A day in York...

To celebrate the fact that Thomas and I are still together after a crazy amount of time, we went to York for the day. Our main reason was to go to Betty's for a ridiculously tasty breakfast (the rosti and the eggs benedict are so good!) but after eating our full we spent the rest of the day looking around the city.

I always find York so charming, even when its busy, there is always something to see and even in the cold it was lovely to look around, and warming up again in the pub with a celebratory world beer was also a treat (I can't remember what I had though but it was also tasty.) Hurray for celebrations.

Location: York, England
Camera: Refurb LC-A
Film: Kodak Portra NC 160

Cow and Calf Rocks, Ilkley

I shared some instax photos from these rocks last weekand my LC-A photos have not disappointed. I love that you can really tell that the sun was setting in these, it really was beautiful.

Location: Cow and Calf Rocks, Ilkley
Camera: Refurb LC-A
Film: Kodak Portra NC 160

Rodley Nature Reserve

The photos that I shared yesterdayusing the 40p(!) Olympus OM-40 camera were taken around Rodley Nature Reserve which is only a few miles away from our house, we walked along the canal, around the reserve and then walked home, stopping off for lunch on the way - it was a pretty perfect day for trying out a new (to me) camera.

{I love this house, its just as pretty in black and white don't you think?}

Location: Rodley Nature Reserve, Leeds
Camera: Olympus OM-40
Film: Kodak 200

Not bad for 40p...

This camera is actually part of my 12 for 2012 series, but honestly, out of 12, I've used 8, so I think this project may be a bit of a fail.

Thomas's Dad managed to find the body of this Olympus OM-40 camera on a market for 40p. 40p!! I kid you not. He's my hero. Luckily I already had my Dad's OM-10 camera, so I just borrowed the lens from that to try this beauty out. I was a little worried about the shutter on this camera as it does seem to stick sometimes, but out of a roll of 24, 21 photos came out, so I don't think its a huge issue, though it is something I would want to try and fix before using it again.

Overall, I am really excited about these photos as playing with the aperture settings on a camera and getting close up detail shots is one of my favourite things (see my first experimentation with them here) even if I don't do it that often.

Hurray for f/1.4 and depth of field in close up shots. I just love love love these.I'm also fairly impressed that the £1 Kodak ISO 200 film I used to try out this camera captured the hazy light so wonderfully too. A success overall I think!

Location: Rodley Nature Reserve, Leeds
Camera: Olympus OM-40
Film: Kodak ISO 200