Darkroom Study Guides / Downloadable Resources
The School of Light has always been at the forefront of darkroom and alternative process photography and now there’s a way to benefit from our decades of experience and research into experimental darkroom techniques remotely.
With an introduction, materials list and step-by-step guidance, each topic is accompanied by original photography of us actually working through the process and the beautiful results achieved by our faculty and students.
Each edition of LabNotes covers a different technique or process with easily followed text, full of clear instruction to help you get the best results.
Our expanding range of topics currently include:
Working only with shadows, this cameraless image making method takes you back to the genesis of photography.
Discover new techniques such as multiple exposure, alternative light sources and abstraction that will take your photograms to a new level.
A comprehensive introduction to the wonders of chemical printmaking. With photographs to guide you through every step, and expert insight into it’s many artistic applications.
Using conventional darkroom materials, this cameraless, analog technique records the unique split second beauty of water patterns directly onto paper.
Exclusive to SoL, this incredible process shows you how we make the impossibly intricate patterns of crystals into printable negatives. Guaranteed mind-blowing.
Beautiful, unique analog printing with no film, no camera and no darkroom or chemicals, but lots of creativity.
With an introduction, materials list and step-by-step guidance, each topic is accompanied by original photography of us actually working through the process and the beautiful results achieved by our faculty and students.
Each edition of LabNotes covers a different technique or process with easily followed text, full of clear instruction to help you get the best results.
Our expanding range of topics currently include:
Working only with shadows, this cameraless image making method takes you back to the genesis of photography.
Discover new techniques such as multiple exposure, alternative light sources and abstraction that will take your photograms to a new level.
A comprehensive introduction to the wonders of chemical printmaking. With photographs to guide you through every step, and expert insight into it’s many artistic applications.
Using conventional darkroom materials, this cameraless, analog technique records the unique split second beauty of water patterns directly onto paper.
Exclusive to SoL, this incredible process shows you how we make the impossibly intricate patterns of crystals into printable negatives. Guaranteed mind-blowing.
Beautiful, unique analog printing with no film, no camera and no darkroom or chemicals, but lots of creativity.
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