[Photography] Parking.

This shot made Explore on Flickr. I'm glad of that as I was thinking I had lost my photo-mojo for a while. I didnt really pick up a camera over the Christmas and New Year period and just couldnt get motivated to get out and shoot at all.

I took this on a trip to Canary Wharf for some shopping. Just took the camera more out of hope that expectation.

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[Photography] 'Roid Week Autumn 2010 Last Five.

Second batch of 5 shots from the Fall [Autumn] Roid Week 2010:

[Branches] - Polaroid 635cl + Polaroid 600 Edge Cut

[Alter] - Polaroid SX-70 [Red] + Polaroid ATZ.

[Horn] - Polaroid SX-70 [RED] + TheImpossibleProject PX70 ColorShade FF.

[Flowing] - Polaroid SX-70 [RED] + TheImpossibleProject PX70 ColorShade FF.

[Autumn Diptych] - Polaroid 635cl + Polaroid 600 Edge Cut.

That it for 'Roid Week 2010. Was fun, looking forward to next year, which should be 100% on TIP film as Polaroid film is almost gone for good.

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[Photography] 'Roid Week Autumn 2010 First Five.

Halfway through the Fall [Autumn] Roid Week 2010. Here are my first 5 shots:

[Ferns] - Polaroid 635cl + Polaroid 600 Edge Cut.

[Field of Colour] - Polaroid Land 100 + Fujfilm FP100c.

[Secret] - Polaroid SX-70 Alpha + Polaroid ATZ.

[Private] - Polaroid 635cl + Polaroid 600 Edge Cut.

[Tranquillity] - Polaroid SX-70 Alpha + TheImpossibleProject PX70 ColorShade FF.

5 more will follow between now and Friday. I'll blog 'em then.

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[Photography] Lo-Mob fakeryness.

Been playing about with the "Lo-Mob" application on my iPod. iPod you say? Yes, I dont have an iPhone, but I do have an iPod Touch. And a BlackBerry. So I take the shot on my BB, email it to myself and pick it up on iPod, edit it and upload it to Flickr. Not the easiest workflow, I admit, but it works.

As you can see, Lo-Mob is kind of like Hipstamatic. It gives you the chance to "retro" up your mobilephone photos. Unlike Hipsta, you can edit shots stored on the iPod rather than only as you take the shot. Hand for those like me that have a iPod with no camera on it.

When yo go to process the photo, you get the option of:
"Classic Vintage" - seems to be Holga and Diana style
"35mm Film Experimentation" - 4 types of 135 in a medium format camera, plus 2 slide styles
"Through The Viewfinder" - 8 different TTVF options, from mono to colour, square and wide
"Emulsions" - 6 different retro print styles
"Instant Matic Photography" - 2 Polaroid 80 clones, 5 Polaroid 600/SX-70 styles, 2 Fuji Instax styles, and 4 Polaroid/Fuji 100 effects
"Contact Mask Photocards" - 3 photocard styles, the most basic and simple of the effects.

Some of these are more impressive than the others. Some dont work well at all (Instax clones) and some will get boring after a while (the same backpeel on EVERY Polaroid 100 fake...); but overall it kind of fun.

So was it worth the £1.19 and the hassle of moving files from the BB to the iPod? Yup. The camera on the BB is OK, but the lack of any image editing software or app annoys me. This gives me the chance to play with images without having to download them to the PC and bother with Photoshop

 

I know some out there will moan about these fake Polaroid, Holgas etc. but does it really hurt anyone? If I upload these to Flickr, they will be marked as fakes, with the name of the software used to create them. Im not going to try and dupe anyone. And anyway, Ive got the real deals here... SX-70s, Holga, Lubitel... so it's not like I dont do film at all. It's just a bit of fun!

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[Photography] Scottish Landscapes.

Hills in the Galloway Forest.

The Banks Of Loch Doon.


Ayrshire Sunrise.

Three new landscapes from Scotland. Im only just getting round to processing these shots and some of them are coming out so much better than I thought.
The Sigma 10-20 served me well up there, creating some vast sky-scapes that worked well with the sparse, harsh land.

[Photography] Images Of Broken Light Which Dance Before Me Like A Million Eyes.

These are the results of my first play with double exposures on the Holga. Not had the urge to try it before, but one of my contacts on Flickr had some excellent work in her photostream with shots of sky and trees double exposed, so when I loaded up some Fujifilm Reala 100 in Cornwall I thought it would be a good time to give it a try.
I love the effect it gives. Will definitely give this another go at some point when the trees are bear of leaves and look more spooky.

[Photography] Becoming Less Defined As Days Go By.

A collection of SX70 ColorShade FirstFlush photographs from my Poalroid SX-70 Alpha in Thorndon woods, Brentwood, Essex. All from August 2010.