Halloween is Wednesday! Not to be cliche, well actually yes it is, I decided to give you guys some creepy techniques that I thought about today. 1. Silhouette – Silhouettes can be beautiful but also super creepy. Try using a shower curtain, light colored sheets with a bottom lit light, plastic, or any type of…
If you’ve been following me for a while, you know that I like to play with a lot of different types of cameras. I’ve gotten a good amount of questions as to what sizes film comes in. Then I realized, when I say things like “35mm” “620” and “120” film, most of you who aren’t…
We took Lomography out for a spin a few months ago and wound up with some pretty neat results. We tested out the Lomo Fisheye 2. The Fisheye 2 is a second generation fisheye lomo camera, complete with a new look. Wait, what’s a fish eye? Back up. A fish eye, formally a super wide-angle…
What is Lomography? Lomography is, in short, experimental photography. It all started back in the early 90’s when a group of eccentric Austrian students stumbled across a Lomo Kompakt Automat which is a small Russian camera. The photos that resulted were super saturated, candid snapshots of everyday life. Blur included. So, what does this have…
Hello! If you read our last post, you’ll know that we talked about the fairly new Impossible Film. Now, Polaroid was a vintage camera loved by many back in it’s prime. When Polaroid decided to discontinue the film for it, many cameras were left sitting neglected in the dust. When I heard that Impossible Film…
Whatever happened to the Polaroid? You know, that cute camera that gave you instant memories? The photo you had to shake in order for it to develop? Patreeko Dimsee, long time film shooter and passionate photographer tells us that “As far as Polaroid goes… people interpret Polaroid as a victim of digital, but that’s not…
If you ask any photographer, you will find that they’ll have some serious passionate responses when it comes to the digital vs. film debate. But what if it didn’t have to be a versus relationship? What if we could combine new technology with the old ways to make something surreal? That’s just what photographer Laina…
Today I decided to go in a random Goodwill with my boyfriend, Andrew. Andrew was searching for a fixed-gear bike to spruce up. There were no bikes, but lo and behold, imprisoned behind a glass counter there sat a vintage 1980’s Minolta X-700. Now, I know this blog is targeted towards cameras predating 1980 but…
This week I had planned to film an instructional video to show you guys how to fix a camera that has light leaks. I figured it would be appropriate to tell you how to fix them after I told you how great they were in my last post..er, anyways, the reason I wanted to teach…
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