Film processing and hand-made prints

Bring me black and white film to develop, then have your best frames printed by hand on silver gelatin paper.

Four freshly made black and white prints hanging from pegs on a line in the darkroom, with shelves of developing tanks above

Film processing

35mm rollR100
120mm rollR100
4x5 sheetR50
Contact sheet8x10, per pageR80

Hand prints

8x10 resin coatedR250
8x10 fiber basedR350
12x16 fiber basedmatte or glossyR800

Resin coated paper is a good everyday choice. Fiber based paper has the classic, traditional look and feel and takes longer to process and dry.

How it works

Bring your film
35mm, 120 or 4x5 black and white film. Send an enquiry to arrange a drop-off.
I develop it by hand
Each roll or sheet is developed in the tank and dried carefully.
Choose your frames
A contact sheet shows every frame on one page, so you can pick what to print.
I make your prints
Each print is exposed and developed by hand on silver gelatin paper.

Prints I've made for clients

A black and white print of children and a man in a beret sitting on tiled steps

A black and white print of two small children on a bare patch of ground in dense foliage

A black and white print of a figure in dark robes sitting on a sea wall above a bay

A black and white print of palm trees in front of a large rounded rock hill

A black and white print of a harbour wall and lighthouse below a dark cliff

A black and white print of a palm tree above a brick house with washing hung out

A woman and a man in an apron looking over finished prints in a yellow tray, with more prints and a marked contact sheet laid out on the table

A contact sheet with frames marked in red grease pencil

The contact sheet

A contact sheet puts every frame from your roll on a single page, printed at the size of the negative. It is the easiest way to see what you shot and choose which frames to print.

Contact sheets are R80 a page.

Ask about a contact sheet

A contact sheet of black and white 120 film frames printed on one page

Shoot digital?

You don't need film to have a darkroom print. Send me your digital file, I make a negative from it, and print it by hand on silver gelatin paper. The negative is R150, once.

Digital negative printing