Charlie's Worldfilms
Posted on March 13, 2011
I finally got around to developing some film – its been sat in my cameras for ages, a few from the Trip 35 and three from the Hassleblad.
I’m going to try to take a few more photos this week as I’m up in the city every day – I just need to take an hour after work to point and shoot at a few people 🙂
My pet project is to use up all the films I’ve bought before the end of the year – that means shooting at least a roll every week or two. Perhaps I can get around to my project theme too, but it does require asking strangers to pose (not rude) for me.
Anyway, without further ado, here’s the first of the shots from the Olympus Trip 35
The films, they are back!
Posted on July 21, 2010
I’ve been waiting eagerly for these ever since I got the call on Thursday to say they were ready and being posted back to me.
Well, they arrived yesterday and I’ve been scanning a few of the shots already and I’m pretty happy with them.
It was a bit of a camera combo this time
1 roll of 35mm from the (now dead) Supersampler
2 rolls of 35mm from the Olympus Trip 35
1 roll of 120 from the Holga
3 rolls of 120 from the Hasselblad
So, here’s a selection in the same order..
The Lomo Supersampler
The Supersampler has 4 lenses and no viewfinder – it simply takes one shot through each lens over the course of a second or so, making very interesting images. Sadly, our one has broken and the films get scratched and broken trying to get them out. These were taken in Melbourne and are relatively unscathed.
The Trip 35 – slide film cross processed like transparency film
Trip 35 – black and white
The Trip 35 ones were a little disappointing – there’s something a bit bland about the way the shots seem to come out and I’m pretty sure it’s not the lab or the scanning. The cross processed shots have very vivid colours – lomo-esque, but without the charm of the Holga’s lens distortions or the delicacy of the medium format film. I wonder what these would have been like if I’d got them processed correctly? Ah well.
The black and whites were very grey on the prints – I think the Trip tends to meter a little on the light side of the middle of a scene, which is okay I guess, but it can leave the pics a bit washed out. A quick push through photoshop for a little tweak of the curves and levels soon brought a little punch back, although not as much as I’d like. You live and learn I guess.
The Holga and Hasselblad shots I’ll save for another post.
what to do..
Posted on October 8, 2009
Work has slowed down a bit again, leaving me with time to do some self paced learning, demo creation, reading etc etc. But I’m at a loss as to *what* to focus on.
There are a million things on the go in IT that might be useful to me at any one time, so where do I start?
Google Wave, BPM, TOGAF, SOA, perhaps do some tinkering with .NET?
I don’t know!
On an unrelated note, Roll Up, Roll Up, we’re going to the circus on Saturday. I think the last time I went to a circus was when I was really small, like 5 or something, so that’ll be interesting. Shame I wont be able to take any photos 😦
I’ll take the 35mm films up with us though to get developed – we can do it whilst we have lunch, should get them back before the circus starts 🙂
dammit
Posted on October 1, 2009
Still havent managed to finish a film in the Trip 35. I must go out and take more photos with it or I’ll never see what it can do!!
Usage wise – it was a star at Araluen and in Perth when I took it out. Simple, focus and click. And its so light. I think I’ll get some Ilford black and white and take it everywhere.
Still hankering after a Diana Mini 35 though – 1/2 frame 35mm lomo.. *sigh*
If only my car (see the beast below) hadn’t just cost $900 to service. Can I get it serviced cheaper and still maintain the warranty, thats the $million question.
kia sorento
day out
Posted on September 26, 2009
Having been couped up for months due to illness, bad backs, non-stop rain and generally having other things to do, we decided to plan a proper day out.
Jay got lots of yummy food for a picnic on Friday, we programmed the GPS (thats a story for later on..) and this morning, headed off to Araluen Botanic Park http://www.araluenbotanicpark.com.au.
Its about an hours drive from where we are, so its doable within the bounds of whinging children getting fed up and Jay’s bad back starting to complain.
The GPS was more of a hindrance than a help – taking us down more than one wrong turning, including a dead end. Thanks a bunch, If there’s one thing I hate, its going the wrong way. Gah!  I find the GPS useful if I’m on my own in the car – if Jay’s there, she pretty much knows where we have to go anyway as she’s lived here for 20 years.
So, we arrived at 10ish and the place was deserted. It was still a little chilly but the flowers were all out and we had the place to ourselves really. Took the Holga, the Trip and the D300, so more than enough cameras really! Got some (I hope) nice pics with the Holga as the sun was bright enough for the Velvia 100 film. The Trip 35 was in its element, making simple snaps a pleasure. Only shot a few with the digital – I’ll upload any later if they’re any good.
Its amazing how many people had DSLR’s there – more than 1/2 the people there were toting some serious hardware and almost all of them standing back and taking shots on zoom or auto mode with the flash up. *sigh* how many of them will be going home and thinking they’re the best photographer since David Bailey (Trip 35 reference – he was advertising them in the 70’s – search for the video on youtube)
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