Darkrooms

Our darkrooms provide everything needed for analog photography, from development to final print. The group darkroom handles B/W film development and printing up to 4x5" negatives, with print finishing materials on hand. Individual darkrooms offer similar capabilities, and our non-silver darkroom has UV exposure units supporting up to 20x24" printing. The MFA darkroom is suitable for various analog processes and includes a drop-table enlarger for mural printing. Click the links below for lab details and appointments.

• To use the Photography Department’s darkrooms, you must be a Photography Major or Minor, actively enrolled in a course and are in or have completed the preresiquite course.
  
• You must also submit the Equipment and Facilities Use Agreement.
  This information can be found on the Photo Lab Policies Page.

Our Darkrooms
For a description of each lab and the prerequisites, visit the links below.

• Group B&W Darkroom
• Non Silver Darkroom
• Graduate Darkroom

Individual Darkrooms are available by request.
If you are interested in using an individual darkroom, please email the Tech Office.


Appointments

• An appointment is required to access any of the darkrooms within the Photography Department.
• To make an appointment, please click this link for the Reservations and Appointments page.
• Use the specific YouCanBookMe link for the Lab or piece of equipment you are looking to use.
• Select the appointment duration, then the day, then the start time.
• Appointments can be made from between 2 weeks to 30 minutes in advance

• No-Shows: If you are more than 30-minutes late, your appointment will be marked as a NO-SHOW and automatically cancelled.
• Frequency: 1 active appointment per lab type (ex. film processing, printing, etc.); maximum 3 sessions per week
• Cancellations: Please cancel your appointment if you know you will be unable to make it; you can cancel appointments through your confirmation email from YouCanBookMe

The amount of time available for each appointment in the darkrooms varies from lab to lab.
Please see below for appointment times for each darkroom.

• Group B&W Darkroom - Film Processing: 1 - 2 hours
• Group B&W Darkroom - Enlarger Station: 1 - 4 hours
• Non-Silver Darkroom: 1 - 4 hours
• Graduate Darkroom: 2 - 6 hours
• Appointments are not needed to utilize the film loading rooms.

Darkroom Equipment

• When entering the Group Darkroom, you will hand your ID directly to the Staff at the Tech Office window.
• They will then hand you the appropriate kit for Printing or Film Development.
• When your appointment has ended, please ensure the kit has all its contents, and if it is a film processing kit, that all Equipment is Dry.
• The Tech Office Window also has other materials on hand, such as spotting pens, film cleaner, etc. If needed, just ask!

View all Photo Lab Policies Here