Hands-on workshops in cyanotype, film photography, darkroom printing and studio light. Small groups or one-to-one, real materials, and work you made yourself to take home.
An introduction to cyanotype, the 19th-century blue print. Participants coat paper, compose prints from ready-made templates and expose them under a UV lamp, so the weather never cancels a session. Parents are welcome to stay and watch from a distance.
Take homeTheir own dry prints, the same day.
The full process, with examples: photograms, digital negatives made from your own photos, toning, and adding watercolour by hand. We also talk through printing on fabric. Send us your photos at least 3 days before; we make the negatives, and that is included in the price.
Take homeA run of 5 postcards each, plus your experiments.
Everything you need to start shooting film: how to load a roll, set the exposure with aperture, shutter speed and a light meter, and rewind and unload it safely without fogging a frame. Bring your own manual film camera; a roll of black-and-white film is included.
Take homeAn exposed roll, ready to develop.
For photographers who want to rent a studio and know exactly what to do in it. Camera settings for flash, sync and radio triggers, placing the lights and choosing modifiers, and the classic lighting schemes you can rebuild in any studio. Participants shoot digital and photograph each other.
Take homeThe confidence to book a studio on your own, and portraits from every scheme.
Cyanotype workshops by Pinholishnaya, Moscow, 2016–2019.
In the darkroom the enlarger and the teacher are entirely yours: the lesson follows your negatives, your pace and your questions. Or come together with a friend, share the session, and you both get 25% off.
Load a developing tank in the dark, mix the chemistry, then develop, fix, wash and dry. Bring a roll you have shot, or the one from “Your first film camera”.
Take homeYour own developed negatives.
From negative to silver gelatin print on the enlarger: contact sheet, test strips, exposure and contrast, developing and fixing the print. Paper and chemistry included.
Take homeA contact sheet and 2–3 finished prints.
Take the three film lessons in order (shoot a roll, develop it, print it) and get 10% off.
243AZN270 AZN
For schools, clubs, companies and partner venues: a cyanotype workshop for your own group of up to 12 people. 450 AZN for the group.
The full postcard workshop is available for private groups on request. For corporate events we can customise the workshop and brand it to your company.
Kamil Guliev has taught alternative photographic processes since 2016. With his project Pinholishnaya he developed cyanotype and pinhole workshops together with the Polytechnic Museum in Moscow, and ran them at its festivals, Moscow Maker Faire and Night at the Museum, for more than 2,000 participants. He studied at the Rodchenko Art School (2015) and the Salzburg Summer Academy (2014); his project Instant Photography was shown at the Moscow Museum of Modern Art during the Photobiennale. For over ten years he worked as a commercial still-life and food photographer, including as staff photographer for Afisha-Eda. In 2025 he founded Baku Center of Photography.
Press: Time Out Moscow, Nauka TV, 2do2go.
No, except for studio lighting, which is for photographers who already shoot.
For “Your first film camera”, yes: bring a manual film camera. For studio lighting, bring your digital camera. Everything else is provided.
Russian. One-to-one lessons and private groups can also be taught in English.
Yes, they are welcome to watch from a distance.
We offer you the next date or a full refund, whichever you prefer.
Yes. A private cyanotype group takes up to 12 people for 450 AZN. Message us to agree a date.