Digital imaging lab... accommodating up to four people, our digital lab is equipped with Apple iMacs, a G5 and A MacPro all running Adobe Photoshop (ver. 7.0 through CS3 Extended). Adobe Lightroom used. Nikon film scanner and Epson flatbed scanners handle everything from 35mm film to medium or large format negs and transparencies.

We have Epson inkjet printers offering up to A2 archival colour prints and quality digital B&W prints. Monitors and printers are colour calibrated and profiled for various paper stocks.

< photo courtesy Mercedes Fages-Agudo

Print darkroom...comfortably takes six workers. It is designed for easy printing up to 16x20 inch B&W prints. Two large wet benches provide ample space for toning baths.

All enlargers will cover 35mm; four medium format and one 5x4 inch large format negatives. We use Durst and DeVere enlargers with quality lenses and the latest R H Designs timers/analyser.

Film darkroom... a smaller darkroom dedicated to film processing and loading. Refrigerated film stock is stored here. Our 6-bath automated processor can handle a wide variety of processes and gives us on-site E-6 slide film processing.

Our darkrooms are ventilated and a pleasure to work in.

Guest lounge/library... as well as our 'classroom' area, for six people, we have a lounge and library with comfortable seating.

Exhibition space... there is hanging space throughout - we currently have prints by artist/photographer Karen Melvin, Stephen Coll, friends and students.

Digital Equipment

• Nikon D100/D200 D-SLRs - 10mm Fisheye, 10-20mm/18-35mm/18-200mm/28-85mm/60mm Macro/70-300mm lenses
• Apple PowerBook with Nikon Capture for location and tethered camera work
• Epson 3800 pigment archival colour, 950 dye inkjet
• Colour Management system - Master Suite Spectro with Spyder (ICC profiling - industry standard colour profiling and calibration)

Film Equipment

• 35mm - Nikon - 28mm, 50mm, 55mm macro, 200mm lenses
• Medium format 645, 6x6, 6x7 and 6x9 - Bronica RF645, Mamiya C330 and RB67, Mamiya Press 23
• Large format 5x4 - Sinar F1 with 90mm,150mm and 210mm lenses

Cameras available for demonstration purposes and individual tuition only