This was the date: 24.10.19. Ilford teased the net with the announcement of a brand new film that was about to be released, and “oh boy”, there was excitement to be had. If there is something the film photography industry is know for it is definnetely the lack of good news. We’ve seen a bit…
Our aim of being helpful and bring film photography education to everyone is deeply engraved in our DNA, we want to answer the question that we have heard countless times especially at the shop. “Which are the main differences between Kodak 400TX and Kodak 400T-Max?” Same 400 ISO sensitivity, almost identical packaging and similar name……
We originally started this blog to be helpful (and also to show off the incredible works of some of our clients and friends) and today, in this post, we’re hoping to clear up the difference between two very important words in the film world: metering and rating. We’ve heard and read about the confusion between…
Things we love here at our lab: cameras, films, and surprises. Surprises for us come in all shapes and forms; sometimes we get candy inside the boxes delivered to our lab and sometimes we get to feast our eyes on the best double exposures of all time. It’s really a toss up for us which…
Since Carmencita’s birth in 2012 we have carefully handled, developed, and scanned many types of black and white films. We have learned the unique qualities that each type of black and white film possess and how they can impact the emotion in a photograph. Black and white films can evoke the feeling of the scene,…
CLAVES PARA DISPARAR EN ANALÓGICO – [PDF]
*NOTE: This post is only available in Spanish at the moment, we are working to make all the information available in english soon! UNA GUÍA DE LA FOTOGRAFÍA ANALÓGICA ACTUAL Durante los últimos 3 años hemos estado realizando talleres puntuales aquí y allá, en cada taller ofrecemos una parte prácitca pero también una…
BEST OF THE YEAR 2019
COFFEE & FILM – DRIP COFFEE ROASTER
We know how hard is to start a project, and if it wouldn’t be by the many photographers that supported us in our first steps Carmencita would never be the Carmencita we know today! So, whenever we have the chance to support a new project, especially coming from fellow film photographers, we try to figure…
Few Frames w/ Noemi Jariod
SHEDDING SKIN This is perhaps one of the longest-lasting projects we’ve seen going on at the lab; Noemi Jariod began the project as a small assignment that quickly grew into something more for her. We got to know many years ago through editorial photography, and throughout the time, we’ve also seen her work change, evolve and mature….
BEST OF JANUARY 2020