Studio Facilities

Photography and digital facilities. WIFI/internet.  

Access hours: Tuesday – Saturday (Wednesday, Thursday 11am-9pm and Tuesday, Friday, Saturday, 11am-6pm)

Our production facilities include:

• Black & white communal printing darkroom with 6 x LPL 7700 (6x7) enlargers. Also includes RC print dryer, archival print washer for FB papers up to 12x16".
• 4 x Individual darkrooms with LPL 7452 large format (5x4") colour enlargers and private sink and desk space. Rooms can be used for both analogue B&W and Colour printing up to 20x24" in size. Our Thermophot 505 RA-4 processor (20” width intake) offers unique dry-to-dry processing for analogue colour prints.
• Film processing capabilities are also included, with Paterson tanks allowing for developing of film formats up to 5x4". Colour C-41 film processing is available with a CineStill Temperature Controlled unit used in conjunction with user-friendly CS41 chemistry.
• Further info: stills.org/creating/darkrooms
• We also offer a finishing area with dry mount press, guillotines, Logan bevelled matt cutter, cutting mats and scalpels.
• Our digital production suite includes Apple Mac Studio workstations running the Adobe Creative Cloud software including Photoshop, LightRoom Classic, InDesign, Illustrator and Premiere Pro and AfterEffects for video editing.
• We offer access to a range of peripheral devices including 3 types of scanner: Epson V750 Pro or 13000XL A3 scanner for images and film scanning, a fast 'Camera Scanner' for quickly digitising negatives and slides, and a Hasselblad X1 virtual drum scanner for high-quality film scanning. We offer large format (A2) digital printing through an Epson SC-P5000 printer.

Costs

Daily pass £15, or 3-hour session £9. For long-term access during residency period a discount can be arranged. As listed above, we offer analogue film processing and printing in both B&W or colour, film and image digitisation, editing and digital printing.

Materials and consumables are all available to purchase onsite. Darkroom chemicals are predominantly pre-mixed and are priced in small user-friendly amounts. We stock a range of Hahnemühle Fine Art papers for digital printing (available by the sheet) and a variety of sizes, finishes and quantities of darkroom paper are stocked in our shop.

Hire of equipment (please see website for individual prices).

Course fees as per website and can provide a 15% discounted rate for residents.

Further info: stills.org/learning

Minimum Period

6 weeks

Maximum Period

12 months

Other facilities

Stills' courses offer a wide range of high-quality, subsidised training in all areas of photography and digital media and tutors are experienced professionals from a variety of fields of photography, digital media and lens based arts.

Further info: stills.org/learning

We provide a dedicated range of off-site equipment hire services for analogue and digital photographers, including digital and 35mm SLR cameras, tripods, Super8 film cameras and video and audio equipment.

Further info: stills.org/products/equipment-hire

We have one of the largest publicly accessible collections of books on photography in Scotland offering a unique heritage resource of both photographies in Scotland and international, from 1840s to the present day, as well as exhibition catalogues and information on previous Stills exhibitions since 1977. A safe space in which to access information, to learn about and look at photography. Our welcoming and knowledgeable staff who will help you use the library based on your interests. Further info: https://stills.org/learning/library/

Support offered

Welcoming and knowledgeable staff who are on hand to assist with any queries. 

Free induction to production facilities

Free place on a Stills’ course to support development of practice

Peer critique and technical support with Stills’ staff, including mentoring session with Stills’ Director

Access to photography and digital facilities at concessionary rates (costs met by artists’ award)

Promotional support offered

Feature on www.stills.org, e-newsletters and standard promotion of artist’s work on social media as part of Stills’ communication strategy where applicable.

Exhibition or other opportunities

Opportunities for public events where applicable.

Requirements

Photography primary practice, or output.

Artists make own accommodation arrangements at own cost.

Artists must provide insurance for their own personal belongings and valuables whilst on site i.e. laptop etc.

Accommodation offered

No

Alternative accommodation

Artists must make own arrangements at own cost. 

Travel

Stills is positioned in the centre of Edinburgh’s old-town, within a few minutes walking distance to Waverley train station and Edinburgh bus station. 

Accessibility

Access to the gallery is at street level with ramp in gallery for wheelchair access and a lift to access other levels of building including production facilities and library.

Accessible toilet with baby changing facilities.

Insurance

Artists should provide insurance for their own personal belongings and valuables whilst on site i.e. laptop etc.