Cyanotype photograms
A first experience with cyanotype: we place objects on sensitised paper, expose to sunlight and develop with …
Training
Workshops
A photography training system built on practice, closeness and material work with the image.
Llumàtics structures its workshops around analogue photography understood as a complete process: from the initial exposure to the final print, covering both traditional techniques and experimental practices.
Workshops are organised around five thematic areas that allow students to build a coherent learning path, avoiding the fragmentation common in this type of offer.
All workshops at Llumàtics are private, with a maximum of four students per session. This reduced format allows close, individual support adapted to each participant’s pace and interests, and guarantees a real hands-on experience with the darkroom and equipment.
Llumàtics also runs an external workshops programme, either on commission or through ongoing collaborations with art centres, photography schools and secondary schools. Notable is the relationship with Cameras & Films (formerly the Lomography Embassy Barcelona), where large format portrait courses are taught — using a late 19th-century camera and working directly on photosensitive paper —, alongside black and white film developing courses and experimental developing workshops.
Learning path
The ideal journey
Recommended order to progressively deepen your analogue photography practice.
Introduction to photography
Camera, light and exposure. The foundation of everything.
B&W film developing
From exposed roll to wet negative. First time in the lab.
Introduction to the enlarger
Your first paper print. The darkroom awaits.
Scanning negatives
From negative to file. Digital workflow for analogue images.
Editing photochemical images
Lightroom and editing tools designed for scanned analogue images.
Coming soonPush/pull and negative control
Push, pull and density. Developing with intention to get the negative you want.
Darkroom printing — filtration
Dodging, burning, contrast filtration. Controlling highlights and shadows.
Advanced printing
Custom developer, split development, toning and selenium.
Coming soonFonaments
Iniciació i comprensió de la càmera, la llum i l'exposició.
Learn to control light
The starting point for everyone. We understand how a camera works and why photos come out the way they do. We …
Pinhole photography
We build a pinhole camera, expose onto photographic paper and develop on the spot. The photographic process in …
Procés analògic
Revelat de pel·lícula i còpia en paper. El nucli de Llumàtics.
Darkroom prints with your own developer — Beers Developer
We mix Beers Developer from scratch, take it straight to the enlarger and compare prints at different contrast …
Developing colour film as black and white
You grab a colour roll, develop it with Rodinal in 60-minute stand development and get negatives with a brown …
Guinneol: develop with Guinness
You grab a can of Guinness, add washing soda and vitamin C, and use it to develop a roll of film. It works. …
B&W film development
There's no single correct development. There's the one each photograph needs. In this workshop you learn to …
Darkroom printing
Got developed negatives and want to make prints? This workshop is the natural second step of the analogue …
Development + printing in one day
A full day in the darkroom: in the morning you develop your own roll, in the afternoon you make paper prints. …
DIY developers
A workshop for anyone who wants to understand the chemistry of development well enough to make their own …
Experimental development
Beyond the standard developer: push and pull, stand development, Caffenol, the Beers formula and other ways to …
Introduction to darkroom printing
Got developed negatives and want to see how they become paper prints? This is the first session: a practical, …
Scanning and digitisation
You have developed negatives and want to scan them properly. Not to share on Instagram, but to have quality …
Pràctica fotogràfica
Presa d'imatges en context real: retrat, carrer, escena.
Portrait with Holga
The Holga is not a precision camera. It's a camera that forces you to focus on what matters: the person in …
Analogue portrait
We work on studio portraiture with an analogue camera and studio flash: the light, the relationship with the …
Photography tutorial
An individual session designed around you: bring your questions, your project or your difficulties, and we …
Portrait in medium format 6×6
Photographing people in medium format is a decision. The waist-level finder, the square format and the …
Street photography
A workshop for photographing on the street with awareness: how to look, how to approach, how to decide when to …
The wonderful world of Hasselblad
A session devoted entirely to the Hasselblad 500 series: how it works, tips and tricks, double exposures, …
Mig format
Fotografia 6×6 i 120. Un pas més enrere per mirar diferent.
Portrait with Holga
The Holga is not a precision camera. It's a camera that forces you to focus on what matters: the person in …
Portrait in medium format 6×6
Photographing people in medium format is a decision. The waist-level finder, the square format and the …
The wonderful world of Hasselblad
A session devoted entirely to the Hasselblad 500 series: how it works, tips and tricks, double exposures, …
Gran format
Fotografia lenta i conscient amb equipaments de gran format.
Introduction to large format
A first encounter with the view camera: understanding why it exists, how it works and what makes a system that …
Large format 4×5"
The large-format camera forces you to photograph differently: prepare, measure, decide and shoot just once. A …
Processos alternatius
Experimentació: cianotípia, reveladors artesanals, suports no convencionals.
Developing colour film as black and white
You grab a colour roll, develop it with Rodinal in 60-minute stand development and get negatives with a brown …
Guinneol: develop with Guinness
You grab a can of Guinness, add washing soda and vitamin C, and use it to develop a roll of film. It works. …
Cyanotype
One of the oldest and most accessible photographic techniques: we coat the paper, expose it to sunlight and …
Cyanotype photograms
A first experience with cyanotype: we place objects on sensitised paper, expose to sunlight and develop with …
DIY developers
A workshop for anyone who wants to understand the chemistry of development well enough to make their own …
Experimental development
Beyond the standard developer: push and pull, stand development, Caffenol, the Beers formula and other ways to …
Pinhole photography
We build a pinhole camera, expose onto photographic paper and develop on the spot. The photographic process in …
Col·laboracions
Tallers externs
Tallers impartits en col·laboració amb altres espais. Mateix enfocament, entorn diferent.
Introduction to film development
The complete photographic process in three hours: we load a roll, head out to the neighbourhood to shoot it, …
Large-format portrait
Photographing a person with a late-19th-century camera, working directly onto photosensitive paper. A unique …