Welcome to my 'scrapbook' blog. Most of the photos here are my own work. Now and then I'll post someone else's work that I like. I love photography, especially Polaroid and other instant photography and Holga stuff. Loving real film and vintage cameras, as well as digital and iPhoneography. Feel free to ask me stuff.... swallowingflies.com
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She is the Lorax.
She speaks for the trees!
My Valentine present!
Starting the year as I mean to go on. Posting original work.
Happy New Year you lovely followers. May 2013 bring less procrastination and more creating (and tumblr-ing) of original work.
Completely forgot to say “hope you all had a great Christmas” in my last post!
Some of the great books I got for Christmas (thanks Zara’s mum).
‘Photography To-day’ was re-printed in 1943!! And you could probably learn more from it than all the ‘digital photography’ books out there…. Love it!
Oooh new followers. Thanking you muchly.
(via 12Faces 2012 « swallowing flies)
The results of my 12 hour Holga project can be seen here… http://swallowingflies.wordpress.com/2012/12/12/12faces-2012-2/
It was a cold day but went well, and quicker than last year!
I also got an additional roll of Holga ‘snaps’ due to a bit of a cock-up I made (explained in the blog post)! I shall develop those as soon as I can and see if there is anything worth showing.
Today is the 12th of the 12th of the 12th. A date that won’t happen for 1000 years!!
So what a perfect day to do my 12Faces project.
Photographing 12 strangers with a Holga camera (12 square medium format shots), developing, drying, scanning & posting the results all within 12 hours!
The negs are drying and should be posted on my blog at swallowingflies.com (click blog) in the next hour or so.
Holga camera - check
Close up lens - check
ISO 400 film - check
Back up ISO 400 - check
ISO 3200 film (just in case) - check
Info/promo cards - check
Chemicals - check
Warm coat, gloves, scarves - check
All set for the 12Faces 2012 project tomorrow.
Just shot my last ‘original’ Polaroid!!
Had 1 shot of real Polaroid film left in this camera for years. Thought it was time to use it.
Looks like the chemicals have gone ‘off’ a little, but quite a nice dreamy effect (wish that camera would focus closer).
No more Polaroid, thank Buddah for Impossible Project!
Right now…
A shot from ages ago….
