The club & member services

Tampereen Teekkarikamerat (est. 1968) is a club for all photography minded students of the Tampere University and Tampere University of Applied Sciences.

The club currently has around 200 members each year. Our members include experienced event photographers, beginners picking up photography hobby and film enthusiasts. Originally founded as a teekkari club, TT-kamerat now has members from all campuses!

Our clubroom, the Darkroom

Our clubroom, the Darkroom, is located in room SA005 in Skellari, the basement of Sähkötalo on the Hervanta campus. From the upper lobby of Sähkötalo, take the stairs down past FabLab and turn left. The overhead sign reading “järjestötilat/clubrooms” will direct you to the spiral staircase leading down to Skellari.

The Darkroom is in the back corridor of Skellari. Once you reach the bottom of the spiral staircase, walk straight ahead, turn right at the toilets and then right again at the end of the corridor. The clubroom should now be on your left. You can also reach the back corridor from outside by entering through the red side door between Kampusareena and Sähkötalo and taking the stairs down.

To enter Skellari, you need access rights to the Hervanta campus and separate access rights to Skellari. You can get these by visiting the Tietotalo info desk, showing your membership card and requesting access rights.

You can find a video showing the accessible route on Instagram!

Accessing the clubroom

1. First, check whether anyone is at the clubroom. Send the command /darkroom in a private Telegram message to @MarkkuBot. Markku will tell you whether the clubroom lights are on.
2. If the Tietotalo info desk is open, pick up the loan key. If nobody is at the clubroom and the Tietotalo info desk is open, you can borrow a key by leaving your membership card at the desk. There are two loan keys available for members. Check the Tietotalo info desk opening hours. Return the key to the desk as soon as you leave the clubroom. If the desk has already closed, return the key to the letterbox next to it. You can then collect your membership card when the desk next opens.
3. Ask for someone to open the door in the Official chat. If nobody is at the clubroom and the Tietotalo info desk is closed, ask the board to open the door in the Official chat. Ask well in advance, especially if you are planning to visit at an unusual time! Board members may be unable to open the door at short notice, particularly at weekends, during holidays or late in the evening.
4. Always lock the clubroom door! Remember to lock the door whenever the clubroom is left empty. This also applies when you step out briefly or work in the film developing room while nobody is in the rest of the clubroom.

Member services and club events

As a TT-kamerat member, you can take part in the club’s events and courses and also join out team of event photographers if you wish! Full members also have access to the club’s member services.

Club events

TT-kamerat organises a variety of events for its members every year. Highlights include our annual introductory photography course in the autumn, our event photography course early in the year and Tassuterapia during Wappu. We also organise sauna evenings for members in the autumn and spring, casual get-togethers and various workshops based on members’ wishes.

Event photography

TT-kamerat photographs over 100 student events within the Tampere higher education community each year. As a club member, you can volunteer for a photography gig and try your hand at capturing different student events. To get involved, join the event photographers’ group!

Member services

On weekdays, the TT-kamerat clubroom, the Darkroom, serves as a shared campus living room and study space for members. Coffee and any treats available are included in your membership fee. Energy drinks and soft drinks are also available to buy.

Computer and photo editing

The Darkroom has a recently upgraded editing computer for members to use. It has Lightroom and Photoshop licences for photo editing.

You can reserve the computer for up to two hours at a time by writing your booking in the paper booking calendar next to it. If there are no bookings, or the person who booked it does not arrive within 15 minutes of their booking starting, you are free to use the computer. Any exceptions to the booking arrangements will be announced separately.

Photography gear loaning

Full members who have accepted the gear loan agreement are entitled to borrow the club’s photography gear. You can read more about gear loaning on the gear loaning page.

Film photography, developing and scanning

Film photography is making a comeback in the club. We have film cameras available to borrow and usually also film available to buy. You can develop both black-and-white and colour film in the club’s film developing room. You can also try making analog darkroom prints!

Film developing prices

Printing

The clubroom has Canon imagePROGRAF PRO-1000 photoprinter, with which you can print up to A2 size. Ask the board for guidance.

Printing prices