Fujifilm Zoom Date 1000

As part of Emulsive Secret Santa I received a Fujifilm Zoom Date 1000 camera and some Lomography CN400 film (a big fave of mine!) I hadn’t heard of this camera before so I was excited to try it out - and as usual my first port of call for taking photos was Kirkstall Abbey.

Overall the results from this first roll of film were mixed, mostly due to user error rather than anything to do with the camera. Now that I’ve spent more time figuring out my style of photos I struggle with cameras that have fixed lens as I prefer being more in control of the focus - its one of the reasons I love my Canon EOS 750 so much and that I use my Refurb LC-A less than I did a couple of years ago.

That being said - the photos that did turn out well, turned out really well - like these four especially.

Camera: Fujifilm Zoom Date 1000
Film: Lomography CN 400
Location: Kirkstall Abbey, Leeds

Single frame: Double Yellow

Single frame series once again inspired by Jim Grey

This photo has three of my favourite things - tea (| know, so English but really… I love it!), daffodils and yellow! So it definitely deserves a place all to itself on my blog.

Is anyone starting to feel that little feeling in their chest when the sun starts to shine for a bit longer? Winter is so hard for me and yet every Summer I forget just how hard it is and by this time of the year I’m like ‘whyyyy is it so long?!’. But we’re nearly there and I made it through! Thats definitely something to celebrate with a double yellow photo.

Camera: Minolta X-500
Film: Lomography CN 400
Location: Norfolk

Blue skies and fluffy clouds

Sometimes I feel a bit of pressure to write something here - something meaningful or witty but you know what - these are just some pretty photos that I love and today I’m all about that. I hope you love them too - I mean, look at those clouds!!

Camera: Minolta X-500
Film: Lomography CN 400
Location: Holkham, Norfolk

Lovely light

After finishing my crazy month of January I’ve taken a week to relax and honestly, it felt soooo good! I suck at self care when I’m busy and stressed. Well I suck at it anyway ha. So it was nice to read a book, crochet a blanket, ignore the laptop and top up my cup.

Another self care treat is going through my photos and these one in especially have made my heart skip a little bit - we all know I’m a sucker for lovely light - but these are especially gorgeous!

These are a mixture of photos taken at Roundhay Park in Leeds and around Kirkstall Abbey but they make such a good set that I’ve snuck them in together.

I really can’t wait for the sun to shine properly again!

Camera: Canon EOS 750
Film: Lomography CN 400
Location: Leeds