London: Little details

I love London - I don’t share that much here but we lived there for a whole year when we were younger so a piece of my heart is always there. Nowadays we go mostly to visit family and see friends - which means I get to play tourist in a city I just love!

This visit I got to meet the amazing Dawn(!!!) who some of you may know and remember from Candidly Cylde!! Dawn and I have known each other in blog land for over 8 years - I’m not entirely sure of the exact number but its definitely been at least that long and I must tell you that she is as amazing, funny and delightful in person!! I love it when blog friends become real world friends! Though now she is stuck with me as a real life friend haha, sorry Dawn :)

Anyway, we met at Hyde Park and ended up having a very touristy photo walk around, chatting away and taking photos happily as we went. It was the most perfect afternoon and just what I needed. I also got to use some of my first rolls of Kodak’s Ektachrome film which I’ve been very excited about since it was first announced. As I had never used it before, London seemed like a perfect time to put it through its paces.

How lush and crisp are the colours from this film - I’m glad I managed to get a sense of those colours with these scans but honestly - they look even more glorious in person. There’s something magical about holding slide film negatives up to the light for sure and this Ektachrome film, its got the magic!

Like the Ektar film in the previous posts I found this film really easy to scan, so I’m excited that I have another roll yet to put through the scanner, hopefully that roll turns out as well.

Film: Kodak Ektachrome - sent to me by Kodak Alaris, developed by AG Photolab and scanned by myself - a truly collaborative effort!

Camera: Canon EOS 750
Location: London baby, England

More Ektar love

I couldn’t just share one post about Kodak Ektar after discovering that I can actually scan it! I’m so excited to share more photos from from this roll.

These photos are also from York Gate Garden - I think I’ll be getting a year pass next year just so I can go back and take regular photos of this lovely garden, so definitely expect more photos from here at some point in the future!

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Camera: Canon EOS 750
Film: Kodak Ektar 100 - sent to me for free by Kodak Alaris and scanned (successfully) by myself woo!
Location: York Gate Garden, Leeds

Falling back in love...

For the longest time I used Kodak Ektar regularly and was totally smitten with the results (see my Kodak Ektar gallery for some of my favourites!). Then just after our wedding, I attempted to scan two rolls of myself for the first time rather than getting them scanned by someone else. It did not go well. To the point of where I haven’t shared any of the photos from those rolls because I was so gutted about it. I’m even sadder to say that I haven’t used Kodak Ektar since either… I know - I was that upset about it.

Then… Kodak Alaris contacted me about sharing some summer photos using Kodak Ektar 100 and I figured (after some serious thought) that maybe after 4 years, I could give it another go… its been long enough right - I’ve got much better at scanning colour films (I think anyway haha… I hope!) and maybe those two rolls were just flukes.

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Well… I’m delighted to say that I am back in love with Ektar film again. And… I feel bad that I gave it such a long break as well! This roll of film was a delight to scan - quick, with minimal tweaking - mostly to my personal preference of how I wanted each photo to look - and honestly, I’m so, so happy!

It also helps that these photos were taken at the delightful York Gate Garden in Leeds that is just one acre in size yet crams so much in! The first time we visited I didn’t take a film camera with me and I regretted it, so this roll had a lot of mistakes to make up for.

The scratches are not consistent with this film I very quickly want to point out! I think its from the developing rather than the film or camera - which I’m annoyed about but what can I do. However I quite like the look of them and didn’t fancy fixing them all up, so they’re staying.

Are you a fan of Ektar film too? Have you fallen out of love with a film for a little while too? Hopefully I’m not alone in that respect haha!

Either way I can’t wait to use this film again!!

Camera: Canon EOS 750 (I really do use it this much Jim, its my go to!)
Film: Kodak Ektar 100 - sent to me for free by Kodak Alaris and scanned (successfully) by myself woo!
Location: York Gate Garden, Leeds