Love For Lomography 04

Oh man oh man! How has it been almost a year since I last shared some prints using the Diana Mini?? It's one of those light hearted cameras meant for fun and mistakes -- don't mind me though, I'll just be justifying the cost to develop them. It's like.... you're paying a premium on developing film to see which mistakes you made (which is kind of all the time!) #lifedilemma

One of my favorite pictures is of my sister-in-law (as seen in the image above) where I had big plans to double expose with flowers. I don't know how I managed to completely get it all wrong but I still love how it turned out.  

A snapshot from our flight from LAX to Cabo San Lucas back in February of this year. I'm really digging the hot pink flare on the bottom. On this trip, I took most photos with the Diana and the Instax (as seen here).

Remember the flowers I was talking about that were supposed to be double exposed? These were those but here they are displayed all by itself. Still happy with the results.

Beach photos were meant for toy cameras! Or is it the other way around? 

Really into this color combination. It reminds me of conceptual abstract colorful dreamy summers.



I'm playing catch up on what's been going on these past two months! Meanwhile, how's it going? How was your summer? I'm so excited for the next few months! :)

Love for Lomography 03

Ohhh man, it's been a LONG time since I last posted prints developed from the Diana. I got these in the mail probably a month ago and I just got to scanning them in. A few favorites below...

Crystal Cove, CA

I experimented with an Ilford roll which is a highly contrasted black and white film. I really love the the stark contrasts in them and definitely plan to use it a lot more in the future. The only catch is that the photo lab charges 2x more for black and white film!

My lovely friend Randa at Crystal Cove

It's times like these when I question why I'm so passionate about photography because at the end of the day, it feels like it will only empty my pockets! But when I see my prints, it's feel so worth the energy and the time spent waiting for it to develop.




So I guess I'll just keep going at it but with more care and thoughtfulness in each photo. What about you? Do you use the Diana or any other film cameras? 

Love for Lomography - Part 1, Part 2

Love For Lomography 02

Water is one of my favorite subjects to shoot with the Diana Mini. The results are almost always ethereal, nostalgic, and reflective. The photographs below were taken in the summer of last year unearthed and scanned this past weekend. I have an Ilford roll hidden somewhere in the fridge hoping to be used sometime this summer. On another note, I've started to scan my images at 300 dpi. Is that pretty standard or should I be going higher?

 

 

La Jolla Cove, CA 2012

Newport Beach, CA 2012 - Double exposure of Neel and me then engaged, now married!

Redondo Beach, CA 2012


Redondo Beach, CA 2012 

What about you? Have you used the Diana before?

See my previous post on lomography here.

Love For Lomography 01

Traveling with multiple cameras in tow is something I'm very used to. Thankfully, my husband* is now too. While I wait for the film from our underwater Blue Lagoon adventures to develop, I'll post some prints from the Diana Mini I took from last year.

A double exposure of two things that probably don't go well together but are amazing separately (1) pizza (2) flowers

Some of the prints came out a little overexposed, but I didn't mind, I had the opportunity to draw over it with my Wacom...




Sometimes, the image needs an extra something-something so I drew extra constellations on a clear night sky...

 

And finally, a double exposure that my dad took of me on my 25th birthday... Darn the hair tie! Maybe a double exposure birthday portrait could be a new tradition?



*As a newlywed, I'm still getting giddy saying this word!