12 for 2012 - Camera 2

As part of my 'take more photos' goal for this year - I decided that I wanted to use more of the cameras that I haven't actually used before in my collection.

February's camera (this post is a little late... oops) is an Exacta 135 that I got from my friend Adam. I probably could have used it in better lighting conditions but it was February and it snowed. Overall I'm happy with the results and honestly, just glad that more photos came out than the first 12 for 2012 camera.

These photos were taken in Manchester as part of the Lomo meet up.

I still haven't started my camera for March - how bad is that? I took so many photos last month that I haven't really felt the need to take any in the last two weeks - I still have half a roll in my Yashica and Diana Mini to finish too. I've found it is best if I don't force myself to take photos if I don't fancy it though - I just end up taking bad photos and that's worse than taking none...


Camera: Exacta 135
Film: Kodak Elitechrome iso 100
Location: Manchester

A Lomography Meet Up Video (plus nerd alert)

So... I'm pretty sure to serious video makers that sliding titles and swishing video animations are considered to be a bit like Word Art in Word and the animations on Powerpoint... but I just don't care. I've never played with Windows Live Movie Maker before and sometimes you just have to have a bit of fun right?

So here's the video I shot for the Leeds Lomography Xmas Meet Up, complete with Star Wars soundtrack hahaha. So fun!

(you can always mute it if you want, I won't be offended)

Have a great weekend!!

This time next week I'll be getting ready to go home for Christmas, hurray!!

p.s. you can see another video from the meet up by Darren here... 

it has his own music on it, which means....
he's much cooler than me.

More Leeds Lomo meet up photos...

Camera: Refurbished LC-A 
Film: Kodak 200 
Location: Leeds

Leeds Lomo Meet Up - My photos...

Last week I finally treated myself to something I've been waiting to get for years!

An LC-A!!!!!

Unlike the one that I used in Manchester which was the Lomography LC-A+, I ordered the refurbished LC-A as it was a fair bit cheaper which also meant that I could get the Lomokino too, hurray!!

Side note - the majority of this was bought with Lomography piggie points, if you have a lomo/film camera and you enjoy writing, I highly recommend writing some articles and getting those piggies, it takes a while, I had to write about 20 articles to save enough, but it's possible and fun at the same time.

I decided that the Leeds Lomography Xmas Meet Up was the perfect place to try my newest camera and also to try and take more photos of people... it was a mixed result as I was a bit too experimental with the aperture but overall I love the results with this camera already!


{I completely forgot to ask what this camera actually was, its beautiful though!}



 Happy weekend!!

Camera: Refurbished LC-A Film: 
Kodak ISO 200 
Location: Leeds

Leeds through their eyes: Darren aka Pancho Ballard

Saturday was the Lomography Leeds Xmas Meet Up and I was very excited to go and catch up with a few people that I met in Manchester and also to meet new people. I love meeting people!

Especially people who don't think that I'm crazy for having as many cameras as I do, haha. 

(although I did get ridiculed for my Christmas jumper)

Although I haven't had any of my films developed yet (gah!), some people already have and I'm excited to be sharing their photos on here. First up is Darren, aka Pancho Ballard.

 

{how amazing is that camera?!} 

 

Aren't they great? I absolutely love Darren's photos of people, he captures the moment so well and of course I love his photos of Leeds as well. I think sometimes I forget that there is so much to take photos of in Leeds, so it was interesting watching what people were taking photos of on Saturday.

You can see Darren's album of photos on Lomography here.

Photographer: Darren aka Pancho Ballard.

Camera: Minolta XG-M

Film: Ilford HP5 (developed by Darren!)

These photos are used with Darren's permission so please do not reuse them.

The last Manchester Lomoroadshow photos...

As well as using the borrowed LC-A, I also took my little superheadz camera with me to Manchester (the camera wasn't Lomo but the film was, so its fine...) I am still loving the combination of camera and film together and I think it's caught the different atmosphere that Manchester (north, gritty) has compared to Minehead (south, not so gritty - simply put lol) very well.

Happy weekend!

I'm going to a wedding tomorrow

and I have something exciting planned for next week already,

so I think its going to be a pretty amazing few days :)

Location: Manchester, England
Camera: Superheadz Yellow Peace
Film: Lomgraphy Redscale XR 50-200

More Manchester LCA photos...

The more I look at these photos, the sadder I get that the LC-A I used was just a loaner camera and that I had to give it back...

I wasn't sure what I was expecting from this camera but when I first saw the photos I was a little underwhelmed by them: it's easy to get caught up in the hype of something and I wonder if perhaps I was expecting a little too much from it.



However looking at the photos again, more and more details start to pop out that I wouldn't expect to see from my other Lomography cameras and I'm still so impressed by the colours, the contrast balance and delicacy it has with its multiple exposures.

The LC-A has an understated excellence to it and I can imagine with more use I would learn more about its individual charms and I can start to see why people love this camera so much. This camera is definitely going on my christmas list! (and I'm pretty sure it will be worth the rather hefty price tag too).

You can see the entire film of photos here.

Location: Manchester, England
Camera: LC-A (Loaned to me by Lomography for the afternoon)
Film: Cross processed Lomography Xpro Chrome ISO 100

My Lomo Roadshow Photos Part 1

First, I need to get this out of my system.
Eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee.
There are LC-A photos on my blog. LC-A baby!

Ok, I'm done, but seriously... LC-A. Finally.
I'm going to have to get me one of those one day...
Everything about it was pretty amazing - it sounded great, it was so sturdy yet compact and I really enjoyed using it. I'm also really happy with how the photos turned out.


{the Lomo Mum's and I, such lovely ladies.
and I love the they are taking photos too!}



At first, I found it quite intimidating taking photos in a large group especially as I was using a camera and film I hadn't used before, so I took it as an opportunity to take photos differently from how I usually do too. I focused on the people around me, watching them take photos and taking photos of them, I don't usually do that.



Everytime I try a new film at the moment I seem to be completely overwhelmed by them and the Lomography Xpro Chrome is no exception, I can't get over the richness of the tones and the beautiful contrast, I didn't even tweak any of these photos. I can't wait to use it more.

Location: Manchester, England.
Camera: LC-A+ (yeay! loaned to me by Lomography for the afternoon)
Film: Cross Processed Lomography Xpro Chrome.