New experiments in film. A few simple images from London. Oxford str, Paddington station, Harrow.
Konica C35: B+W Film 3
Category: Photography
Branches / Takke
Impromptu spring walk. Somehow all the weight on my shoulders are lifted and disappear with the breeze among these branches. So much love for nature.
A Quiet Moment
A quiet moment when the noise of the world looks and feels far away. Shot on my Konica C35 at Camden Arts Centre.
Konica C35: Berlin (pt 1)
I’ve just returned from my 5th (I think?) visit to Berlin over the last few years, and again I have loved spending time in this cool city. It was overcast and raining / misting most of the time, so I wasn’t expecting much from the pictures I took, but I’m pretty damn happy with some of these. Forget photographing momuments, this is the city. Film used: my go to Kodak Gold 400ASA. The featured images is the view from the steps coming out of Eberswalder str U-bahn station in Prenzlauer Berg.
Few shots in Freidrichschain, between Warschauer str and the East Side Gallery / Oberbaum bridge:
En route to Kreuzberg coming from M10 tram going via U8 at Bernhauer str. There’s a Berlin Wall memorial just out of sight to the right of this shot:
A few shots in the city centre (Mitte), with the sun starting to break through the rain:
Blonde on blonde on U2:
Konica C35: B+W Film 1
First attempt using black and white film in my Konica C35. Pictures taken in Bristol and London.
Beautiful disasters: Inge
I’ve recently been struggling to take / been concentrating really hard on taking perfectly in focus, really sharp portraits of people. And then I stumbled again upon these shots I took of Inge Beckmann, lead singer of Lark, at a gig many years, which accidentally and beautifully captures the ethereal nature of her performance. Perceived imperfection(s) can be far more beautiful than “perfection”.
Harrow Camera: Ilford Delta 400
After trying a few rolls of Ilford HP5 Plus 400 (results here) in my Harrow camera, I decided to switch to Ilford Delta 400, hoping I’d achieve better results in lower light conditions. In fact, I found the results in low light as poor as with HP5. Maybe more a results of the camera than the film. Best of:
Harrow Camera: Ilford HP5 Plus 400
In my gear talk post, I mentioned a bakelite shell camera similar to Lomo Diana I’ve been using for a while now.Because the seal on these aren’t great, you often get light leaks, which in some cases adds a nice touch, but in other cases can ruin your pictures. It’s been hit and miss with this camera. I’ve tried a few kinds of film, all of which seem to require very bright light conditions to achieve good results with this camera, no matter if the film in question is described as suitable for low light conditions. In this post I’m sharing some of the results I’ve achieved with Ilford’s HP5 Plus 400 (120 mm). These images were taken in Spain, Italy, South Africa, Berlin and London.
Konica C35: Film 1
After a few years of playing around with bakelite shell lomography cameras, I decided this year that I wanted to invest in a somewhat sturdier 35mm camera. I wanted something compact, with a range of focal lengths / aperatures. When I started shopping around, I was originally looking at an Olympus Trip 35. Purely because I liked the look of it to be honest! Yeah, bit of guilty hipstering maybe. After watching a few video reviews online, I eventually settled on the Konica C35 though (Japanese made, dating from the early 1970s, and still cool-looking). It was refurbished by the seller, and looked in good condition on first inspection, though was somewhat heavier than I expected it to be. These are a few of the best shots I achieved with the first film I tried in it; 400 ASA Kodak Gold. I felt this camera and I could be friends after seeing these. All of these images are from a trip to Klaipeda and Juodkrante in Lithuania in September 2016.
Do you see, what I see?
I’ve threatened for a long time to set up a blog to share some of my photographs. This is it, finally. Everyone views life from a slightly different perspective. This is mine, humbly shared. I couldn’t quite decide whether Objektiv or Subjektiv is most appropriate. It’s sometimes the one and sometimes the other. I like to stop and photograph things that catch my attention, because it’s different, strange, funny, beautiful, a moment in time, green.
An objective perspective is one that is not influenced by emotions, opinions, or personal feelings – it is a perspective based in fact, in things quantifiable and measurable. A subjective perspective is one open to greater interpretation based on personal feeling, emotion, aesthetics, etc.
https://www.quora.com/What-is-the-difference-between-objective-and-subjective
Subjektiv 