Our basement Darkroom is now open for courses, workshops, and individual bookings. More info can be found here.
Please email darkroom@bristolfolkhouse for more information and to book an induction.
This course is suitable for DSLR, Mirrorless, Compact System or Bridge Cameras only. Your friendly tutor will support you to use your digital camera, making sense of the camera controls and menus. Yo ...
Starts: Fri 18 September 2026, at 10:00
6 Week Course
Course Code: BA40
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: Sun 20 September 2026, at 10:00
1 Day Course
Course Code: SA46
Photographing the Spaces Loss Leaves Behind And the Meaning We Build from Them This workshop is not about providing counselling or offering fixed answers - grief is deeply personal, and everyone's ex ...
Starts: Sun 20 September 2026, at 10:00
1 Day Course
Course Code: SA52
This workshop is suitable for DSLR, Mirrorless, Compact System or Bridge Cameras only. Your friendly tutor will support you in using your digital camera, making sense of the camera controls and menus. ...
Starts: Sun 20 September 2026, at 10:00
1 Day Course
Course Code: SA53
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 26 September 2026, at 09:30
1 Day Course
Course Code: SA39
This workshop is suitable for those with a 35mm or 120mm film camera. Using steeped tea, vitamin c tablets and washing soda, participants will learn how to make their very own homemade darkroom chemis ...
Starts: Sat 26 September 2026, at 13:30
1 Day Course
Course Code: SA40
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 10 October 2026, at 10:00
1 Day Course
Course Code: SA70
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 10 October 2026, at 10:00
1 Day Course
Course Code: SA47
A watergram is an experimental photography technique, which captures ripples and reflections on the surface of water, without using a camera. Using a flash, photographic paper and darkroom chemistry w ...
Starts: Sat 17 October 2026, at 10:00
2 Day Course
Course Code: SA41
Learn how to make your own developer using wood ash and coffee grounds to create unique and textured prints in the darkroom. No previous darkroom experience necessary. In the first half of the session ...
Starts: Sat 24 October 2026, at 10:00
1 Day Course
Course Code: SA42
The Bristol Folk House has a brand new, purpose built wet-based photography facility.
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