional film with high speed but fine grain.

It is well known for its color that matches perfectly the natural ones especially for the skin tone.

This film can be used in many situations.

The Rollei Retro 80S is a Black and White panchromatic film with a high speed: 400 ISO.

This film is a good high speed film suitable for many light situations.

It has a wide tone of greys and can be used both inside and outside.

The film's sensitivity goes from 380 to 730nm.

The Black and White film development workshop is a Photography workshop to discover one of the process of the traditional analog Photography.

Through this workshop you will discover how to develop a black and white 35mm film (if you wish to develop a 120 film you just need to let us know prior the event).

This workshop is composed of a party of 3 to 5 participants led by a Professor who will help student from a beginner to a medium level to improve their developing skills.

- Start at 9AM: The group arrives at our Shop Laboratory at the 13, rue de la Bombarde 69005 to meet and start the workshop. The session begins with a summary of the development theories, the method used and the knowledge on how to choose your developer, what time use, etc. The group discovers the different equipments and accessories needed for the development: chemistries, spools, tanks, dryer, thermometer... Once the theory understood the group starts the practice with fake training film to practice loading the spool and handling the Paterson developing tank. Each student has his own Paterson tank in order to give him the same feeling he will then reproduce back at home. The real development can be done and once over the films are stored in the film dryer. Once dried they can be checked and the students can understand what happened during the development.

The workshop ends around 1PM, each student should now be able to handle a black and white development by its own. We'll supply the archival sheet to bring back your film. All the supplies, accessories, equipments are supplied you just need to come with you own personal 35mm black and white traditional film 24/36exp (Ilford, Kodak, Foma, Rollei) already shot / exposed and ready to be developed. Please note that you need to be sure about the film you bring as a film badly shot, poorly exposed or missed will end up with a failed development.

The price is per person, VAT included. If you want to come on a workshop with someone else you can book on the same order 2 places and communicate the names of the participants.

We can also host groups for companies, bachelor parties, birthdays or any events... For these private events a date will be booked previously with us, please contact us via mail: [email protected]

If you have any questions or want to discover the lab prior to book a session you can come any time check it out and ask for a lab tour, our address is 13, rue de la Bombarde 69005 Lyon France.

Anyone who received a Gift Voucher for this workshop can contact us to be part of the date announced or to know the future dates.

The Black and White Analog Printing Workshop is a Photography workshop to experience the traditionnal analog printing.

Through this workshop you will discover how to print your black & white film in the darkroom.

This workshop is composed of a party of 3 to 5 participants led by a Professor who will help student from a beginner to a medium level to improve their printing skills in the darkroom.

This session is dedicated to the 35mm format. All the supplies needed for the day are included in the price: photo papers RC, paper chemistries and all the equipments and accessories needed.

You need to come with your own personal 35mm black and  white film already developed, it needs to be well exposed and well developed.

- 14h00: The day will start with the discovery of the laboratory and the darkroom. The Professor will introduce the making of a traditionnal contact sheet, so each student can perform it by its own. This contact sheet will show you for the first time your pictures from the film you brought. You will then choose one picture and experiment enlarging it on RC paper (format 18*24cm). You will discover the magic of the darkroom with your own image appearing in front of your eyes.

The day will end around 18h00, you should have discovered by now the magic of printing in the darkroom.

The price is per person, VAT included. If you want to come on a workshop with someone else you can book on the same order 2 places and communicate the names of the participants.

We can also host groups for companies, bachelor parties, birthdays or any events... For these private events a date will be booked previously with us, please contact us via mail: [email protected]

If you have any questions or want to discover the lab prior to book a session you can come any time check it out and ask for a lab tour, our address is 13, rue de la Bombarde 69005 Lyon France.

Anyone who received a Gift Voucher for this workshop can contact us to be part of the date announced or to know the future dates.