EBPCO Darkroom

Prints made by in our most recent “Intro to Darkroom” workshop.

This workshop introduces participants to the basics of working in a black and white darkroom over the course of 4 weeks.

Topics covered include black & white film processing, contact printing, enlargement printing, and print troubleshooting and refinement.

It’s so awesome to see participants progress throughout the class and we LOVE when they come back and share their final results. Thanks for sharing your work with us, Dea!

Our “Intro to Darkroom” workshops are offered once a month. You can view our upcoming offerings at EBPCO.org/workshops (link in our bio)

Image by Dea Hovhannisyan

We’re thrilled to have partnered with to bring a “Caffenol Developer” workshop to led by last weekend!

In this workshop, participants learned to brew and process their black & white film using beautiful coffee provided by our favorite local roaster, Rasa Caffe. We even got to enjoy a fresh brewed cup to drink during the workshop (separate from the developer, of course!)

Check out the last slides to view some of the stunning results of the process developed by and during the workshop.

And be sure to head to Rasa the next time you need a delicious beverage or some expertly sourced and roasted coffee beans!

Thanks so much to for sharing your knowledge of caffenol developer brews with us, to for working with us and providing amazing coffee to our community, and to for your assistance during the workshop.

More About Rasa Caffe (from rasacaffe.com)
“Rasa Caffe offers California’s first unique award winning “East meets West” (coffee & tea) menu. We prepare our drinks blending elegant organic spices of India and the Asian and African diaspora together with classic specialty coffee standards.

Our caffe’s exclusive original recipes include the award winning Rose Latte and our house made Rasa Chai Blend. We small batch roast our coffee and pair it with high quality baked goods. The caffe is staple destination sharing crowd pleasing specialty drinks with the SF Bay Area and beyond since 2013. We are located at 411 13th Street Oakland CA, 94612 // Tribune building”

Images 1-4 by Fatima Abbas
Images 5-7 by David Hayden
Images 8-10 by John Raffa

We learned so much in ‘s “Advanced Cyanotype: Textiles & Botanical Toning” workshop last weekend!

In this workshop, those with previous cyanotype experience got to delve deeper into the practice by learning to print on fabric and experimenting with a variety of botanical toners.

Thanks so much to for sharing your knowledge with us and to for assisting during the workshop!

Images by

Registration for all November workshops is now open!

In these upcoming workshops you can learn how to:

• Process & print your black & white film with

• Shoot 35mm film with .studio_

• Print cyanotypes on fabric and tone with botanicals with

• Edit your photo stories and projects with

We also still have a few openings in these October workshops:

• Lightroom Basics - Edit your images in Adobe Lightroom with

• Dr. Philm Camera Repair (FREE) - Assess & test your film camera with (aka Dr. Philm)

You can sign up or learn more about all of these workshops at EBPCO.org/workshops !