Nov - 9th
I sense a pattern here…more doors, San Miguel De Allende
Posted at 5:55 pm | Filed Under film
A little blown out, but I like the effect. Canon FTb, 50/1.8 lens. Most likely shooting with Kodak UC 400 at midday, hence the blow out.
Nov - 8th
Woops!
Posted at 9:18 am | Filed Under film, journal
I’ve used York Photo for my mail order film processing for several years. They’re inexpensive ($2.20/roll, $1.50 shipping, and $1.00 scans), they turn rolls around in a week, and they partner with Snapfish for their online service. They offer perpetual hosting and have great deals on prints. I got my first rolls back from San […]
Oct - 16th
Meikai El test shots, as promised!
Posted at 5:58 pm | Filed Under film
Oct - 15th
Cover
Posted at 10:02 pm | Filed Under film
Test with my new Olympus Stylus Epic.
Oct - 14th
World Toy Camera Day – October 18th!
Posted at 10:04 pm | Filed Under film
A World Toy Camera Day community affair with like minded toy camera photographers from all over the globe who take part on this day in the month of October. A day where we wake up in the wee hours of the morning and load all of our favorite plastic cameras like the Holga, Diana, Brownies […]
Oct - 10th
Another toy camera – Meikai EL
Posted at 8:12 am | Filed Under film
This is a Meikai EL, circa 1963. Bought on eBay, I was the only bidder! As toy cameras go, this one feels pretty solid. The body is metal and plastic and the leatherette makes it feel like a “real” camera. The film advance is smooth, and there’s an indicator to let you know when the […]
Oct - 7th
Stocking up on film
Posted at 9:15 am | Filed Under film
Sorting through my bookmarks, I found a film vendor online selling Lucky GBR 100 film for $2.00/36 exposures. This is my favorite film for LOMO shooting, as it’s sometimes as unpredictable as the LOMO is. Our joke on the lamented lomo.org BBS was that Quality was not Job One at the Lucky factory – one […]
Oct - 2nd
Plastic Cameras
Posted at 11:14 am | Filed Under film
I love my TIME camera – it’s a Holga/Diana with the chromatic aberrations and vignetting, but without the cost of medium format film and development…
Sep - 25th
Jazz Jelly camera, revisited
Posted at 9:56 am | Filed Under film, journal
My fixation with LOMO LC-As and film photography began in 2000. About that time, I started collecting toy film cameras. I like the aesthetic, I like the disconnect from technical frippery that a plastic lensed, single aperture, single shutter speed gives. I like vignetting. I like chromatic aberration. I like soft focus. One of the […]
Aug - 26th
Miroslav Tichy
Posted at 12:02 am | Filed Under art, film
Am so enthralled with the photographic work of Czech artist Miroslav Tichy, who made cameras out of cardboard tubes, thread spools, rubber bands, and other similar things, and then photographed public scenes in his small hometown. He developed the negatives in a bucket at night, because he didn’t have a darkroom. Later, he said that […]
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