Newport Film Lab

08/08/2026

We’re set up at the Riverfront Theatre with our Afghan Box camera 📸

Pop down if you’d like a portrait!

07/08/2026

We’ll be at the Summer Market tomorrow between 11-5.

Come on down and have your portrait taken with this handmade Afghan Box camera 📸

04/08/2026

Just put together a blog post on building our Afghan Box camera, check it out!

History The Afghan Box Camera is a handmade wooden camera and darkroom in one, traditionally used by photographers working on the streets of Afghanistan during the 1950’s to produce instant identification portraits. The camera is also known as a kamra-e-faoree which translates to ‘instant camera...

10/07/2026

Our new design on the Beetle, I think it looks great! 👍🏼

19/06/2026

Do you have old film slides you’d love to have on your phone to show your friends!? 🎞️
Or just want a backup in case they ever get lost?

We can scan your film in and provide you with digital copies.

All images that are scanned, will be dust and blemish corrected which means you get back the best possible result.

Prices below 👇🏽:
1-99 £1.25 each
100-199 £1.10 each
200+ £0.80 each

31/05/2026

Thank you to everyone that came to our first photo walk this morning! 🌅

It was an absolute pleasure meeting some new faces and seeing everyone have a great time shooting! 📸
Would also love to thank for hosting us after our walk, lovely atmosphere and great coffee/cakes ❤️

This is the first of many, so stay tuned for the next photo walk 🚶

27/05/2026

A look into Bath during the 1970’s taken on Kodachrome Slide Film 🎞️

1. Dorchester Street / Manvers Street
2. Queen Square
3. Pulteney Bridge
4. Junction near Bath Abbey and Orange Grove
5. Pulteney Bridge with The Empire Hotel in the background
6. Junction near Bath Abbey and Orange Grove

Scanned by

26/05/2026

Our first set of images from our slide restoration project 🎞️
Here we have some great photos of Looe, Cornwall in 1982, specifically Polperro.

You can see some places which are still trading even now, such as The Blue Peter Inn.

Hope this is a trip down memory lane for anyone who’s visited there before! ❤️

c

24/05/2026

Some bargains coming up!

DM me if you’re interested in this little gem! 💎