Keeping it real...

I've seen a lot of blog posts lately about 'keeping it real' and it made me think about how I show my life... It's difficult to lie as such through photos, but I can be selective of what I take photos of (especially when film cameras need sunshine) but as I was thinking about these posts and worrying if perhaps I keep it real enough, I decided to take my camera out on a rainy walk home rather than waiting for it to be sunny like I usually do. I think I love the results and also showing a more honest side of Yorkshire - it rains a lot here!

This last photo is my current favourite, just because its normally me waiting in the rain for a bus.

Location: Leeds
Camera: Olympus XA2
Film: Chinese Lucky Charm

That's gold Jerry! Gold!

Location: Leeds
Camera: Superheads Wide and Slim
Film: Kodak Gold*

*Please excuse my indulgent post title, the film is Kodak Gold lol, thats the only tenuous link... still it made me chuckle.

Lomo lovers film swap... the second set

A couple of weeks ago I posted some photos from the first film that got developed as part of my contribution to the Lomo Lovers film swap. As I mentioned before, I was partnered with Davide and yesterday he shared the photos from the second roll of film. The film this time was Kodak Elitechrome 100 (which Davide cross processed) that I orginally exposed with my La Sardina and sent to Davide in Italy(!) which he then put through his LC-A+.

These photos in particular I exposed at Kirkstall Abbey. I thought that at least one of the films I took should have some photos of there on it and I was really excited to see what Davide would expose over the top and I was not disappointed with the results. I particularly love the coffee sign!

Thank you so much to the Lomo Lovers - Nicola and Sam - for organising this swap... and thank you, of course, to Davide too! Hurray for film swaps!!!

Cameras: LC-A+ and La Sardina
Film: Kodak Elitechrome 100
Location: England and Italy(!)

A year later...

I took these photos about a year ago when Adele came to visit and I thought it would be interesting to share a comparison shot to how they were and how they look now.

I'm not really surprised by the comparison as I knew that the Impossible Project film at the time was much more unstable than it is now (they've come a long way in a year but I still think they have a way to go...) and I've been fascinated with the differences, particularly the patterns. I can't decide whether to be sad that they've changed so much or not though.

It will interesting to see if the photos that I took earlier this year will have changed much in a years time too I think.

Have a great weekend!