Wetplate collodion workshops are held over two days at Double Negative Darkroom 178a Glyn road London E5 0JE. Workshops are for a maximum of six people. The workshops cover:

• Cameras and lenses (old and modern)
• Other equipment needed
• Chemistry, including health and safety
• Substrates: both traditional and contemporary such as glass, metal and acrylic
• Preparing, exposing, processing and finishing plates


Students will have the chance to make positive images on glass (ambrotypes), metal (tintypes) and acrylic (acrylotypes?!) plates of different sizes using a variety of cameras.

We have 2 places left on our May course - contact seb at Doublenegativedarkroom@gmail.com to book - courses cost £330 (£300 with discount) for the weekend all materials and cameras included