The Bristol Folk House is currently renovating and building a new darkroom space for 2023.
In this workshop, we will start by learning how to process a black and white film (35mm or 120mm), before making a contact sheet of your negatives. We will then select one of your pictures to enlarge, ...
Starts: Sat 21 February 2026, at 10:00
1 Day Course
Course Code: SA43
PHOTOGRAPH A STORY. Life is full of stories, not just dates in a diary. Our life story, our families, our communities, the local park, the woodland, even derelict land. In this taster session we wil ...
Starts: Sat 21 February 2026, at 10:00
1 Day Course
Course Code: SA50
Learn the basic fundamentals of traditional black and white darkroom printing. This course includes understanding different photographic papers, how to use an enlarger to make your own photographs and ...
Starts: Tue 24 February 2026, at 17:30
5 Week Course
Course Code: BA39
This course is suitable for DSLR, Mirrorless, Compact System or Bridge Cameras only. If you have some prior knowledge of your digital camera controls and enjoyed the Intro to Digital Photography cour ...
Starts: Fri 27 February 2026, at 10:00
5 Week Course
Course Code: BA41
Join Folk House Darkroom Manager Sophie Sherwood for a relaxed walk around the city centre with other analogue photography enthusiasts! We will be meeting at Bristol Folk House for a cu ...
Starts: Sat 28 February 2026, at 10:00
1 Day Course
Course Code: SA44
This workshop is suitable for DSLR, Mirrorless and Compact System Cameras only. If you have some prior knowledge of your camera controls or have enjoyed any of Lee's Digital Photography courses, then ...
Starts: Sun 01 March 2026, at 10:00
1 Day Course
Course Code: SA51
Lith Printing is a now-little-used darkroom technique which produces contrasty and warm toned images on high quality fibre-based paper. It uses a specialist developer and a fairly lengthy processing ...
Starts: Sat 07 March 2026, at 10:00
1 Day Course
Course Code: SA45
Cyanotype is an alternative photographic printing process dating back to the 1800s that produces blue prints, typically using coated paper and light. In this workshop, we will be printing our cyanotyp ...
Starts: Sun 08 March 2026, at 10:00
1 Day Course
Course Code: SA36
Find out how to use plants to make photographic images in this experimental workshop. This style of printmaking is an excellent lesson in slowing down, how to be more eco conscious when making images, ...
Starts: Sat 14 March 2026, at 09:30
1 Day Course
Course Code: SA37
Using vitamin C tablets and washing soda, you will learn how to make your very own light sensitive chemistry. This can then be applied on to light sensitive materials such as 35mm film to create uniqu ...
Starts: Sat 14 March 2026, at 13:30
1 Day Course
Course Code: SA38
The Bristol Folk House has a brand new, purpose built wet-based photography facility.
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