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Darkroom rental on SF peninsula?
Hi folks,
It's been 5+ years since I've worked in a darkroom (used to have my own, and worked semi-professionally). Since then, I've moved into an apartment where setting up a darkroom simply isn't going to be an option. I've been away too long, and it's killing me. Like others here have mentioned, I work in front of a computer all day long writing software, and digital photography (while certainly quite facinating in its own right) just doesn't provide me with that escape from computers that I need. Plus, I pretty much do B+W exclusively, and I've been thinking about investing in medium format sometime this year. This all just screams for a darkroom. Anyone know of a "rental darkroom" or any other means I could use to get back in the saddle? I live in the San Francisco bay area in Mountain View. I've looked into taking photo classes at local community colleges, but that would end after the sememster, and it seems that most of their darkrooms are open 9am-7pm M-F...which is pretty worthless to anyone with a job. There seem to be quite a few places in San Francisco that rent out darkroom space, but that's going to be pretty inconvenient for me. Anyone have any idea? Any other locals know of anything that would fill my needs? Thanks! -- Steve Gilbert gilbert at cs dot utk dot edu |
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Darkroom rental on SF peninsula?
On 2/25/2004 5:07 PM Steve Gilbert spake thus:
Anyone know of a "rental darkroom" or any other means I could use to get back in the saddle? I live in the San Francisco bay area in Mountain View. I've looked into taking photo classes at local community colleges, but that would end after the sememster, and it seems that most of their darkrooms are open 9am-7pm M-F...which is pretty worthless to anyone with a job. There seem to be quite a few places in San Francisco that rent out darkroom space, but that's going to be pretty inconvenient for me. Anyone have any idea? Any other locals know of anything that would fill my needs? Thanks! Sorry, the only one I know of is in Berkeley (Looking Glass Photo), but I'm sure there must be at least one other somewhere between the City and San Jose. -- It's fun to demonize the neo-cons and rejoice in their discomfiture, but don't make the mistake of thinking US foreign policy was set by Norman Podhoretz or William Kristol. They're the clowns capering about in front of the donkey and the elephant. The donkey says the UN should clean up after them, and the elephant now says the donkey may have a point. Somebody has come out with a dustpan and broom. - Alexander Cockburn, _CounterPunch_ (http://www.counterpunch.org), 9/17/03 |
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Darkroom rental on SF peninsula?
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Steve Gilbert wrote: Hi folks, It's been 5+ years since I've worked in a darkroom (used to have my own, and worked semi-professionally). Since then, I've moved into an apartment where setting up a darkroom simply isn't going to be an option. I've been away too long, and it's killing me. Like others here have mentioned, I work in front of a computer all day long writing software, and digital photography (while certainly quite facinating in its own right) just doesn't provide me with that escape from computers that I need. Plus, I pretty much do B+W exclusively, and I've been thinking about investing in medium format sometime this year. This all just screams for a darkroom. Anyone know of a "rental darkroom" or any other means I could use to get back in the saddle? I live in the San Francisco bay area in Mountain View. I've looked into taking photo classes at local community colleges, but that would end after the sememster, and it seems that most of their darkrooms are open 9am-7pm M-F...which is pretty worthless to anyone with a job. There seem to be quite a few places in San Francisco that rent out darkroom space, but that's going to be pretty inconvenient for me. Anyone have any idea? Any other locals know of anything that would fill my needs? Thanks! There is not much over there. I've heard rumors of a rental darkroom in Mountain View, but I've not been able to track it down. The Santa Clara Parks Dept used to have one - I'm not sure if it's still open. Your best bet is to hike over to Hayward where there are three darkrooms: PhotoCentral http://www.photocentral.org Faultline http://www.faultlinephotographics.com Negative Space (no web page) As David pointed out there is also Looking Glass in Berkeley, but that's even farther from you than Hayward. -- -tony http://www.shapesandshadows.com |
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