BOOKINGS/ PRICE LIST
Special offers
Annual membership for SW Darkroom Benefits:
– 15% off all services excluding film processing, scanning and prints.
– One free small format Black and White printing session – four hour slot.
– Early bird information on all artist talks and workshops.
– Members newsletter promoting opportunities in wider photography world.
Entire darkroom hire – £375 WHOLE DAY access to all facilities
Darkroom Printing
Black and white printing
Black and White – Four hour slot darkroom up to 20″x24″ – £35
Darkroom printing up to 20″ x 24″, choose four hour time slot; 9:30am – 1:30 pm, 1:30 pm – 5:30 pm or 5:30 pm – 9:30 pm.Time slot might be shared with one or two others.
Student/member – Black and white – Smaller format up to 20″x24″. Day Rate – £64
Use of darkroom to print up to 20″ x 24″, could possibly be shared with one or two others.
Black and White – Smaller format up to 20″x24″ Day Rate – £75 Use of darkroom to print up to 20″ x 24″, could possibly be shared with one or two others.
Student/member – Black and White – Four hour slot darkroom up to 20″x24″ – £30
Darkroom printing up to 20″ x 24″, choose four hour time slot; 9:30am – 1:30 pm, 1:30 pm – 5:30 pm or 5:30 pm – 9:30 pm. Time slot might be shared with another client
Colour printing
Colour printing – four hour slot – £40
Colenta processor – up to 20” x 24”
Student/member – colour printing four hour slot – £34
Colenta processor – up to 20” x 24”
Colour printing – day rate – £75
Colenta processor – up to 20” x 24”
Student/member – colour printing day rate – £64.75
Colenta processor – up to 20” x 24”
Technical Assistance
Technical Assistance four hour slot – £65
A qualified technician will assist with printing as needed during your 4-hour time slot. This assistance would be giving expert advice during printing.
Student/member – Technical Assistance four hour slot – £55
A qualified technician will assist with printing as needed during your 4-hour time slot. This assistance would be giving expert advice during printing.
Technical Assistance Day Rate – £150
A qualified technician will assist with printing as needed during your 8-hour time slot.
This assistance would be giving expert advice during printin…
Student/member – Technical Assistance Day Rate – £128
A qualified technician will assist with printing as needed during your 4-hour time slot. This assistance would be giving expert advice during printing.
Large Format Black and White print
Large Format Whole Darkroom Day Rate – £200
Private use of the entire darkroom space for large printing up to 50″. Others might be using the Mac workstations or Film Processing areas.
Student/member – Large Format Whole Darkroom Day Rate – £170
Private use of the entire darkroom space for large printing up to 50″. Others might be using the Mac workstations or Film Processing areas.
Film processing/scanning/contact sheets– NOT AVAILABLE
Process
Black and white or colour film process
4 x 5 Process only – per sheet – £6
Black and white or colour film process
Process and scan
35mm/120 Process and Scan – £14
Black and white or colour film process plus basic scanning service.
Your films will be scanned using an epson V800, flatbed scan. The negatives will be scanned as a preview, in rows of 5/6 frames each. Your tiff and jpegs files will be sent using wetransfer.
You will be able to cut each image to a printable size of 30x20cm for your 35mm and 60x60cm for your 120mm – at 300dpi.
4 x 5 Process and Scan – £12.50
Contact sheets
35/120 Process and Contact Sheet – £15
We will process your negatives and handprint your contacts in the black and white/ colour darkroom. The final print is 10×12 inches
4 x 5 Process and Contact – £10
We will process your negatives and handprint contact sheets in the black and white/ colour darkroom. The final print is 10×12 inches
Contacts sheets handprinted in the black and white or colour darkroom. The final print is 10×12 inches
Dip & Dunk
DIY B/W Film Processing – Four hour slots – £40
Dip & Dunk_Large Format Film Process (4×5/8×10)
We provide chemicals and equipment to process film, you DIY.
Student/member DIY B/W Film Processing – Four hour slots – £30
We provide chemicals and equipment to process film, you DIY. This is by hand not machine.
DIY B/W Film Processing – One hour slot – £10
Dip & Dunk_Large Format Film Process (4×5/8×10)
We provide chemicals and equipment to process film, you DIY.
Computers/ Scanner
Student/member – Mac Work Station/Scanning – £30
Four Mac work stations available with photo editing software. Backup storage available.
Four Mac work stations available with photo editing software. Backup storage available.
MAINTENANCE- NOT AVAILABLE-Large Format Inkjet Printing
Set up per print – £20 Member/student
Proofing paper 120-180 gsm – £40
Digital printing costs per linear metre, including ink and paper
Member/student – proofing paper 120-180 gsm – £34
Digital printing costs per linear metre, including ink and paper
Digital printing costs per linear metre, including ink and paper
Member/student – Somerset Velvet 255 gsm – £65
Digital printing costs per linear metre, including ink and paper
Hahnemuhle Photo Rag 308 gsm – £85
Digital printing costs per linear metre, including ink and paper
Student/member – Hahnemuhle Photo Rag 308 gsm – £72.75
Digital printing costs per linear metre, including ink and paper
Digital printing costs per linear metre, including ink and paper
Student/member – Assorted quality papers – £42.50
Digital printing costs per linear metre, including ink and paper
Digital printing costs per linear metre, including ink and paper
Student/member – Acetate – £42.50
Digital printing costs per linear metre, including ink and paper
Test Strip – Any paper – £12 roll length x 15 cm
Student/member – Test Strip – Any paper – £10.50 roll length x 15 cm
Workshops
Workshop – Intro to black and white printing – £60
Learn the craft of Darkroom Printing with our in-house technician, Lewin St Cyr . Lewin is also the Darkroom technician at The Royal College of Art
Workshop – Intro to colour printing – £75
This four hour workshop will be run by Lewin St Cyr, our technical guru. Lewin will teach participants how to create a contact sheet from a set of co…