Need to get out of the house and do something creative after Thanksgiving? Come make photograms with us at Aurora! Great for all ages.

Photograms are a kind of camera-less photography made in the darkroom in which you place objects directly on a piece of photographic paper and then expose the composition to the enlarger light. The result is a black-and-white image in which solid objects appear white and translucent objects and materials appear in an almost “x-ray” effect. The contours of the objects are rendered in sharp shapes and lines, sometimes ultra-realistically.

In this photogram experience, you will begin by creating your composition in the light. We have all kinds of fun props to compose with — from animal and dinosaur figurines to dried flowers. You can also bring objects from home that have special significance for you to incorporate into your photograms!

We have plenty of workspace where you can spread out and really enjoy putting your photogram together. This is a great activity for groups because you do this first part in the light, with everybody sharing props and creating together. After you’ve finished your composition, we take it into the darkroom and transfer it to a piece of photo paper for the exposure. Each participant can make up to three photograms during the session.

Cost: $30 per person. Ticket required.

Cyanotype is a camera-less photography made with the sun or a special UV ray box, rather than in a darkroom. You place objects — such as plants — on top of a piece of photo-treated paper, and then use the sun to expose the paper. The result is an image that is an exact outline of the object. It’s a fun and magical way to engage photography! Although it may be new to modern people, cyanotype has been around since photography was invented in the 1800s.

Come explore the creative possibilities of this fascinating process. We will have many objects on hand to experiment and compose with, but feel free to bring your own favorite objects to put into your composition. Flat items usually work best, and cyanotype can be messy, so precious things like family heirlooms should probably stay at home. All other necessary materials will be provided at the session.

The whole session takes place under regular room lights or outside in the sun, weather permitting; there is no total darkness involved in this session.

$30 per person. Ticket required.

In this outing, your group uses an old-fashioned, large format camera to make portraits of each other! This is a great way to commemorate a special event, such as a holiday or birthday.

The large format camera is a Deardorff, one of those box cameras that you see in the movies where people duck under a cloth to compose and focus their picture. The magic of this experience is working with the historic camera, and the beautiful, very detailed 8 x 10 portraits that are possible with this camera. We will show you how to do everything — from loading the film holders, to composing your portrait with the camera, to processing the paper negative.

Each participant will get the chance to make a portrait of someone else and to have one made of them. After processing, you can take a picture of the negative with your phone to get a quick look and a jpeg of the results. After the session, we will scan and send your group leader digital files of each portrait. We can also mail you the paper negatives after they have dried.

The whole session takes place under regular room lights or the safelight in the darkroom; there is no total darkness involved in this session.

$30 per person. Ticket required.

December 3, 6-9pm
Limited to 3 participants
Registration closes when filled

Non-Members: $100
Aurora Members: Free, registration required, email to reserve your spot

Even if you’ve developed black & white film before, this workshop is a great refresher on technique and will show you how to maximize the tools in Aurora’s darkroom. If this is your first time, or if you’ve only watched a couple videos online, the small size of this workshop makes it ideal for asking questions and getting comfortable with the process.

Please note: This workshop is for 35mm and 120mm black & white film only. Visit auroraphoto.org/workshops for information on color film and 4 x 5 workshops.

Covered in the workshop:

* Loading film correctly onto plastic or metal reels
* Mixing black & white chemistry properly
* Learning the importance of timing, temperature, and agitation
* Reading your negatives to select frames for printing
* Proper care, storage, and handling of negatives

All chemistry and equipment are included in the price of the workshop. During the workshop, you will develop one roll of 35mm and 120mm black & white film, dry it, and store it in a plastic negative sleeve ready to make a contact sheet or enlargements.

For more information and to register, click here.

Opening December 5 in Aurora’s Main Gallery, In the exhibition Relative Moments, Deanna Dikeman’s photographs show the small, quiet moments of life that build a family and bind it together. The artist has documented her Midwestern family for over 45 years. When home to visit, Dikeman photographed her family doing the everyday activities, including washing dishes, hanging laundry, mowing the lawn, and cleaning gutters, that physically maintain a home inside and out. Her photographs also capture the lived moments — sharing cake and ice cream, Dikeman’s father doing a crossword puzzle with his grandson — that connect one family member to another and older generations to younger.

Over the decades she shot the images for Relative Moments, Dikeman always made sure to photograph her parents waving goodbye from the driveway of their home at the end of each visit. This series-within-a-series, entitled Leaving and Waving, uses the framework of serial photography, in which repeated elements, such as the house, parents, and the gesture of waving, provide a context to closely observe changes in Dikeman’s parents and family over time. With images in Leaving and Waving spanning 1991-2017, we see changes both big and small, as broad smiles and waves become quieter, Dikeman’s baby appears in the frame, and eventually, two parents waving becomes one. These shifts from photograph to photograph form a deeply emotional narrative that speaks to the universal human condition of living and loving through life’s inevitable ebbs and flows.

The Aurora PhotoCenter exhibition Relative Moments brings together the series Leaving and Waving with images from the larger body of work for the first time in a unique installation, printed entirely at Aurora, that runs the entire perimeter of the gallery. Both of Dikeman’s books, including the sold-out and rare Leaving and Waving, will be available for viewing in the gallery. Relative Moments will be on view at Aurora PhotoCenter through January 23, 2026, with an opening December 5, 2025, from 6-9pm; the artist will be present in the gallery for the opening to talk about the work and sign books.

Also opening December 5, Atefeh Farajolahzadeh is an interdisciplinary artist whose practice incorporates photography, video, installation, and writing. Her work explores ideas of place, psychogeography, and liminality, with a particular focus on migration. In her newest photo and light installation, The Shore Is the Long Way Home, Farajolahzadeh expresses the uncertainty and cyclical nature of the experience of immigration — psychologically moving, never fully arriving. In this work, water, both as a physical path and a powerful metaphor, is the primary element represented in different forms, shapes, colors, and light to evoke the emotional terrain of migration from one home to another.

The installation consists of photo light boxes that are programmed by a microcontroller, cycling the lights on and off to create shifting patterns of light and shadow. This continuous looping between illumination and darkness creates space for viewers to contemplate the psychological and physical states that define this experience: hope, despair, fear, and the constant struggle for survival.

December 6, 1-4pm
Limited to 3 participants
Registration closes when filled

Non-Members: $100
Aurora Members: Free, registration required, email to reserve your spot

If you’ve made a black & white print before, this workshop is a great refresher on technique and will show you how to maximize the tools in Aurora’s darkroom. If this is your first time, or if you’ve only watched a couple videos online, the small size of this workshop makes it ideal for asking questions and getting comfortable with the process.

Covered in the workshop:

* Selecting negatives to print
* Operating the enlarger, easel, grain focuser and other equipment
* Making a test strip
* Proper technique with the chemistry trays
* Care, storage, and handling of negatives and prints

All chemistry, paper, and equipment are included in the price of the workshop. During the workshop, you will create 1-3 prints.

For more information and to register, click here or visit our Workshops page at auroraphoto.org.

December 7, 1-4pm
Limited to 3 participants
Registration when filled

Non-Members: $100
Aurora Members: Free, registration required, email to reserve your spot

More and more, photographers who shoot color film are opting to develop their own film rather than spending the time, energy, and money to send it off to a lab. Developing color film is a whole other world from developing black & white film, with different chemistry, techniques, and concerns. If you’ve developed color film before, this workshop is a great refresher on technique and will show you how to maximize the tools in Aurora’s darkroom. If this is your first time, or if you’ve only watched a couple videos online, the small size of this workshop makes it ideal for asking questions and getting comfortable with the process.

Please note: This workshop is for 35mm and 120mm color film only. 

Covered in the workshop:

* Loading film correctly onto plastic or metal reels
* Mixing color chemistry for success
* Knowing the importance of timing, temperature, and agitation
* Reading your negatives to select frames for printing
* Proper care, storage, and handling of negatives

All chemistry and equipment are included in the price of the workshop. During the workshop, you will develop one roll of 35mm and 120mm color film, dry it, and store it in a plastic negative sleeve ready to scan.

For more information and to register, click here or visit our Workshops page at auroraphoto.org.

This workshop will be taught by Carlos Perez, Aurora’s Lab Manager.

With Polaroid instant films, you can separate the emulsion from the substrate, place the emulsion on another backing of your choice, and then manipulate the freeform emulsion layer, opening up a whole new world of creative prospects, including creating textures, shifting the colors, and stretching the image.

Workshop lead and 2025 Aurora Project Resident Cali M. Banks has worked with this Polaroid emulsion lift and transfer technique for over a decade. In this single session workshop, Banks will share her years of experience and guide beginner through advanced students through the process of emulsion lifts and transfers using Polaroid film.

For this workshop, participants will need to bring at least 4 Polaroid images to work with that have been shot at least 24 hours prior. The more images participants bring, the better. Banks will have a limited number of extra images to practice with during the workshop, as well. All images must be Polaroid brand — other brands such as Instax will not work. Polaroid i-type, polaroid go, 600 color, 600 black and white, SX-70 color, and SX-70 black and white film will all work with this process.

To fully understand the process, we will start by transferring onto watercolor paper. Once we become comfortable with the process, we can experiment with transferring onto different surfaces. We will have a selection of papers available at the workshop, and participants should feel free to bring other objects and surfaces to transfer to including leaves, shells, canvases, and so on.  

The workshop will also have some materials to manipulate the emulsion with, including paints, inks, stickers, glitter, thread, and needles; participants should also bring additional manipulation tools they may want to experiment with.

Workshop participants will have plenty of time to get hands-on with the process, and the workshop will end with a mini-critique, when students will present their most successful piece.

For more information and to register, click here.

The Thursday Night Photobook Throwdown is back in full force in October! Bring your newest photobook, or the one you’ve recently fallen in love with again, for an evening of sharing, conversation, and appreciation for this format for photography that is an art form in and onto itself!

Don’t have a book in mind to share? Not to worry — you can also comb through Aurora’s photobook library of over 300 titles for a wildcard if you’re feeling lucky that night.

We will start at the tables in the Aurora PhotoCenter Gallery, Suite C9, and then migrate down to a close-by watering hole when the mood strikes us or 7pm, whichever comes first!

December 19, 7pm
Limited to 3 participants
Registration closes when filled

Non-Members: $100
Aurora Members: Free, registration required, email to reserve your spot

This one-session workshop is designed for you to learn the basics of scanning — from archiving old pictures to converting your old negatives. Turn your old memories into digital files that you can share with your friends and family!

Covered in the workshop:

*Flatbed scanning
*Digital camera scanning (DSLR Scanning)
*File saving guidelines
*Cleaning and loading film holders
*Troubleshooting scans (dust, blurriness, color shifts)

What to bring to the workshop:

*Photo or document of your choice
*Developed color, black & white, or slide film
*Flash drive or other storage medium to store your scans

Prior knowledge of scanning is not necessary for this workshop. This workshop is best suited to artists 16+ years old; minors must be accompanied by an adult. 

This workshop will be taught by Lab Manager Carlos Perez.

Click here for more information and to register for the workshop.

December 20, 1-4pm
Limited to 3 participants
Registration closes when filled

Non-Members: $100
Aurora Members: Free, registration required, email to reserve your spot

This one-session workshop is designed to teach you how to make archival inkjet prints on our Canon P-1000, which prints sheets up to 17 x 25 inches. In the workshop, we will cover the essential steps necessary to create a beautiful, balanced print using Aurora’s digital lab. Participants will make 2 prints during the workshop on 11 x 14 Moab luster paper.

Covered in the workshop:

* Resolution, bit depth, and your print
* Which file formats are best for printing
* Using print profiles
* Previewing your print with soft proofing
* Making basic adjustments to brightness, contrast, and color balance
* Choosing the right paper for your image

For more information and to register, click here.

Please join us for the First Friday of 2026! In the exhibition Relative Moments, Deanna Dikeman’s photographs show the small, quiet moments of life that build a family and bind it together. The artist has documented her Midwestern family for over 45 years. When home to visit, Dikeman photographed her family doing the everyday activities, including washing dishes, hanging laundry, mowing the lawn, and cleaning gutters, that physically maintain a home inside and out. Her photographs also capture the lived moments — sharing cake and ice cream, Dikeman’s father doing a crossword puzzle with his grandson — that connect one family member to another and older generations to younger.

Over the decades she shot the images for Relative Moments, Dikeman always made sure to photograph her parents waving goodbye from the driveway of their home at the end of each visit. This series-within-a-series, entitled Leaving and Waving, uses the framework of serial photography, in which repeated elements, such as the house, parents, and the gesture of waving, provide a context to closely observe changes in Dikeman’s parents and family over time. With images in Leaving and Waving spanning 1991-2017, we see changes both big and small, as broad smiles and waves become quieter, Dikeman’s baby appears in the frame, and eventually, two parents waving becomes one. These shifts from photograph to photograph form a deeply emotional narrative that speaks to the universal human condition of living and loving through life’s inevitable ebbs and flows.

The Aurora PhotoCenter exhibition Relative Moments brings together the series Leaving and Waving with images from the larger body of work for the first time in a unique installation, printed entirely at Aurora, that runs the entire perimeter of the gallery. Both of Dikeman’s books, including the sold-out and rare Leaving and Waving, will be available for viewing in the gallery. Relative Moments will be on view at Aurora PhotoCenter through January 23, 2026, with an opening December 5, 2025, from 6-9pm; the artist will be present in the gallery for the opening to talk about the work and sign books.

Also on view, Atefeh Farajolahzadeh is an interdisciplinary artist whose practice incorporates photography, video, installation, and writing. Her work explores ideas of place, psychogeography, and liminality, with a particular focus on migration. In her newest photo and light installation, The Shore Is the Long Way Home, Farajolahzadeh expresses the uncertainty and cyclical nature of the experience of immigration — psychologically moving, never fully arriving. In this work, water, both as a physical path and a powerful metaphor, is the primary element represented in different forms, shapes, colors, and light to evoke the emotional terrain of migration from one home to another.

The installation consists of photo light boxes that are programmed by a microcontroller, cycling the lights on and off to create shifting patterns of light and shadow. This continuous looping between illumination and darkness creates space for viewers to contemplate the psychological and physical states that define this experience: hope, despair, fear, and the constant struggle for survival.

January 9, 7-9pm
Limited to 3 participants
Registration when filled

Non-Members: $100
Aurora Members: Free, registration required, email to reserve your spot

More and more, photographers who shoot color film are opting to develop their own film rather than spending the time, energy, and money to send it off to a lab. Developing color film is a whole other world from developing black & white film, with different chemistry, techniques, and concerns. If you’ve developed color film before, this workshop is a great refresher on technique and will show you how to maximize the tools in Aurora’s darkroom. If this is your first time, or if you’ve only watched a couple videos online, the small size of this workshop makes it ideal for asking questions and getting comfortable with the process.

Please note: This workshop is for 35mm and 120mm color film only. 

Covered in the workshop:

* Loading film correctly onto plastic or metal reels
* Mixing color chemistry for success
* Knowing the importance of timing, temperature, and agitation
* Reading your negatives to select frames for printing
* Proper care, storage, and handling of negatives

All chemistry and equipment are included in the price of the workshop. During the workshop, you will develop one roll of 35mm and 120mm color film, dry it, and store it in a plastic negative sleeve ready to scan.

For more information and to register, click here or visit our Workshops page at auroraphoto.org.

This workshop will be taught by Carlos Perez, Aurora’s Lab Manager.

January 10, 1-4pm
Limited to 3 participants
Registration closes when filled

Non-Members: $100
Aurora Members: Free, registration required, email to reserve your spot

Even if you’ve developed black & white film before, this workshop is a great refresher on technique and will show you how to maximize the tools in Aurora’s darkroom. If this is your first time, or if you’ve only watched a couple videos online, the small size of this workshop makes it ideal for asking questions and getting comfortable with the process.

Please note: This workshop is for 35mm and 120mm black & white film only. Visit auroraphoto.org/workshops for information on color film and 4 x 5 workshops.

Covered in the workshop:

* Loading film correctly onto plastic or metal reels
* Mixing black & white chemistry properly
* Learning the importance of timing, temperature, and agitation
* Reading your negatives to select frames for printing
* Proper care, storage, and handling of negatives

All chemistry and equipment are included in the price of the workshop. During the workshop, you will develop one roll of 35mm and 120mm black & white film, dry it, and store it in a plastic negative sleeve ready to make a contact sheet or enlargements.

For more information and to register, click here.

January 23, 7pm
Limited to 3 participants
Registration closes when filled

Non-Members: $100
Aurora Members: Free, registration required, email to reserve your spot

This one-session workshop is designed to teach you how to make archival inkjet prints on our Canon P-1000, which prints sheets up to 17 x 25 inches. In the workshop, we will cover the essential steps necessary to create a beautiful, balanced print using Aurora’s digital lab. Participants will make 2 prints during the workshop on 11 x 14 Moab luster paper.

Covered in the workshop:

* Resolution, bit depth, and your print
* Which file formats are best for printing
* Using print profiles
* Previewing your print with soft proofing
* Making basic adjustments to brightness, contrast, and color balance
* Choosing the right paper for your image

For more information and to register, click here.

January 25, 1-4pm
Limited to 3 participants
Registration closes when filled

Non-Members: $100
Aurora Members: Free, registration required, email to reserve your spot

If you’ve made a black & white print before, this workshop is a great refresher on technique and will show you how to maximize the tools in Aurora’s darkroom. If this is your first time, or if you’ve only watched a couple videos online, the small size of this workshop makes it ideal for asking questions and getting comfortable with the process.

Covered in the workshop:

* Selecting negatives to print
* Operating the enlarger, easel, grain focuser and other equipment
* Making a test strip
* Proper technique with the chemistry trays
* Care, storage, and handling of negatives and prints

All chemistry, paper, and equipment are included in the price of the workshop. During the workshop, you will create 1-3 prints.

For more information and to register, click here or visit our Workshops page at auroraphoto.org.

January 29, 7pm
Limited to 3 participants
Registration closes when filled

Non-Members: $100
Aurora Members: Free, registration required, email to reserve your spot

This one-session workshop is designed for you to learn the basics of scanning — from archiving old pictures to converting your old negatives. Turn your old memories into digital files that you can share with your friends and family!

Covered in the workshop:

*Flatbed scanning
*Digital camera scanning (DSLR Scanning)
*File saving guidelines
*Cleaning and loading film holders
*Troubleshooting scans (dust, blurriness, color shifts)

What to bring to the workshop:

*Photo or document of your choice
*Developed color, black & white, or slide film
*Flash drive or other storage medium to store your scans

Prior knowledge of scanning is not necessary for this workshop. This workshop is best suited to artists 16+ years old; minors must be accompanied by an adult. 

This workshop will be taught by Lab Manager Carlos Perez.

Click here for more information and to register for the workshop.

February 7, 1-4pm
Limited to 3 participants
Registration closes when filled

Non-Members: $100
Aurora Members: Free, registration required, email to reserve your spot

Even if you’ve developed black & white film before, this workshop is a great refresher on technique and will show you how to maximize the tools in Aurora’s darkroom. If this is your first time, or if you’ve only watched a couple videos online, the small size of this workshop makes it ideal for asking questions and getting comfortable with the process.

Please note: This workshop is for 35mm and 120mm black & white film only. Visit auroraphoto.org/workshops for information on color film and 4 x 5 workshops.

Covered in the workshop:

* Loading film correctly onto plastic or metal reels
* Mixing black & white chemistry properly
* Learning the importance of timing, temperature, and agitation
* Reading your negatives to select frames for printing
* Proper care, storage, and handling of negatives

All chemistry and equipment are included in the price of the workshop. During the workshop, you will develop one roll of 35mm and 120mm black & white film, dry it, and store it in a plastic negative sleeve ready to make a contact sheet or enlargements.

For more information and to register, click here.

February 12, 7-9pm
Limited to 3 participants
Registration when filled

Non-Members: $100
Aurora Members: Free, registration required, email to reserve your spot

More and more, photographers who shoot color film are opting to develop their own film rather than spending the time, energy, and money to send it off to a lab. Developing color film is a whole other world from developing black & white film, with different chemistry, techniques, and concerns. If you’ve developed color film before, this workshop is a great refresher on technique and will show you how to maximize the tools in Aurora’s darkroom. If this is your first time, or if you’ve only watched a couple videos online, the small size of this workshop makes it ideal for asking questions and getting comfortable with the process.

Please note: This workshop is for 35mm and 120mm color film only. 

Covered in the workshop:

* Loading film correctly onto plastic or metal reels
* Mixing color chemistry for success
* Knowing the importance of timing, temperature, and agitation
* Reading your negatives to select frames for printing
* Proper care, storage, and handling of negatives

All chemistry and equipment are included in the price of the workshop. During the workshop, you will develop one roll of 35mm and 120mm color film, dry it, and store it in a plastic negative sleeve ready to scan.

For more information and to register, click here or visit our Workshops page at auroraphoto.org.

This workshop will be taught by Carlos Perez, Aurora’s Lab Manager.

February 14, 1-4pm
Limited to 3 participants
Registration closes when filled

Non-Members: $100
Aurora Members: Free, registration required, email to reserve your spot

This one-session workshop is designed for you to learn the basics of scanning — from archiving old pictures to converting your old negatives. Turn your old memories into digital files that you can share with your friends and family!

Covered in the workshop:

*Flatbed scanning
*Digital camera scanning (DSLR Scanning)
*File saving guidelines
*Cleaning and loading film holders
*Troubleshooting scans (dust, blurriness, color shifts)

What to bring to the workshop:

*Photo or document of your choice
*Developed color, black & white, or slide film
*Flash drive or other storage medium to store your scans

Prior knowledge of scanning is not necessary for this workshop. This workshop is best suited to artists 16+ years old; minors must be accompanied by an adult. 

This workshop will be taught by Lab Manager Carlos Perez.

Click here for more information and to register for the workshop.

February 20, 7pm
Limited to 3 participants
Registration closes when filled

Non-Members: $100
Aurora Members: Free, registration required, email to reserve your spot

This one-session workshop is designed to teach you how to make archival inkjet prints on our Canon P-1000, which prints sheets up to 17 x 25 inches. In the workshop, we will cover the essential steps necessary to create a beautiful, balanced print using Aurora’s digital lab. Participants will make 2 prints during the workshop on 11 x 14 Moab luster paper.

Covered in the workshop:

* Resolution, bit depth, and your print
* Which file formats are best for printing
* Using print profiles
* Previewing your print with soft proofing
* Making basic adjustments to brightness, contrast, and color balance
* Choosing the right paper for your image

For more information and to register, click here.

February 28, 1-4pm
Limited to 3 participants
Registration closes when filled

Non-Members: $100
Aurora Members: Free, registration required, email to reserve your spot

If you’ve made a black & white print before, this workshop is a great refresher on technique and will show you how to maximize the tools in Aurora’s darkroom. If this is your first time, or if you’ve only watched a couple videos online, the small size of this workshop makes it ideal for asking questions and getting comfortable with the process.

Covered in the workshop:

* Selecting negatives to print
* Operating the enlarger, easel, grain focuser and other equipment
* Making a test strip
* Proper technique with the chemistry trays
* Care, storage, and handling of negatives and prints

All chemistry, paper, and equipment are included in the price of the workshop. During the workshop, you will create 1-3 prints.

For more information and to register, click here or visit our Workshops page at auroraphoto.org.

March 4, 6-9pm
Limited to 3 participants
Registration closes when filled

Non-Members: $100
Aurora Members: Free, registration required, email to reserve your spot

Even if you’ve developed black & white film before, this workshop is a great refresher on technique and will show you how to maximize the tools in Aurora’s darkroom. If this is your first time, or if you’ve only watched a couple videos online, the small size of this workshop makes it ideal for asking questions and getting comfortable with the process.

Please note: This workshop is for 35mm and 120mm black & white film only. Visit auroraphoto.org/workshops for information on color film and 4 x 5 workshops.

Covered in the workshop:

* Loading film correctly onto plastic or metal reels
* Mixing black & white chemistry properly
* Learning the importance of timing, temperature, and agitation
* Reading your negatives to select frames for printing
* Proper care, storage, and handling of negatives

All chemistry and equipment are included in the price of the workshop. During the workshop, you will develop one roll of 35mm and 120mm black & white film, dry it, and store it in a plastic negative sleeve ready to make a contact sheet or enlargements.

For more information and to register, click here.

March 7, 1-4pm
Limited to 3 participants
Registration closes when filled

Non-Members: $100
Aurora Members: Free, registration required, email to reserve your spot

If you’ve made a black & white print before, this workshop is a great refresher on technique and will show you how to maximize the tools in Aurora’s darkroom. If this is your first time, or if you’ve only watched a couple videos online, the small size of this workshop makes it ideal for asking questions and getting comfortable with the process.

Covered in the workshop:

* Selecting negatives to print
* Operating the enlarger, easel, grain focuser and other equipment
* Making a test strip
* Proper technique with the chemistry trays
* Care, storage, and handling of negatives and prints

All chemistry, paper, and equipment are included in the price of the workshop. During the workshop, you will create 1-3 prints.

For more information and to register, click here or visit our Workshops page at auroraphoto.org.

March 8, 1-4pm
Limited to 3 participants
Registration when filled

Non-Members: $100
Aurora Members: Free, registration required, email to reserve your spot

More and more, photographers who shoot color film are opting to develop their own film rather than spending the time, energy, and money to send it off to a lab. Developing color film is a whole other world from developing black & white film, with different chemistry, techniques, and concerns. If you’ve developed color film before, this workshop is a great refresher on technique and will show you how to maximize the tools in Aurora’s darkroom. If this is your first time, or if you’ve only watched a couple videos online, the small size of this workshop makes it ideal for asking questions and getting comfortable with the process.

Please note: This workshop is for 35mm and 120mm color film only. 

Covered in the workshop:

* Loading film correctly onto plastic or metal reels
* Mixing color chemistry for success
* Knowing the importance of timing, temperature, and agitation
* Reading your negatives to select frames for printing
* Proper care, storage, and handling of negatives

All chemistry and equipment are included in the price of the workshop. During the workshop, you will develop one roll of 35mm and 120mm color film, dry it, and store it in a plastic negative sleeve ready to scan.

For more information and to register, click here or visit our Workshops page at auroraphoto.org.

This workshop will be taught by Carlos Perez, Aurora’s Lab Manager.

March 13, 7pm
Limited to 3 participants
Registration closes when filled

Non-Members: $100
Aurora Members: Free, registration required, email to reserve your spot

This one-session workshop is designed for you to learn the basics of scanning — from archiving old pictures to converting your old negatives. Turn your old memories into digital files that you can share with your friends and family!

Covered in the workshop:

*Flatbed scanning
*Digital camera scanning (DSLR Scanning)
*File saving guidelines
*Cleaning and loading film holders
*Troubleshooting scans (dust, blurriness, color shifts)

What to bring to the workshop:

*Photo or document of your choice
*Developed color, black & white, or slide film
*Flash drive or other storage medium to store your scans

Prior knowledge of scanning is not necessary for this workshop. This workshop is best suited to artists 16+ years old; minors must be accompanied by an adult. 

This workshop will be taught by Lab Manager Carlos Perez.

Click here for more information and to register for the workshop.

March 22, 1-4pm
Limited to 3 participants
Registration closes when filled

Non-Members: $100
Aurora Members: Free, registration required, email to reserve your spot

This one-session workshop is designed to teach you how to make archival inkjet prints on our Canon P-1000, which prints sheets up to 17 x 25 inches. In the workshop, we will cover the essential steps necessary to create a beautiful, balanced print using Aurora’s digital lab. Participants will make 2 prints during the workshop on 11 x 14 Moab luster paper.

Covered in the workshop:

* Resolution, bit depth, and your print
* Which file formats are best for printing
* Using print profiles
* Previewing your print with soft proofing
* Making basic adjustments to brightness, contrast, and color balance
* Choosing the right paper for your image

For more information and to register, click here.