Today we’re thrilled to feature an amazing project that we feel honored to be a part of.

Isabelle Hesselberg and Siegrid Cain are two of Europe’s leading wedding photographers. They both shoot film and each have very defined photographic styles in their own ways. They’ve been our clients for a while, we’ve met them a number of times in different photographic events (Norway, Madrid and Valencia) and we love them both to pieces.

Last year they came up with a wonderful idea to put together a bunch of women photographers in a beautiful house, learning from each other and sharing their experiences in which proved to be way more than just your usual film photography workshop.

So they did it, and Bohemia Gathering Vol I in Vichy (France) last April was a huge success.

Fast forward 8 months (and tons of emails) and BOOM!: Bohemia Gathering Vol II will be happening in November in OUR OWN CITY, Valencia! Yeah, this is really happening. Isabelle and Siegrid suggested the idea since Valencia is beautiful, its climate is amazing, it’s right next to the sea and of course it’s where we’re located, so we thought for most attendees it would be amazing to have guided tour of our lab and show them what happens to their film here.

For this Bohemia the house they chose is literally next to our city but in the middle of the “chufa fields” AND walking distance from the Patacona beach.

So ladies, there’s still a couple spots left, so if you’re free November 4th-8th :

Book your seat NOW at

bohemiagathering@gmail.com

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If you need more info to make up your mind go check out their website http://bohemia.2brides.se/ , in the mean time enjoy the beautiful images Isabelle and Siegrid created during Bohemia Gathering Vol I

¿Cómo disparar película puede cambiar tu vida y tu forma de afrontar la fotografía? Jonathan lo va  a contar en su workshop en BodaF15 y sin rodeos.

La próxima edición de BodaF va a ser un pelotazo analógico. Junto a ponentes de la talla del gran Jan Scholz “Micmojo” y nuestro miembro fundador Miguel Varona estamos orgullosos de traer por primera vez a España a Jonathan Canlas, referente mundial en fotografía de boda y gurú del film.

Más de 15 años disparando bodas por medio mundo y el reconocimiento de toda la industria le avalan. El énfasis en el retrato y una composición técnicamente perfecta hacen su estilo instantáneamente reconocible. Lo que muchos de sus clientes no saben es que detrás de esos tonos vibrantes y realistas está el hecho de que son disparadas en película

Jonathan dispara exclusivamente en película desde sus inicios en la universidad y decidió no pasarse al digital después de probarlo todo y seguir prefiriendo tanto el producto final en analógico como el proceso que ello conlleva.

¿Por qué disparar película en el siglo XXI? Jonathan lo va a explicar todo, y creednos, el tipo es un libro abierto. “Film is awesome and I’m gonna show you why” nos dijo cuando le pedimos que nos resumiera lo que quería transmitir a los asistentes de Madrid.

Aparte de su innegable talento fotográfico el fuerte de Jonathan es su carácter extrovertido y su don para la educación. De hecho su hiperactividad y pasión por lo que hace le han llevado a crear workshops itinerantes sobre cómo disparar en película ( FilmIsNotDead ) y ha escrito un exitoso libro al respecto.

En BodaF 2015 su ponencia tratará sobre su flujo de trabajo y porqué considera clave para su estilo el uso de película.También cómo disparar y trabajar junto a un buen laboratorio te puede liberar de incontables horas detrás del ordenador y disfrutar más disparando.

En su workshop le asistirá asistido uno de nuestros fundadores, Albert Roig. Se cubrirán tanto los conceptos fundamentales de exposición, tipo de película, diferencias entre medio formato y 35mm, así cómo diferentes situaciones de luz y sacar el máximo partido de la increíble latitud de la película. Sí estas acostumbrado a disparar en digital, prepara tu bloc de notas 🙂

Aprovechad la ocasión ya que sus talleres FIND ya sólo se ofrecen en Hawaii y es una oportunidad única para aprender de primera mano de uno de los mejores.

Reservad mientras queden plazas aquí!

Nos vemos en Madrid.

Un abrazo

Equipo Carmencita

Alright, you asked for it, we listened carefully and here you’ve got it!

For all those customers who have a specific look in mind for their scans we created a new Order Form where you can select color, brightness and contrast preferences.

Photography (and particularly color) can be really subjective. We always scan neutral unless you guys give us other specific indications on the COMMENTS area on the Order Form.

This has worked totally fine to this day and we’ve always been super open about you asking for “customized” scans and never charging extra for them. But still, we wanted to take an extra step by making the process as easy as possible. That way even if you don’t have enough time to write a full comment on how you want your scans or you get wrapped up in the inevitable difficulty of verbalizing visual stuff you can still take 10 seconds to tick boxes for COLOR , BRIGHTNESS and CONTRAST.

Needless to say these are your preferences, but the film stock used, the way it was been exposed and the quality of the light will condition immensely how closely we can match your expectations. E.g. Let’s just say we won’t be able to turn a Fuji Superia 200 shot on a cloudy day with evaluative metering (and thus underexposed 1-2 stops) into a grainless, airy, pastel, low contrasty warm-toned piece of photographic candy.

SO, that being said. From now on you’ll be able to choose your preferences for:

We all have different color tastes; help us understand yours in order to get you your dream tones!

Contrast is key to the final look of your images. Ask for as much (or as few) as you want!

Do you like dark moody stuff or super airy pastel work? Let us know!

THAT’S IT! AS EASY AS THAT! We’ll take it from there and follow your guidelines as closely as humanly possible throughout the scanning and editing process.

Next thing you know: BAAAM! Scans in your inbox just the way you wanted them.

Hope you enjoy the new Order Form and now get out there and shoot some film!

So we gave a few hints on Twitter and privately to some customers by email, but we’re happy to announce that we finally offer SLIDE FILM ( E6 ) processing and scanning. You guys can finally shoot your Velvia 50, Provia 400X and Astia or even that Agfa CT Precisa you were saving ‘cause you didn’t feel like cross-processing it. We’re charging the same as we do for Black & White processing and as with BW you just need to add 2 business days to the regular C41 delivery time. We had the privilege of having client/friend Jan Scholz “micmojo” beta-test this process for us. He was super excited to finally be able to shoot those wonderful slide stocks and took some Fuji Velvia 50 with him in his recent vacations in Florida.

We loved the results and felt like it could be a great way to introduce this new “product” to Carmencita customers. Being so used to C41 film it’s refreshing to see a positive, with it’s “correct” white balance and contrast/saturation rendition depending on the film stock. Guys, be prepared to spot meter like freaking masters! As you probably already know slide film is NOT as forgiving as color (C41 ) film (hello Portra 400 5 overexposure – 2 underexposure? ). It’s latitude is quite reduced, like 1 over – 1 under, almost remix¡nascent of some digital cameras. Be prepared to use the “Sunny-16 Rule”, spot meter and having to choose between blown skies or correctly lit subjects. But hey, they don’t call it hard work for nothin’! 😛 WELCOME OUR SLIDE FILM PROCESSING AND SCANNING SERVICES!

You know we can’t stand still at Carmencita… We’re constantly coming up with new ideas, new projects … it’s a freaking whirlpool of ideas in here! As some of you might know this time we’ve been wanting to take part in more and more educational stuff ( Corera was fun btw!). SO… We’re really happy to announce that our Lab Manager Albert will be traveling to Vienna for The Analog Docs’ workshop. He’ll be offering the lab’s view of the whole process of shooting film. What it is we actually do with your film and how to get the best out of your film AND out of your lab (i.e: us!).

The workshop will take place in the beautiful city of Vienna on May 1st and 2nd and there’s very limited space. The workshop will be taught in German and will cover anything yoou might think of. This guys have thought it out really well, and the go from “Why shoot film in the digital era” to “choosing film stocks”… “35mm VS medium format”…”your buddy the light meter”… “posing tips and tricks” and even a look at their actual cheap cialis online workflow, “from shooting to print”. There’s a 20% discount for people that register for the workshop before March 24th so if you speak German, love shooting film and wanna learn from the best go sign up! You can read all about the workshop and sign up for it here: http://workshop.analogdocs.com/workshopinfo/ See you in Vienna!

Albert and The Analog Docs. Photo by Jonathan Canlas