English Countryside

Just looking at these photos makes me feel incredibly calm for some reason - perhaps its the soft blur the Helios lens adds to the photos (I really need to use this camera again soon!)  or perhaps its the content of the photos. Either way, they're making me happy! How did I forget that I took these last year?!

Camera: Zenit E
Film: Agfa Vista 200
Location: Ilkley, Yorkshire

7-12 366/2016

More of my 366 project photos. I've been trying not to take too many photos that look similar so they feel quite varied so far. We'll see if that continues when I start to run out of obvious things to take photos of!

7/366 - I liked the reflection in the rain with this one

8/366 - It was sunny!! I didn't know what to do with myself hahaha.

9/366 - ...and back to gloomy and a well timed train

10/366 -I think this is my favourite yet even if it's just clothes on our bed (being in focus helps)

11/366 - I don't know if this is even a church still but I love faded signs like this

12/366 - Some of the damage from the Boxing Day floods in Leeds along the canal

Camera: Refurb LC-A
Film: Agfa Vista 200
Location: Around Leeds

My first 366/2016 Project Photos

So here we go, my first set of photos for my 366 project (don't forget its a leap year folks) this year. I've been making sure to take at least 2 photos a day but it seems that taking one (mostly) acceptable photo and one very blurry photo seems to be fairly consistent for me haha. So I decided that I'd pick the best photo per day from the shots for the 'official' 366 photos - it is odd to be sharing photos out of a sense of obligation this project rather than being 100% happy with them though.

1/366 - Really early blooms on a New Years Day walk

2/366 - Breakfast selfies in giant Christmas decorations

I've actually learnt a lot from looking just at the first set of photos that I've had developed so far.

I've learnt that I am not patient enough - which doesn't surprise me - I'm impatient with a lot of things I do haha. But on top of that I've also been feeling self conscious walking around Leeds with my camera and I've rushed taking the photos to just to get them taken. Which seems silly just writing it - but its true. And a few of these photos are blurry because of me not taking the time to take the photo properly. I'm frustrated about that.

3/366 - Blurry (boo) DIY and film organisation

4/366 - Graffiti near work, I liked the bright yellow

I've learnt that taking photos in low light in the middle of winter with film really does suck... and that I should use cameras with fixed shutter speeds rather than ones with light meters - the first two rolls I used were in my OM-10 and my refurbished LC-A which determines the shutter speed by light - so combining that with the low light, the results haven't been as crisp as I would prefer. You can tweak underexposed photos at least on computers but you can't fix blur. 

5/366 - Padlocks on the bridge across the canal in Leeds

6/366 - A typical rainy day in Yorkshire ha

I've learnt that being in the mood to take photos every day is hard. Most of my photos are  usually taken when I'm in a new place, or I know I'm going to see something exciting to take photos of. So getting into that 'zone' to find photos in places where I'm usually rushing around has been really tough. I think its only going to get tougher in my lunch breaks too but that's the challenge I guess.

Is any one else doing a 366 project this year? I'd love to help each other out with moral support :)

Camera: Olympus OM-10
Film: Lomo CN 400
Location: Around Leeds

'Norfolk's loveliest village'

Whilst we were in Norfolk in September, we had a little walk around Burnham Market - self described as 'Norfolk's loveliest village' and I will agree that is a very quaint place indeed.(Although the website and these photos don't really show how much of a nightmare parking is there ha)

I took the complete husband photo as a joke for Thomas (as we'd been married about 3 days at this point) so I'm a little sad it didn't fully work out but oh well.  

Camera: Zenit E
Film: West Yorkshire Cameras Black and White C41 film
Location: Burnham Market, Norfolk