My other happy place...

This weekend we had visitors and a free morning, so we went for a visit to the National Media Museum in Bradford... although I do love the entire museum, especially the gallerys, one floor in particular is exactly what I imagine my happy place to look like.

The Kodak Gallery...

So many cameras!!

I can happily spend ages walking around ohh and ahhing at cameras. And I get especially excited when I realise that I have another one thats in the museum that I didn't have the last time I went (two this time, woop!!)

Memories of sunshine on the beach...

Now thats its cold, windy and freezing outside, memories of sunshine and Summer (and warm hands, I miss having warm hands) seem so far away...

I've been carrying these photos in my bag since my birthday weekend away and I've only just got around to scanning them.

I think memories of sunshine on the beach with my family are my favourite.

A Paris sunset in X-Pro

After experimenting happily with Lomography's X-Pro Chrome film (see here for blog posts), I decided to order some of the Lomography X-Pro film to take to Paris as well (I mentioned it briefly here)

I was still undecided with this film at first, it is very green, and generally I'm not a massive fan of green. However, these photos of the sunset completely changed my mind, pretty much because, the sunset looked nothing like these photos! Haha.

I knew that cross processing films (developing slide film with c-41 chemicals and vice versa) could create a massive colour shift in the results, but the X-Pro Chrome results are very subtle and these results are not subtle at all in comparison. I'm still amazed by how different that the colours are and also that I could never have predicted that this is how they would have turned out.

I'm so glad that I've started to experiment with different films in my cameras, it adds a new level and challenge to my photography and I'm really enjoying the results.

Camera: Superheadz Yellow Peace
Film: Lomography X-Pro 200
Location: River Seine, Paris.

p.s. If you're wondering what the colours actually look like, you can see Thomas's photos here.

Random Paris Photos...

I have so many Paris photos still to share but today I can't be bothered to stick with a theme, so here are some of my favourite random photos from Paris taken with my Yashica Samurai.

I took two rolls of Kodak Portra NC film with me to Paris where I used one in my holga and one in my yashica samurai and I must say, I am so impressed with this film. The grain is so fine and combined with the Yashica SLR and the soft Paris sun, the photos turned out beautifully.

Camera: Yashica Samurai
Film: Kodak Portra NC 160
Location: Paris