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.

Minehead Redscale photos...

As well as trying my Ricoh camera out in Minehead I also tried the Lomography XR 50-200 redscale film in my Superheadz Yellow Peace and, oh my gosh, I love these results...

I think this film and camera combination might be a winner! I love how the results vary with the light and the softness of some of the tones compared to the other Lomography redscale film that I've used. Lovely.

Location: Minehead, England
Camera: Superheadz Yellow Peace
Film: Lomography Redscale XR 5-200

Manchester Lomo Roadshow

{Please note: All photos are by the talented Explorette with an LC-A camera and Lomography Xpro Chrome film, I'm so impressed that she has already developed her photos. You can see the rest of her amazing photos from the day here.
These are used with her permission so please do not reuse them. }

On Saturday I was lucky enough to be invited to help out the amazing Lomography UK ladies with the Manchester leg of the Lomo Roadshow that has been touring the country.

I had such a good time!

It was great getting to meet people that I've talked to on twitter and through my blog and also so fun meeting new people as well. I spent most of the time watching other people take photos... I always love watching how others see things and it was great to be walking along and have other people just stop next to me as they caught something that they wanted to photograph.

I also got to see some amazing cameras (many that I didn't actually have) and use an LC-A(!!) of course now I want the new LC-A more than anything but I can be patient. Just.

I love the fact that through the internet and my blog I've joined some amazing communities and I have a feeling that I will be spending a lot more time on the Lomography website looking at people's photos and making new friends.

p.s. I'm in most of these photos, can you spot me?

p.p.s. I'm having a bit of a blog redesign so sorry its a bit messy at the moment.

Stratford Upon Avon. The home of Shakespeare

Stratford is most famous for its association with William Shakespeare and as well as seeing the house that Shakespeare was born in, we also saw the church that he was buried in. Quite cyclical I think.

I loved studying Shakespeare at school and college so it was great to visit Stratford and see it an educational point of view as well as a touristy one. You can see all of the photos that I took in Stratford with this camera in this Flickr Set, there are quite a few I didn't share on here.

Can you believe its Friday already?! This week has flown by!

Happy weekend!

Location: Stratford Upon Avon
Camera: Yashica Samurai
Film: Lomography Colour Negative 400

p.s. I know this is so late, I suck. But the winner of the Hue and Hum print is Micaela, hurray! I'll email you M!