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Playing Tricks and Wasting Film

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I spent a lot of time this week playing tricks with my camera, actually a lot of time trying to shoot double exposures. In fact, I have a lot of pictures that are completely black or completely white, and more where I can barely make out the target.

However, lets just look at some basic pictures, I am continuing to work on light levels.

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But Like I lost most of my film trying to double expose. With my camera the way I double expose I by opening the loading bay at the bottom of the camera to keep the picture from advancing through the rollers. I had some great early shots.

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Zeppelin Four and Me

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This is me appearing to Star Lord in a vision.

I have to admit that these shots were fun, I thought I had the hang of the process so I took these shots next. My face is a lot more clear in the second picture but I think it worked. Neat thing about this film, often when it doesn’t work it still looks cool. There is often something special about the picture, even when they don’t come out right. After these pictures came out so well I tried the ones below the next day.

Taken at the Unitarian Universalist Church of Jackson

Taken at the Unitarian Universalist Church of Jackson

Supposed to be a Chalice over a Brass Tree

Supposed to be a Chalice over a Brass Tree

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

So obviously I don’t have the hang of it. These wash outs are amazingly bad. I have a few ideas about the problem, but at the end of the day I don’t really know. I know that I have an entire cartridge of completely washed out pictures from attempted double exposures, and completely blacked out photos from my attempts at mirror selfies (none of the mirror selfies worked).

But there is no reason to end this post with wash outs and overly dark photos so here are some fun pictures . I played with the light/dark settings on the camera. I can’t say I like one of these pictures over the other, actually I am not sure if I really “like” either of them. On the left side the Minecraft figure is in focus but the candles wash, on the right the candles look great but the Minecraft figure is out of focus. But hey, what can you do?

Just some candles and minecraft.

Just some candles and Minecraft.

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Fuzzy Minecraft guy

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I think I will get some color film next time. It may help with the double exposures, but if anyone has any feedback let me know.

Playing With a Polaroid

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I enjoy having as many different hobbies as I can fit into my life, and though that means I may never become a pro at any one of them it does mean that I always have something to work on, and I will never get bored.

So, like every other free thinking human in the world I thought, “Let’s try photography,” and I figured if I am going to do it I might as well keep it analog. Actually my interest came after we bought my daughters the new Fujifilm Instamax cameras (if you have never seen one they look like marshmallows and take really nice pictures). I knew that Polaroid stopped making 600 film in the early 2000’s but wondered if anyone else was making it, then I read about the impossible project.

Now before you look at any pictures I want you all to understand I am not a photographer, so don’t hold me to that standard. However, I have been having fun.

I found this Polaroid Impulse camera and learned that the Impossible Project makes the old 600 film. I am not going to go over the history of the Impossible Project however, if you are playing with old Polaroids they offer film. Currently they offer basic color film, black and white, and black and white 2.0. I have found the black and white 2.0 film the best. I look forward to 2.0 color film coming out someday.

Polaroid Impulse

 

After taking my pictures I scanned them into my computer with my HP scanner. Often I just snap a picture with my phone to post to Instagram but in this case I thought that scanning would be better.

 

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Obviously I was going to practice on things I loved, so here is some of my beloved audio gear. I love the black and white film, I feel like it holds the dichotomy of the joy of moving forward and the somberness of loss.

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Downtown Fondren in Jackson Mississippi

Of course there is also color film and a whole outside world of which to take pictures. My wife commented when I showed her this picture that it looked like the 70’s. And as you look to the picture below, forgive my over saturation, I am new at this. I have also learned that with this film I need to shield the picture from the light as soon as it prints (I mean AS SOON AS IT PRINTS) otherwise I get this.

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Fondren Building in Jackson Mississippi

Which is cool but, I would like be able to see the building.

Now this one below is very special to me.

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Altar at the Unitarian Universalst Church in Jackson Mississippi.

I love the black and white with the religious symbols. It was neat to see the glare coming off the glass and the way it reflected onto the wall. There is something in the mistakes that makes this picture beautiful. After taking this pic I realized I really enjoy this hobby. I have other favorite pictures, in fact one of the best I have taken is of my daughter, however I imagine that she would be embarrassed to know her face showed up on a blog.

Like I said pictures of things I love.

Like I said pictures of things I love.

But before I let you go, I will add this picture. I took it with a Fujifilm Instamax 210, and though my heart will always beat for the vintage camera, the film is much more affordable and prints more clearly.

Thank you for checking out my foray into picture taken (I don’t know if I would say I am doing photography).