an old friend in lockdown

On one of our summer walks around Kirkstall Abbey during lockdown, I spontaneously grabbed my Superheadz Yellow Wide and Slim (which a quick Google tells me you can no longer buy?! wtf. wow). I haven’t used this little camera in 5 years so I have no idea why I picked it up now - perhaps because I needed something a bit simpler during this time - but I’m really glad I did grab it. And I’m also glad it still works!

Can you believe that I forgot how much I like this camera - sure the landscape shots aren’t really my style anymore - but I still love how this camera captures the details I have focused on (all the rubbish for example - people suck) and gives it a context other than just what I’ve been drawn to. And those lens flares… gosh I miss sunshine right now!

I’ll definitely try and remember to pick this camera up more often going forward - especially as my poor old LC-A seems to be beyond repair now.

Camera: Superheadz Wide and Slim Yellow (a classic now it seems, and going for crazy prices on ebay!)
Film: Agfa Vista 200
Location: Kirkstall Abbey

nothing special happened

Hey all - what a strange year huh. The last 2/3 months feel like a blur. I was doing ok until September and then it felt like winter struck, lockdown was looming and my mental health took a nose dive off the highest board into a vat of concrete.

Good news is that I talked to the doctor and have upped my anxiety medication (considerably), I finally have some plans to see my family (which in itself is also making me anxious as well as very happy) and I also finally have a diagnosis for why my body has been falling apart for the last 3 years - I have ME/CFS. I don’t quite know where I sit with that yet - I’ve been through the ‘finally a diagnosis’ stage and now I’m sat uncomfortably in the ‘shit now what??’ stage - bordering on the ‘fuck fuck fuck’ stage haha. I guess I should state that it isn’t anything fatal - I’m not dying - but there isnt a cure either - so I’ll be managing this and dealing with whatever else it decides to throw at me for… well, forever.

However I guess if I can get a first class degree whilst being chronically sick - I can do anything right?? I hope so!

Anyway, so yeah, a strange year. How are you all? I have no idea who still pops in here - but please drop me a comment below with how you’re doing - the one thing I’ve missed the most with not dipping my toes into blogging is my blog friends.

Camera: Canon EOS 750
Film: Fujicolor 200 (developed and scanned by my new friends at Take It Easy Lab in Leeds- I’m never scanning colour film again ha. Also looking at their insta when I sent me films, I’m pretty sure a member of The Kaiser Chiefs developed my film - thats pretty cool)
Location: Yorkshire Sculpture Park

p.s. can you see the text in the photo above? I though it was a good fit for this year ha!

2020 366 Project 16-18

17/2020 - This is one of my fave photos from this year because it marks the END OF MY DEGREE. I handed everything in on the 16th - on the 17th we had a day out in Settle and it was wonderful. Also there were sheep - you know I love sheep.

18/2020 - I think I shared this before but it was taken on the 18th day - so here it is

Camera: Canon EOD 750
Film: Kodak T-Max 400- sent to me by Kodak Alaris and developed and scanned by myself (oh yeah!)

A bit of colour

I’ve been using a lot of black and white film this year - mostly because I can develop it myself and also because I haven’t been anywhere near a photo shop to get colour films developed. It feels very unusual to me because I love colour! So heres a few colour photos from last year to break up all the black and white (because there will be a lot more of it, sorry!)

Its really lovely to have captured these personal moments too. I feel like all my posts end up being super nostalgic about ‘before’ but I can’t help looking at photos and wondering how different this year would have been if it hadn’t been like it is.

Camera: Canon EOS 750
Film: Kodak Ektar (edited to how I like because scanning Kodak Ektar is a b*tch)
Location: York Gate Garden (my new fave)