Posts Tagged ‘film’
Urban Decay: Polaroid Style
Last week, I visited an apartment complex that had been abandoned and recently scheduled for demolition. How did I access this, one might ask? Well, Tracy‘s good friend was working there and allowed us to come in and take a little tour.
I brought Diana and my Polaroid. While we wait for the other film to develop, I figured I’d treat everyone with some of the instant images that I shot.
Let me know what you think!
Diana shots should be up sometime next week.
At least I had backup!
A few weeks ago, I shot a roll of 120 film at night along Kirkwood Highway. When I emptied the camera, the film was pretty loose on the spool. It didn’t look good, but I saved it in a dark bag in hopes that it would be salvageable. It was not. Luckily for me, because I’m still testing out my new light meter, I brought my digital camera along as a tester.
All of the buildings (with the exception of the church) were defunct businesses. The buffet in the last photo was just recently torn down.
These are essentially the images I shot with the Diana (except these are all 35mm, not medium format):
St. James' Church
Time Capsule!
A few weeks ago, I dropped off a roll of film I shot in 2008 that had never been developed. Today, I picked it up. Some was confusing, but a lot of pictures made me laugh and remember the times when I first started taking black and white photos!
It’s been a year now.
Wow. It’s really been a year since I graduated college. And in this year, what have I accomplished?
Attaining a degree.
That’s pretty important and its kick-started this time frame. I can’t say I’ve ever done it before who knows if and when I’ll do it again?
Been financially independent.
Except for borrowing money to pay off my smaller loan in full, I’ve paid for all other expenses on my own – and am chipping away at the loan chunk, as well.
Was hired full-time.
Although my first “big-girl job” doesn’t require a college degree, it’s still a real-deal, full-time job with benefits.
Photographed a wedding.
My mom’s co-worker needed a cheap photographer – being new to the field, I couldn’t charge much. April was satisfied. I’m available for freelance – I’ve just got to practice my stealth ninja skills.
Made a book.
Funny that I accomplished the task of making an actual book before I could complete writing one – and I’ve been writing for years.
Shot enough photos to make a small gallery.
And now the gallery will be available for viewing at my new apartment for a small cover of $3.
Read my poetry aloud in front of strangers.
Last May, there was a memorial service who my grandfather who passed away in January. As a result, I wrote a poem, which I titled On Portraits of People (acronym from Opop, which we called him). My brother and I collaborated and performed during the memorial service.
Discovered 120 film.
With my ThankYou points from my credit card, I purchased a little plastic camera called Diana F+ which I have grown to cherish. This camera took 120 film (medium format, square film) which I had never worked with before. In the year since this discovery, I have become even more fond of this type of film than 35mm. I now see photos in square format.