Bring your shoot to a shop that gets it.
A working photographer of thirty years behind the counter, and a print shop that’s helped students from GCSE to degree level get their portfolios looking the way they imagined them. Plus 20% off photographic printing for full-time students.
Off photographic printing for all full-time students. Just bring your student ID to the counter — no codes, no forms, no hassle.
→ Degree
From first portfolio projects through to final-year shows. Whatever level you’re at, we’ve probably helped someone like you before.
More than just printing.
Most students arrive needing prints for a submission or a wall display. But before you even press print, there are decisions that make the difference between a good portfolio and a great one. We’ll happily talk you through any of it.
A working photographer, not just a print counter.
I’ve been a professional photographer for over thirty years — working on assignments across the UK and around the world before settling into running the shop here on Marlborough High Street. I still shoot regularly, including the official photography at Marlborough College.
That matters for students because the help you get over the counter isn’t generic. It’s a conversation with someone who’s made the same mistakes, faced the same deadline panics, and figured out the same problems — just earlier, and more times.
We’ve worked with photography students at every level for years. Bring your work in, and we’ll treat it seriously.
From first portfolio to final show.
Building a portfolio
First steps in photography: learning composition, understanding your camera, putting together a coursework portfolio. We help with print sizing, paper choices, and presentation for submission.
Developing a voice
Personal investigations, technical experimentation, and increasingly ambitious work. Print quality starts to really matter at this stage — and so does honest feedback on edits.
Professional standards
Final-year shows, degree portfolios, exhibition prints. We work with degree students on fine-art papers, larger formats, and presentation choices that hold up under serious examination.
Student workshops
We’re developing a programme of in-store workshops aimed at students — covering everything from basic camera technique to printing for submission. Details to follow. If you’d like to be notified when we launch them, drop us a line and we’ll add you to the list.
Pop in and say hello.
Bring your work, your camera, your questions, or just yourself. Best way to know whether we can help is a conversation over the counter.