Run by passionate and experienced tutors and photography professionals, all photography courses take place in our education room and our industry standard darkrooms.
we run courses on traditional darkroom processes, alternative processes, digital and traditional film SLR cameras, DSLR cameras, and theory and development.
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If there is anything you are interested in that is not listed, please get in touch.
bookings.
paul@photofusion.org 020 7738 5774
opening times.
tuesday – saturday 11am – 5pm
our courses.
PPP- Photograph, Process, and Print
Dates: 4 December
Days: Sunday
Time: 11-5.30pm
Length: 1 Day
Tutor: Paul Ellis
Fee: £135.00
Places: 3 places left
Intensive course to understand how to use a film camera, process film and make an enlarged B&W print in the darkroom.
Each participant will shoot and process a roll of black and white film. You will:
Learn how to load film onto a spiral
Mix chemistry
Process, wash, dry, and sleeve the negatives
You will print the negatives in the darkroom. You will learn how to use the enlarger
Make a test strip
Dodge & burn selective areas of the print.
Participants need to bring their 35mm film camera.
Darkroom Course | Black & White Photographic Printing
Dates: 30 October 2022
Days: Sunday
Time: 11:00 - 17:30
Length: 1 Day
Tutor: Paul Ellis
Fee: £175.00
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Learn the craft of traditional darkroom printing from one of our expert tutors.
This intensive darkroom course takes students from the basic fundamentals of black and white through to the more advanced techniques utilised in the making of exhibition-quality prints.
Taking place in our professionally equipped air-conditioned darkrooms, the course will cover topics such as resin-coated and fibre-based variable contrast papers (provided by Photofusion), dodging and burning, pre-flashing, and archival processing.
This course only covers the printing of images from already processed film – it does not cover the topic of film processing itself.
Participants should therefore bring previously processed negatives. Photofusion offers a full black & white processing service for those who do not already have their own processing facilities.
Darkroom Course | Colour Printing
Dates: 13 November 2022
Days: Sunday
Time: 11:00 - 17:30
Length: 1 Day
Tutor: Paul Ellis
Fee: £195.00
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On this one-day hands-on colour printing workshop, which is suitable for beginners & those with some B&W experience, you will learn:-
How to use Yellow, Magenta & Cyan filtration
How to assess Colour Casts
How to correct Colour Casts
You will be using Fuji Crystal Archive Paper (supplied by Photofusion) and a Colenta RA-4 Paper Processor.
This workshop is limited to 3 participants. You need to bring along some well exposed colour negatives (35mm or roll-film are ideal, if you are unsure please contact us but do not bring unprocessed film).
Alternative Processes | Salt Printing & Kallitypes
Dates: 2nd October 2022
Days: Sunday
Time: 11:00 - 17:30
Length: 1 Day
Tutor: Paul Ellis
Fee: £175.00
The day starts with a short introduction to the history and methods of salt printing before we move to the darkroom to learn about the chemicals involved and how to mix them.
We then coat the paper and then make our first test exposures under UV light.
From this first test print we make a final print, wash and fix the image and then repeat the process throughout the day, perfecting our techniques as we progress.
Please note:
A week before the course starts we contact you to ask you to send us files which we turn into suitable negatives.
Our photography courses have been helping beginners through to professional photographers learn their craft and hone their skills for many years.
Photofusion Members receive 15% discount on all courses. This is Not available online. For the discount please pay in person, over the phone or ask to be invoiced.
Course cancellation policy
Please inform us as soon as possible if you are unable to attend a course. There is a cancellation fee of 15% on all course bookings (minimum charge £10). It is not possible to refund any cancellation made less than 10 days prior to course start date.
Please inform us of any dates that you will be unable to attend. This will help the tutor to try and accomodate what you have missed in any subsequent sessions. Please be aware that if you do miss sessions, these cannot be transferred to another course.
Bookings for workshops and courses are non-transferable. You must attend the given course or workshop on the correct dates and at the stated times.
It is very important that all course participants arrive in plenty of time. If you find yourself running late on the day of the course, please let us know.
Please note:
Photofusion reserves the right to cancel a course no later than 10 days before the start date if there are not sufficient numbers booked onto the course.