LAB WEST FILM

🎉 We're back just in time to print your beautiful images for Christmas! All print orders come with an email guide to our favorite small frames. 📸✨

Order prints online by midnight Monday 18 Dec to make sure your prints are ready before the holidays.

Select express shipping or pick-up from Nedlands. Our studio is currently open by appointment and film developing will resume in the new year. Stay tuned for more updates! 😉

To our lovely LW community,

We have some updates to share with you … Our location and services are shifting for the next few months.

Northbridge has been our home for three amazing years, but it’s time to change things up.

Unfortunately we could not agree on the terms of our lease and have decided to seek out a new home.

With change comes fresh opportunity, and we welcome your ideas for our next location.

In the meantime we will continue to offer printing, scanning and archival services from our home studio. Film developing will be on pause until we lock in our new space.

We are still in full swing at 188 Newcastle St for the time being. Come and say g’day, drop your film and collect your negs if you can.

WED 4 OCTOBER : last day to drop film for developing. (Mail-in orders should arrive by this date too please.)
SATURDAY 7 OCTOBER : last day open at 188 Newcastle St.

We are super grateful for your love and support over the years. We all feel very lucky to work with your beautiful images and can’t wait to be back soon with the next phase of Lab West. More from us to come!

Tim and Mel on behalf of the LW team
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A good image deserves good development. To ensure the highest quality control, our lab technicians conduct regular control strips and test rolls to ensure our chemicals are performing as they should for all our processes; colour, black & white, ECN-2 and E-6.

It is essential to determine the effectiveness of these chemicals to ensure accurate and consistent results when working with your film to ensure the best possible outcome for your negative.

If you would like to know more about our process and how we do things here please feel free to pop in or drop us a dm 😉

💥PRINT SALE!💥
Use code: AUTUMN20PRINT
 
Did you know we offer Fine Art Printing in store? Have a swipe through for some examples of our 5 x 7” printing options. Whether you’d like a full bleed or printed with a border we can accommodate both!  
 
Our printing team uses a Ilford Semi Gloss paper for our 5 x 7” prints which preserves detail and colour vibrancy for the best look in or out of a frame.

Our prints are made with Epson's latest UltraChrome Pro inks and can be described as 'giclee' or 'archival pigment prints'. We also print up to A2 size with a small selection of premium papers.
 
For other printing sizes, we also offer varying paper types in the Hahnemühle Photo Rag or Bamboo.
 
We are offering an end of Autumn 20% discount on ALL printing up until the 1st of June. Use code AUTUMN20PRINT to receive your 20% off. Follow the details on our website or come in for a chat with one of our friendly team members and see your images come to life in print!
 
Image courtesy of the Lab West Archive.

Whilst we have been processing E-6 /Slide film in-house for the last 6 months, we have neglected to spread the word! Every 2-3 weeks we develop a batch of E-6 films for all our slide shooters out there. We love seeing the positive results coming out of the tanks. Swing past the lab during our opening hours to drop off your rolls, or order online and place in our 24/7 dropbox or mail to our PO Box.

What is E-6?

E-6/Slide is a type of colour reversal film that is designed to produce slides (also known as transparencies or positives) which can be projected or viewed directly. It involves a different chemical process with a few more steps for the lab. Kodak Ektachrome (E100) and Fuji Velvia are commonly available slide films.

Why shoot E-6?

E-6/Slide film is known for its rich colours and high contrast. It offers a unique and distinctive look that cannot be easily replicated.

We are one of few Australian labs offering this service, and our modern scanning workflow delivers high quality files with greater dynamic range. Take advantage of our unique TIFF option for ultimate creative control. 🪄🎞

🏞 All images from the Lab West Archive

Now open on Wednesdays 12-6!

As always, our Dropbox and PO Box is available 24/7 and attended to daily.

Looking forward to another great year with all of you! 💛

Wishing you all a wonderful time over the holidays! Our team are taking a short break (25 Dec - 9 Jan) and look forward to seeing you all in the new year.

Our film dropbox and PO Box will be regularly attended during this time. Please allow two to three weeks turnaround for online orders. If you have any urgent requests, feel free to reach out.

Thanks for all your love & support this year ❤️

To all our lovely clients … with the impending addition to our Lab West family, we wanted to let you know our turnaround time may be a little longer than usual.

From today (until mid December) it may take up to two weeks to deliver your beautiful images. Hopefully we won’t need quite so long, but we wanted to flag a possible delay.

Our doors will still be open Tues, Thurs and Sat and our team will continue to process film, just at a slower pace with less hands on deck for the moment.

If you need your film urgently, please reach out and we will do our best to prioritise.

Thanks for your continued support during this exciting time. We can’t wait to introduce our little lab baby soon 🥰

HIGH VOLTAGE is a collection of 7 images captured on 35mm by , currently on display at

We have had the pleasure of collaborating with Fab to develop, scan and print these beauties here at

Swing past our friends at Howard’s Groove next time you’re in the CBD for a top notch coffee and enjoy HIGH VOLTAGE on their walls.

Limited edition prints are available on our website. (Link in bio)

Springtime slides from our growing archive. Over the years we’ve gathered hundreds of intriguing slides and negatives from op-shops, swap-meets and private collections.

Scanned, restored and printed here at the lab on beautiful Ilford Galerie Gold Fibre Gloss (310gsm). A small selection currently on our walls to celebrate the springtime spirit. 💚🌼🧡

Yes, we can scan your slides too! New or old, cut or mounted, we’ve got you covered.

We also work with an E6 developing partner to offer a full develop / scan / print option for your slide films. Pop in and chat to our team, or send us an email.

Awesome to be a local partner in the newest community art project from
LOOK CLOSER : PHOTO PROJECT.

The project invites you to get creative with trash, take a photo and have your work shown in an exhibition at the P*P gallery! All whilst helping to raise awareness about caring for our environment.

Pop in to (or other participating businesses) and pick up a Look Closer kit this month. Follow the kit instructions and upload your photograph(s) to P*P online by 24 July.

Participation is FREE and all types of photography are welcome! 💛

Calling all photographers from all backgrounds age groups and levels in photography! We are pleased to present P*P’s newest initiative;

LOOK CLOSER: PHOTO PROJECT

Join us in initiating positive change towards our surrounding environment whilst making art. Then have your work shown in a public exhibition in August this year!

As a response to 'And Yet it Moves' by TRES at P*P, Perth audiences are invited to get trashy with us by hitting the streets of Perth in the search for discarded objects most of us call trash.

To take part, visit one of our project partners (see map) and ask for your Look Closer Trash Kit. Follow instructions in the kit, and upload your photograph(s) by 24th of July, 2022.
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Participation to this project is free and open to people from all ages, backgrounds, and levels in photography. This project has been supported by the City of Perth, and the following businesses: