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.