12 for 2012 - Camera 1

As part of my 'take more photos' goal for this year - I decided that I wanted to use more of the cameras that I haven't actually used before in my collection.

So, first up is my little yellow plastic camera. One of my best friends bought me this in a box of cameras and I've only just got round to using it.. I didn't expect much from it to be honest and unfortunately the roll of film did get stuck in it, so it only produced 6 photos in the end.

I think that the film just stopped rolling on and thats why the two halfs of that film are white as they have been exposed so many times...  which is such a shame as overall I really like the results - for a little point and click 35mm, it was fun, effortless and the results look great with an even contrast and a nice grain.

Perhaps I'll try another film in it before the month is out!

Camera: Yellow Focus Free 35mm Plastic Camera
Film: Kodak ISO 200
Location: Leeds

p.s. Also, I think this project is going to be fun, don't you?

#janphotoaday 1-15

Although I don't have instagram on my phone (darn you android) I have been taking part in Fat Mum Slim's January Photo-a-Day challenge anyway and it's been so fun. Here are my numbers 1-15.

p.s. we don't normally have burgers for breakfast, we overslept that weekend, haha. 

also I realise there is a lot of chocolate and cameras on here...

Paris in film: Lomo X-Pro Part II

In my last post about this film, I said that I didn't like it - and considering that I've been looking at these photos since September when we delevoped them, I can say that is still true. However I find myself in the same position with these photos as I was before... I love the composition and the content, but that green tint... ick.

I know I could Photoshop them and I might try on a few, but it seems silly to do that when I chose to use a cross-processed slide film, you expect colour shifts, I just didn't expect to not like it lol.

These photos are my favourite from the film I used in my Yashica Samurai.

p.s. I still have some Paris photos to share, are you bored yet? I took so many...

Camera: Yashica Samurai
Film: Lomography X-Pro
Location: Paris (yeay)

The first photos of 2012...

It seems only fair to follow the last of 2011's photos with the first of 2012's don't you think?

Last weekend we went for a wander around Leeds and I took some photos with my LC-A. I love the results with the Ilford XP2 film and I'm glad that I've started to use it more in different cameras - I think I will use it with my Superheadz next which is a very exciting thought!

I got so excited seeing this, amazingly on a road that I've walked down many times...

This camera is still a steep learning curve for me - at one point I had it on the wrong ISO setting,  though that didn't ruin anything luckily. Also, I'm a bit worried I'm covering the light meter with some photos as a couple of them turned out like this on both this roll and my last one...  Needless to say, my mental checklist of things to check when taking a photo is a little longer now, but I'm happy with that if the results are like this.

I love Leeds, sometimes I forget how amazing it can look.

Camera: Refurbished LC-A
Film: Ilford XP2 ISO 400
Location: Leeds, England