First time using slide film!
Lomography Xpro Slide 200ISO on Diana F+
When I first loaded the film into my Diana, I was really worried that my images wouldn’t develop and I would get over/underexposed photographs. I was fairly new to Lomography at that time, and reading about slide film really interested me. It was famous for its punchy, eye catching, saturated colours, and I was itching to give it a try.
My previous experience with colour negative films and black and white were not that great - only about 8 to 12 of the 16 photographs were developed each time! But when I received my slide film negatives and scans back, boy was I surprised! 16 out of 16 photos were developed!!
I was overjoyed. Exhilarated. And very proud of myself!
In conclusion? I absolutely love using slide film.
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Beier Beirette loves Italy
Lomography Xpro Chrome 100 on Beier Beirette
You gotta love the many photographic relics of the past. Here’s an interesting photo set by our reader hailing all the way from Italy,Elisa Bastianello aka tagliatelelatesta on Flickr using the Beier Beirette. Here’s what she had to say:
This camera had a great story, my boyfriend chanced upon it in an old drawer and after some digging, we found out that it belonged to my grandmother-in-law’s late uncle. He was a Catholic priest and bought the Beirette maybe in the 70s or 80s.
I shot these photos in January when me and my boyfriend took a walk at the World War 1 territories somewhere near the north of Italy. We had to cross the wild woods to reach the Tagliamento river and once there, I told him to jump up and down…and he did! It was so funny, lol.
For more info on the Beirette check out this link here.
Well, you know the drill…don’t forget to visit Elisa’s Flickr stream and say hi!
“Ipoh Mali” on Slide
Lomography Xpro Slide 200ISO on Holga GCFN
I shot these during a short trip to Ipoh, the historical capital of Perak, one of Peninsular Malaysia’s northern states. Besides being famed for its local delicacies and coffee, one can also appreciate beautiful colonial architecture.
I chose to play with light and multiple exposures in this set and I think the results are quite pleasing to the eye. I’ve been shooting with many new cameras that I’ve forgotten the magic of the plastic fantastic Holga - the camera that made me fall in love with analogue photography.
-yovie eswark
Sometimes I need color too
Lomography Color Negative on Kiev 88
Having been shooting mainly in B&W these days, I thought I wanted to bring some color back into my pictures. As I am not a fan of cross-processed slide (E6 processing is hard to come by where I am right now) I decided to go back to my roots. I have never tried the Lomography Color Negative on medium format before so I popped it into my Kiev and shot away in the comforts of my living room. It was a warm day with an orange overcast that late morning which contributed to the nice and subdued glow.
I shot these images using my newly obtained light meter to see how accurate it is, and removed the TTL spot prism from my Kiev to shoot with the waist finder. I have to say the Kiev waist finder is super bright and clear that it makes focusing and framing a breeze. I did it hand held, then propped it up on my tripod, and it was all plain fun and easy. 12 frames went by in an instant.
I love how the pictures came out, the tone is right and real albeit a little softer in the pictures than what I saw with my own eyes but close enough. Watching how the light moves and shooting from different angles will result in different color casts on your final image, which is why it’s cool to take a moment, recompose, and shoot your subject twice of even thrice to get that perfect shot. Tomorrow, if the sun is high again, perhaps I’ll try to flip a 120mm color negative film to create a DIY redscale roll.
-eleanorrigby236
Pretty in red in Valencia
Lomography Redscale XR on LC-A+
So I tried out the Lomography Redscale XR 50-200 in Valencia. It was really bright and sunny, so I mostly shot at 100 iso, the lowest that the LC-A+ can shoot at. The end results ranged from intense oranges in lower light, through to washed out bluey-greys in the midday sun. I was hoping for the rich orange effect, but actually love the grey tones too. I love the unpredictability of this film and the variety you can get out of the same roll!
The few that I shot at 200 iso came out a little on the dark side, even despite the bright sunshine. Looking at the two shots here of the lifeguard tower, the lighter one was taken at 100 iso, and the darker at 200 iso. So I’d say overall that this film loves light, and shooting at 100 iso or less gives the best results.
-Harriet Green
Film Soup: Silica Gel Experiment
Boots Slide 200 on LOMO LC-A+
We love it when we see our readers try the experiments we feature on this blog, and fall head over heels when we see results like the pictures Nic sent us!! Here is Nic’s take on the Film Soup recipes we have featured.
Nic Walker says,
I love your blog was inspired to follow the instructions you blogged about. 1 cup silica gel, 1 cup boiled water and a tablespoon full of detergent.I shot the roll I soaked, a Boots Slide 200 roll on an LCA+ and I was super happy with the results. I’ve submitted four of my faves!
Do head over to Nic’s Flickr to check out more pictures from this set. Don’t forget to send us your shots too!!
Movember! So, did you grow yer own ‘stache??
Ilford XP-2 400 on LOMO LC-A+
Over here in the UK we’ve just finished Movember - where our menfolk are encouraged to grow a moustache for a whole month, all to raise money and awareness for men’s health (specifically prostate cancer and other cancers that affect men). My friend Lloyd took up the challenge this year, and we decided to record his month by taking a daily picture of his mo on the grow.
I used my LC-A+ teamed with Ilford XP2 400, because it’s such a good all-rounder film that I find works pretty well in varying light conditions.I really wanted to get the focus spot-on for this project, so I set the LC-A+’s focus to 80cm, and got a tape measure to make sure I was the correct distance from Lloyd every day.
However my favourite picture from the set is when I caught him checking his mo in the mirror, which was a totally spontaneous shot.
You can read more about Movember here http://uk.movember.com
Lloyd’s team of mo-bro’s raised over £2000!
-Harriet Green
A tungsten-fused Halloween!
Lomography X Tungsten 64 on LC-A+
I got my tungsten film back today! After much umming and aahing I decided to process this first roll in C41 to see how it turned out. I’d shot this whole roll at 100ISO on the LC-A+. It probably isn’t the best time of year to be experimenting with a low iso film seeing as London skies are so grey and overcast at the moment, but I couldn’t wait to give it a go.
And it didn’t disappoint! The tungsten really accentuated oranges, reds and magentas. I happened to pass by a funfair with a waltzer ride covered in lights so I tried out some longish exposures which came out quite well…then BAM! The last one came out bright bright green! I have no idea why but I like it!
I’d love to give this film a try at lower iso, and next time I’m definitely going to up the ante and process it in E-6.
-Harriet Green
Walking through colors in Wien
Lomography X-Pro Chrome on LOMO LC-W
I was in Vienna a few months back and there was a funfair close to my hotel. I decided to head out for some ice-cream on the hot summer day. The moment I stepped out of the hotel lobby, I was overwhelmed by the the whirling colors that encompassed me. I decided to randomly snap doubles as I took a stroll through the park. For once I was merrily snapping away without much thought hoping to capture the crazy movement and sky-rocketing emotions brimming from every single person, ride, and building abound!
Summer was just too short this year.
-eleanorrigby236
Provia works well in both low & high lights!
Fujichrome Provia 400X on Lomo LC-A+
Here are my Provia 400x shots, all shot around Barcelona mostly in really low light at the Festa Major de Gracia (a big street festival every summer).
The shots were taken after dark with no flash, the only light was from the amazing street decorations at Festa Major De Gracia - all the streets were closed to traffic and each competes to have the best-decorated street. Then there were little stages with live music, bars, street food. So much fun and such a good atmosphere!
The Provia 400x held up even better than I expected in the low light, I was pretty much shooting and hoping for the best but they came out OK!
-Harriet Green
New Vs Old emulsion CT Precisas? A film conspiracy!
Agfaphoto CT Precisa on Lomo LC-A+
Ok…so I’ve got my latest batch of precisa developed…and they came out…BLUE.
Well mostly anyway. Some have a slight greenish tinge but on the whole they’re blue. These were fresh films that are genuine precisas not fake as far as i can tell.
I had a chat with the man at the lab, and he reckons it’s quite a lot to do with the processing chemicals. This was the same lab that processed my last shots that came out really blue. All those precisa shots were from the same roll…weird.
I also emailed Kevin Meredith aka Lomokev about the green/blue thing… he’s written books on toy cameras/film photography, and runs courses in Brighton. He used to use Precisa all the time and he said,
“I don’t use agfa precisa now as it changed, its too green now. I use Lomography xpro Chrome 100 ASA.” (click here for some examples.)
“Definitely ditch the Precisa it’s just too unpredictable.”
Interesting!
-Harriet Green
edit: If you’re not in the know about the Agfa CT Precisa conspiracy, check out this link for something interesting. :D
http://www.flickr.com/photos/marcelsauer/3211612099/
-delusiana
The original UWS: Vivitar Ultra Wide Slim!
Lomography Color Slide Xpro 200 on Vivitar UWS
These photos were taken just before dusk or after the rain, so the tones were rather soothing. This was also my first time using this Lomography Xpro Slide film, which was based on the out of production Agfa RSX 200. As you can see, this film favors greens & yellows, which I think complimented this set beautifully without any extreme color shifts.
But in terms of tolerance to light, I’d say that this film isn’t very forgiving -resulting in overexposed, blinding white skies.
-yovie eswark
Film Soup=Film Destruction! Lomography Xpro Chrome 100
Olympus Trip 35
So here it is, my version of Kristian J’s Film Soup analogue experiment! I was really skeptical whether anything will come out of this strip, even considered to buy my own C-41 chemicals to cross process it myself. Luckily our local photo lab said it could be done and yay, here are the results!
Unlike Kristian J’s original recipe which called for boiling water, detergent & silica gel and let the film soak for 1-2 days; mine consisted of:
1. Boiling water
2. 1 cup of detergent, 1/2 cup of softener, 1/2 spoon bleach crystals, 2 small packets of silica gel and 1000mg of Vitamin C
3. Add the mix to the boiling water & dump the film roll in it
Since my mixture seemed way too strong, I only let it soak overnight (12hours) and dried the roll with a hair dryer in a black garbage bag.
Once dried I popped it in my Oly Trip 35 and started shooting like a madwoman.
Neat? :D
-delusiana
Lomography Xpro Slide 200
Blackbird Fly
Lady May is back with more photos from Singapore, and this time shot on the very good looking 35mm twin-reflex camera, the Blackbird Fly,or simply the BBF. Check out the rest of her photos from her visit to Universal Studios, China Town and more on her blog. Brava to the amazing night shots Lady!!
Lomography X-pro Chrome
Lomo LC-W
I have been shooting doubles on the LC-W a lot now and I have not gotten good results until this roll of film. That first double exposure shot was taken aboard a ferry en route to Sweden. I miraculously got the frothing waves to end just right where it should on the first exposure of the emergency escape boat, making it look like the boat was actually floating in the sea. Pretty cool.
I also quite like that shot I got of the empty basketball court. I wouldn’t go as far as to call it a full-scale multi-click attempt as it was merely 5 clicks, but I must say it only worked because the hall was very dimly lit, or I would have blown the photo out overexposing it.
The rest of the roll was shot at a funfair, dutifully double exposed, and they turned out fine, thanks to the glorious colors swirling around up in the air to begin with. Those will come in my next post!
-eleanorrigby236
