the first roll is colourplus 200 in the camera i fixed - a yashica. it seems to be working fine, however when the roll is complete the release button gets stuck so i have to take my camera to the developing place and get them to do it in their dark box thing... might try fix it, but i think itll prob be some grease issue maybe idk. another thing is the focus image/mirror image has shifted a bit to the left i think so it is focusable but it can be difficult (it aligns up and down)
I had issues while scanning. Scanned them at the library after i got them but for some reason i didnt get them in my email, guessing i put the wrong email address maybe??? but i scanned them when i got home and only realised after that there was a mark on the scanner and it had already taken an hour as the scanner is slow, so i thought TOUGH lol so if theres marks anywhere its not on the image its from the scanner !:)
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taken while walking from rock climbing
dont have much to say about this image. wish i'd gotten more detail of the car front. tried doing a closer shot in the next image but its not really in perfect focus unfortunately.
might crop this to cut out some of the right side of the frame.
the colour balance looks a lot better, but also makes the photo more boring somehow. think maybe the uncropped version is best or even the first one thats a bit further away. i think the elements around the car add a lot more interest and context with the orange cones at either side and also the black shutter doors of the garage. additionally the car garage sign and green to the left is nice.
out of focus booooooooo
despite this i quite like the composition. even though i kinda hate the empty space at the bottom of the frame, i think it adds some balance and perspective, making the subject almost central in the image and giving an awareness of the camera/photographer/pov.
I like the two cars at the sides of the frame facing each other also.
kinda like the grimy look of this. the black wall at the bottom of the frame makes the buildings seem to grow from nowhere, and the old architecture juxtaposes with the newer glass one in the background.
additionally i like the glow of the traffic light in the bottom right corner. its not too harsh.
an ok photo, but not aesthetically stunned if u get me.
some tests from around the house:
really should have noted down what settings i used for these!! but it was either 1/60sec or 1/30sec, full lens open obviously 2.8 i think. want to try this more, as if i can get away with using a lower shutter speed indoors and still getting a photo out of it, whether its a little underexposed or not, ill have a few more options in terms of what to photograph....
wanted to capture some mundane stuff to test this hence:
nice. not perfect but what can u do.
i like this oneeeeee, boring but it works !???
the sink kinda acts as a frame and then there are these little things dusted around it which i like
fun ! maybe will take more fridge photos. great thing about fridge is it will always be different ! def a bit muddyyyy tho. a little unhappy with the framing - could have cut someof the bottom out and got everything in the top in.
i also maybe think i couldtry getting a closer shot, so the shelves cut across the frame, however dont know how close ill be able to get with the cameras i have as i think they focus from 0.8 metres...
a frame in a frame - whats not to love ...
i like how yellow the indoor lighting came out and since its taken fromoutside, it has a very nosy essence....
think i tried longer exposures on these ones, i mean i definitelydid its kind of obvious from looking at them.
as much as i feel off about these photos, in the sense as i dont think they'revery intersting, i do at times like them. I can't really make my mind up. they look shit but also the blur gives it a nice somethin,,,,,,,.
ok. mudddy do like the framing though.
dont know how to feel about these!!!! kinda hate that they're not very clear - not that i was expecting them to be as they were hand held - but i also like the tone to them.... hm
think maybe can use this effect in certain moments/for certain things?
taken at Pub/club:
wine place:
taken with camera on the table. quite ok but not Stunning.
quite insane bc i have No Idea HOW i took this photo.... its portrait not landscape so there was no flat surface to balance the camera on likeyou can on the bottomof it, but the car lights are dragged across... soooo idk. this one works A LOT better than the one above, not just bc of the lighting but also i think the focus works better on the wine bottles, aswe can still see enough detailsof the street, whereas the one above the wine bottles are not v in focus at all.
i love the way the car lights stop and start in specific points also and cut behind the bin. would like to shoot more reflection stuff.
pub across road:
another blurry one, but in this instance i think it works quite well.. the liquid in the glasses looks cosmi c-y,,,,, feel i should write more about this n go on about the composition etc but idk what to say othe than that i like it...
ok i guess. tbf i do like the rectangle shape oflight created in the top left.
in the clubbbbbbbbb:
idk how this came out at all.
did two random exposures in the club for 10 seconds ish i think... they turned out ok especially the one below which looks a lot better when i scanned it than it did printed. to get more light detail i think i could have put the f stop higher to get more dark contrast,as a lot is blown out n idk if im into that.
kaleidoscope esque
sat outside the coffee place round the corner (the same one i was sketching at the other week):
yes yessssssss yes....this truck was SO LOUD tho was very annoying but i guess i got a great pic so ,, win somelose some i suppose.?
the stack of cones ! the circle of arrows! the hose or whatever is it running from the truck ! the stuff in the foreground and background ! yippe its nicely lit, the details are nice, i likethe reflection in the table also.
yummmm. cant beat a good chair photo tbh! reminds me of the photo i took in wales i think it was of the stacks of chairs?? also im obsessed with the paper-y looking sign behind the chair, its not paper but the creases and folds give it the same vibe i think. the sun really did something too i cant take all the credit cheers
stockport ! (think this was from when i went to get the shopping list zine mock up printed) :
i liked the signs around this shop and also the bin has a nice contrast with it all, including with the bin bag thats on the other side of the wall. i think the framings ok, but could have done with being more exposed,maybe a stop or two extra... obviously i did take these with the camera fixed/shutter that needed unsticking, but theres not a way to test if the speeds are correct so i guess i could possibly be that? as this photo is not too contrasty in terms of lighting so dont think the meter would have been off.. i also could have guessed the settings as ive been getting in the habit of doing that,but since this was the first photo i took that day i kinda doubt it as i usually do that after ive already taken a few and the lighting is p consistent.
meh
yeeeeppppp yep ! yeah !
really happy with how this one came out. it is looking a bit dingy but its not too bad.
i liked all the bags in front of the shop, and the shutters over the window add a nice touch too. also the two cars at either side,again, frame it nicely.
would,ve maybeliked a bit more space at the top where the cancer research sign is as the letters are just scraping the top of the frame?
took these next two on some sort of balcony/upstairs bit.
the neutral tones of the paving stones contrast nice with the orange border around the shop and also thegreen in the bottomof the frame balances the image a bit more also.
i also likethe jaggedness of the stairs and the reflecitons in the windows. i think i like when photos have a lot of lines/angles within them as it created many shapes and structures and frames in the photo.
again, lots of shapes in this one too.
i like that i took some with people in, i like street/people photography but dont really want that to be my main thing and also be creepy.. evnetho it feels creepy sneakily taking pics of people anyway,..
on the balcony / 2nd floor bit where i took the previous photos there was a multistory car park, myfaveeeeeee, so i had to take some pics obviously
this one is a bit wonky, but can easily be straightened out.
took this because i liked the double 'doorway' - the door to the leftand then the stairs. Again like the others, lots of angular shapes.
really like the green in this.. especially with it just lighting the doorway
i like the markings on the floor and the columns going across the image.
although i think i like the one above more, there are elements i like in this one, especially now looking at it more closely. the sections of light cut through the wall and although some of it is blown out, i think the glow of it is kinda nice.. i also like the mysteriousness of the fire exit/door at the very back.
yeah eyeahhh. loved the texture of this painted window so glad i took a pic. i like the texture a lot and maybe can domore images based on textures, kinda like aaron siskind... idk i like the colour in this too as i think texture typically works well and is photographed in black and white..
like the previous, i liked the texture here. i dont know whats going on in the window to make it likethat - perhaps a stained sheet? it looks like bleach stains. i also like the faded sign and the remnants of a to let/sale sign.
could be exposed a bit more maybe and also straightened out.
another inside a window shot. i kinda suprisingly like the angle of it and that its not parallel. i think glass and reflection adds so much more to a photo. what is just some stuff inside a building has more angle to it. its like two things going on at once. I also like the sign, as it gives the glass some reality/physicality within the photo..
i like old signs and also handwritten signs.
a photo i took holding camera up to the glass. didnt come out great as is underexposed, however i think it would work well if it was a part of a series as it captures the Vibe of the seemingly abandoned shop well, but on its own its a flop tbh.
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portra 400 in regular cam... Might have been a little expired but didnt have box so idk
walk around park just round the corner. wanted to take some autumny photos
an ok photo. tree could've been centralised more and maybe could've got closer to cut out the shape of the tree and have the leaves fill the frame?
nice colours. maybe i should try taking some tree top photos out of focus to see how the colour looks.. also could maybe get somewhere the whole frame is foliage... will have to do next year, or try when the leaves are green again.
quite like this... contrast of the darkness and the pop of orange
no comment...
not perfect at all, but the tree trunks silhouetted looks v nice.
yeah ok i guess
hmm
huh
ok kinda a classic with the orange leaves tbh.
another ground close up...
i do like that theres some sort of twisting motion to it?
idk what i did here, the focus or the settings, but at times i think its garbage,but at others i like the painterly aspect, especially on the trunk
paint vibes again..
the layout of this is nice. the houses n the skyscraper are a nice contrast. im also glad i managed to capture the texture of the sky and also the fact that a few rooms have their lights on.
on way back from car garagee
focus is wack. i think bc my ghost focus image isnt working on my camera and im guessing, which has been going well so far, has the problemthat is i accidentally move the focus ring as im taking the photo i wont realise, so ill try keep that in mind next time n see how it goes:)
like the strips in this image created by the sun and shadows
this might be controversial, but i kinda like how new builds look.... the orange bricks in particular. i like the plants in this image and how the houses dont take over the entire show, with the huge plant in the garden along the fence and additionally the trees hanging in the right foreground. Also, i like how the houses give perspective to the garden plant as it looks huge
yum.
bar the other week
love both these two images that are long exposures with just the camera placed on the table.
walk the other night.
i went on this walk with no tripod so the plan was to try long exposures by hand to see what effect id get and also to utilise table like objects i could find (walls, electrical boxes, etc)
found a wall so used it to take this. the fun thing about using flat surfaces was i didnt look through the viewfinder and just pointed them in a direction and let chance take its toll.
i then decided to get this phone box in frame and used the same wall.
wanted to get a shot of the car (handheld) and somehow cut half of it out lolllll
used flat surface/green electric box to takethis one.
p generic.. light painting kinda thing. i dolike how there is some big orb of light lighting the whole corner tho.. maybe can usemoving lights to light the image as a whole? if thatmakes sense. maybe can get something angelic/heaven like
darkk
actually happy with this. taken using a bus stop bench. the traffic on the other side was stopped at sometraffic lights, and i waited til cars fromthe other side came across and the effect turned out pretty nice, as i managed to get the stationary cars with these strips of light/stripes going across the frame.
took this one while walking and the camera down by my side. i like the bursting of light from the right. angelroad
didnt expect this to come out in focus tbh. didnt really have enough room and was trying to be quick.
handheld. i like how the railings came out. they look kinda graphically designed shapes or maybe lino printed or stamped on
used a railing, which u can see inthe photo. i was going to try get to the edge of the railing but there were weeedss and i was like whatever
took on some street boulder/barrier
same again
used flat surface for this. had to try act normaland not weird while waiting for most the cars to get out the way as it was the shop i wanted in the shot. maybe i can crop it in a bit to make the shop more of the focus..
handheld.
thoughts...
would be interesting to do long exposures with controlled movement.. eg on a swing or skateboard... so rather than the things/cars moving in the image,the camera is moving
need to start writing down the settings i use,esp when most the roll is mostly made up of experiments
would like to get a light meter rather than using one on phone
most of the long exposures i just guessed on Vibes as i was just playing around anyway hahaha
like coloured lighting /led/bulbs in daylight
maybe should buy another camera where the focus works so i have less variables to worry about when trying new things heehe....
when i get a chance could maybe utilise double exposures to get some photos of solid and in focus things and also this painterly effect/smear of the lights?
want to takebetter photos consistenly, but i guess that will come with time, and i also dont wanna overthink taking photos... likewhen u buy something expensive n try save it for a special occasion andthen never use it.. better a few rubbish ones than no photos i guess......
christmas?
streets, highstreet? multistorey? new build streets, new build sites?
kinda like the grimy look of this. the black wall at the bottom of the frame makes the buildings seem to grow from nowhere, and the old architecture juxtaposes with the newer glass one in the background.
an ok photo. tree could've been centralised more and maybe could've got closer to cut out the shape of the tree and have the leaves fill the frame?
not perfect at all, but the tree trunks silhouetted looks v nice.
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