Darkroom Use

We keep the dark room tidy and stocked with the chemicals necessary for black-and-white developing. As a paid member, you are entitled to use these facilities, but you must provide your own printing paper.

Booking time in the darkroom

If you ask at the SU Reception (middle of Portland Building, next to union shop), they can provide you with the sign-up sheet to book a session in the darkroom.

The sheet is divided into 30 min sessions.
Advance bookings are restricted to 4 sessions per member per week, however if you turn up to find an empty session, claim it as your own by writing your name on the sheet.
It is possible to obtain the darkroom key from the SU Reception only during its opening hours, 9am - 5pm (weekdays). Similarly, the room can only be booked for use during these times, as we cannot guarantee that the key will be obtainable from the porter’s office outside these hours. Weekend use is possible, but the key has to be obtained from the porter’s office, near the front steps of the Portland Building.

Workshops

Workshops have already started running. (See 'Workshops' for more info).

Membership Cards

These are needed for darkroom access. The procedure is to present your card to the porter to obtain the key to the darkroom. If you are without one, ie you haven't signed up yet, click here to find out how.

Where is it?

To get there, go through the main entrance of the Portland Building (up the steps), walk straight towards the other side of the building, before you get there take the first stairs down on your right, turn right at bottom, and the darkroom is down the corridor on the right.


You've attended a workshop... what next? - Tuition

If you that feel you need more help using the darkroom after you have attended one of our darkroom workshops we are able to provide you with some 1-to-1 tuition to get you started on your own.

Have a read of the help documents on the left that detail what to do when printing your own enlargements and refresh your memory.

If you still require some help then get in contact with us via the email address above left, (put Darkroom Tuition in the subject line of the email) and we will schedule a time to help you.

Or simply email us any specific questions that you might have. To get started you will need a set of black and white negatives (Jessops can develop these for you for a cost of around £3, make sure you tell them you don’t want prints, just the negatives). Bring these along, together with some photographic paper (can also be bought in Jessops)