photography club

I signed up to join the local club a few months back thinking it would be a good way to meet a few people with similar interests, maybe make a few friends etc, and by and large, I was right. The second Tuesday of every month an ever larger band of people attend Rockingham Photography Club to hear about latest camera gear, tips and…

I don’t get Flickr sometimes..

Popularity, its a funny old thing. Sometimes I think I take some really good photos, but get only a small amount of views and no comments on them, and other times, a shot I think is nothing special gets hundreds of views and favourites and comments really quickly. Is it my perception of what’s good that’s off base, or do people really like average…

more holga goodness

so, some of the other half – temptingly tasty shots with the Holga and Trip 35. These were taken in yee olde towne of York, WA. We only took film shots whilst we were there – so its good that a few came out well then 🙂 I’m going to have to either calibrate the scanner or buy a decent negative scanner – I’m…

talking to myself

I caught myself thinking out loud this morning. Its healthy, right?

new toys

Went up to Perth on Saturday to the wonderful pigeonhole and the crumpler store to check out some funky ideas for Christmas presents and caved in horribly at the sight of lo-fi camera goodness. I got a Diana Mini – a teeny plastic 35mm 1/2 frame toy camera – takes Holga-esque shots but in an easier to get processed film format. We’ll see how…

glossy

The only trouble with the latest batch of films is they are printed on glossy paper. It makes them look beautiful, so sleek, rich and deep, but they pick up fingerprints like a brand new black iPod. Anyway – I’ve scanned them all in now, Holga and Trip and I have to say, I’m really happy with them. No post processing on them, only…

mixed bag

The films were an interesting bunch. The Olympus Trip 35 shots were almost too good. Sharp, clear, well exposed, consistent. So we have a load of pictures that look like good but general snapshots. This was the most arty of them. I’ll scan more this weekend. The Holga shots were a mixed bag, well, mine were – Jay’s black and whites were brilliant this…

fil-ums

Just got a call from the lovely people at Churchill Colour Labs where I get my films developed to tell me that our latest batch are all done. As luck would have it, I’m in Perth and just around the corner from them today, so I’ll pop over and pick them up. So, faithful followers, whoever you all are, be prepared for some photos…

walking

you know, one foot in front of the other. when you have time, its such a refreshing thing to do. Walked about 6km yesterday – from Perth station to Oracle and back again, via Kings Park. It took 30 mins or so in each direction and as I was carrying a laptop and stuff, I have a slightly clunky back this morning, but it…

Holga-tastic

I finally (after weeks of being lazy) posted off the latest batch of Holga and 35mm film to be processed. Should get it all back next week, thats 9 films (5×120 and 4x35mil) – hopefully one or two shots are decent in that batch! I know there’s going to be a few duff ones as the back came off the Holga twice, so I…