Tag: Lomography

Purple Haze

Purple Haze

Reading Time: 2 minutes Once again, the lure of the Lomo hits… It’s funny, I have such a love/hate relationship with this idea. My practise totally encompasses mad experimentation, but the obsessive commercialisation of it from the Lomography movement is somehow distatseful. Nonetheless, when I happened across some Lomochrome 

Holga 135BC

Holga 135BC

Reading Time: 4 minutes This is a version of the classic Holga re-made for 35mm film. It has a smaller squarer body, with what looks like the original lens mount on the front, which has been relabelled with a focal length of 47mm – this has been commented on a few times, but seems to be accepted that this is the correct focal length – I would guess the meniscus lens differs inside the mount. The BC in the name stands for “Black Corners”, a reference to the vignetting evident on the images it produces.

The Reluctant Lomographer

The Reluctant Lomographer

Reading Time: 6 minutes Lomography is still on its mission to take over the world. I spend a lot of time thinking about my relationship with the global phenomenon, because a lot of what I do could very well come under this style. But it is something I have 

X-pro

X-pro

Reading Time: 3 minutes I found this little page today, and thought that I would re-blog it. http://pixelfarmize.wordpress.com/2009/04/16/xpro-film-chart/ It has got me thinking a bit about cross-processing, and the results that you get. Cross processing has become a bit of a trend at the moment, with the whole l*mography 

Leeds to London

Leeds to London

Reading Time: 3 minutes I have been sent down to London for a meeting with DCLG about Deposit Protection Services recently. This is possibly about the most boring subject in the world, but any excuse to go to That London I guess. I met a friend there this time,