A Bunch Of 6×6 Photos and Some 35mm

All of these photos were taken with a Yashica Mat 124-G using either Kodak T-Max 100 or Illford Ortho 80 (I forgot which photos were which). I dont shoot a whole lot of black and white so I decided I wanted to shoot some 6×6 and shoot some back to back BW for fun and I think it turned out super well.

These photos were also shot using the Yashica Mat 124-G. Couple of double ups, but picking angles is hard and I cant decide in the moment which would be the better angle. I used Cinestill 50D which has odd colors that definitely lead into the blue categories but I like it occasionally.

These photos were shot using a Minolta XD11. Using a Minolta Rokkor 45mm pancake lens and Kodak T-max 400.

Some Cool Panoramic Sprocket Hole Shots, And Some Basic Uninspired 35mm BW

So recently ive been wanting to buy a Lomography Sprocket Rocket, and on black Friday I finally did because they were almost half off! Ive been wanting to shoot double shot panoramic, and this is sadly the only true double shot camera that is not outrageously expensive, so I took a shot and it definitely paid off. there is some major pin cushion distortion, but it gives the camera some character, similar to a Holga, which this camera is very similar because it is a plastic toy camera in that sense.

here are some pretty basic uninspired 35mm film, I’ve been busy and so I havent had a whole lot of time to go shoot.

I haven’t shot in a while, and it shows.

So all of these photos were shot on my Zenza Bronica 645 with my recently acquired side/speed grip. I needed to go get out of the house so I went and grabbed two cameras, and two rolls of film. One for my bronica and one for my minolta. I shot a roll of Tmax 100 and a roll of tmax 400, I forgot which roll was on which camera. But yeah they were both kodak tmax.

So this is from a new film stock that I was very excited to shoot. This is Cinestill 400D, and I feel very mixed about it honestly. it handles colors, especially yellow and green in an odd way. I would love to shoot this in a dry environment because thats where I believe it would shine the best. I have a second roll that I will probably save for awhile until the time comes where I want to use it.

So I had a very expired roll of lomography red scale (about 10ish years old, not cold stored. And I also had the worst piece of plastic in the world, The Holga 120N and its amazing plastic lens. Out of the entire roll, these were the only photos that resembled anything. Im not sure if its the expired film, or the plastic camera (potential light leaks), or a combination of both. I also took out the guide in the camera (there are plastic inserts so you can have either 6×6 or 645 size), which gave it this odd natural vignetting. Are these photos good? no, but they are interesting.

A Walk In the Woods, Yes!

All of these photos were taken with a Nikon F2 with either a 35mm F/2.8 or a 50mm f/1.4. Using the over priced poop colored 8th wonder of the world, Kodak Ektar 100. I was really excited to bring my new 35mm lens because for almost the last year I have ONLY been shooting with nifty 50s, theyre just easy and simple and I like them a lot, but it was super nice to be able to get wider angles. I was worried because this lens had a very minor scratch on the glass, but it wasnt visible on the photos, and if it did, I got it for the great price of $34, so it wouldnt have been a total bust.

All of these photos were taken with a Holga 120N (my favorite hunk of plastic) using the urine flavored Portra 800. I have a dislike for Portra 800, mostly for the mentioned urine coloring that this film holds a lot of. The plastic lens of this toy camera has so much character but also a lot of ups and downs, so I ended up using my last roll of Portra 800 on it, and since this camera is not a low-light, or even mid-light beast, Portra 800 may have a nice home in this hunk of a junk.

All of these photos above were taken using a Yashica Mat-124 G. Using a stock that I have never used before, Kodak 100 TMAX, Ive heard a lot of good stuff but just havent shot it, that is until now. This film is very contrasty and I actually really like it and might start shooting it more.

I hardly go out and shoot nature, but I went and visited my lovely girlfriend in a small little town in which she goes to college. She told me about this beautiful canyon drive and I really wanted to see it and shoot some photos, so I brought three cameras (I don’t know why but I always need at least two). We drove a really good way up to see the sunset and we just overall had a good time.

At night when the lake is a mirror

And the moon rides the waves to the shore

A single soul sets his voice singing

Content to be slightly forlorn

A song rises over the lilies (Waa-ooh waa-ooh)

Sweeps high to clear over the reeds

And over the bulrushes’ swaying

To pluck at a pair of heartstrings

Two voices, now they are singing

Then ten, as the melody soars

Round the shimmering pond all are joining in song

As it carries their reverie on

Over the treetops and mountains

Over the blackened ravines

Then softly it falls by a house near a stream

And over the garden wall

To thee

A Wedding Plus Those Sweet Ektachrome Tones (Ektatones if you will)

So my dad and his girlfriend got married last month, and as a wedding gift I wanted to shoot their wedding on slide film, so I can later cut and frame said slide film. A lot of these photos were under exposed (Ektachrome has absolutely no latitude so if your dont hit perfect exposure youre slightly screwed). I was able to save most of them and bring them to their true light, the only ones I would say that I didnt succeed were the ones of the first dance, which at that point is was getting dark (if i remember right i shot it at 1/30 at f/3.5) and they all turned out well I think. And i cannot wait to get this film back to make my gift.

Testing Out Another New Camera and a Weird 120 Film Stock, Then Some Extra Photos

So I bought a Minolta XD-11 for a really good price that works pretty much perfectly and is in really good condition. So over a few days I went and shot a test roll on my favorite black and white film stock, Illford XP2. I think the photos turned out pretty well and Im excited for what holds of this camera in the future.

So this is lomography redscale. I got two expired rolls of it as a gift, and so I wanted to try it out. I think these photos, especially the ones of the big buildings with the clouds in the background.

So the 6×6 photos were from my new Yashica Mat-124G, I think those photos turned out really well. Unfortunately the lab messed up a few scans so Im missing a few photos. then all the 35mm photos I think turned out really well, Ive just got to not use the in camera light meter for dark scenes, or very contrasty scenes, it gets really grainy and muddy.

Two New 6×6 Cameras and Some BW Photos Off of the Bronica

So in the past week I got two new 6×6 medium format cameras. I received a Holga 120N from a friend and then a got a really good price on a Yashica Mat 124-G TLR, in really good condition I might add. Both of the rolls off of these cameras were just test shots, but some of them did turn out really well.

First up, let’s get the weird plastic camera out of the way. All of these photos below were shot with the Holga 120N. The photos were shot with Illford Delta 400.

All of these photos below were shot with the Yashica TLR. These photos aren’t magical, but they were test photos after all, just to make sure the camera worked. The film was Kodak Gold 200 in 120.

All of these photos were shot with a Zenza Bronica ETRS 645. These photos were shot with my favorite black and white stock, Illford XP2 400. I underexpose all photos 1/2-1 stop of light to create some more contrast.

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