Topic: It is the weekend, right? Jan 19 to whenever...

[moominsean]

Because this thing has usually been started with 20 posts by now! Just got back from a three-day New Mexico road trip, here are a couple shots from today of fp-100B in the 190. Really dig this film, too bad it is defunct. Soft and sharp at the same time...

[hookstrapped]

[Steven.]

^ that is so cool. the dark mood with the texture of the fishnets (is that what they're called?) are awesome.

here's a couple from me.

[charles binns]

A bit of colour into the week end.  Some glass houses near Nazeing.  Part of my rambling series about the Lea Valley.  Shot last summer with a Holga.

[Lawrie]

A great start to the weekend.

An old turbine (circa 1890's) captured on Rollei SL66 with Distagon 50mm. Fuji Acros developed in Pyrocat-HD.

[Nigel]

Sean - I really like those and quite different for you.

FIRE! (in fact more like BIT OF SMOKE!)


fire! by nigelrumsey, on Flickr

[jojonas~]

Like the bw stuff so far~

Sean: always a pleasure to look at your shots~ I can only agree with you considering that type of film, even if I haven’t shot it myself. I wanted to get into pack cameras but with that gone, I don’t know..

Hookstrapped: Nice dramatic tone in that fishnet shot! Feels like a tory waiting to be told~

SpratNPray: digging the tunnel shot! The symmetry works well~

But now it’s time to break off the bw streak with some colour! …I was gonna say that but while typing other colour shots have come up! Nigel has put up a colourful shot that makes me wonder; what are they looking at??


First one is some street shootin’ in a small town. Quite different from a big one where you can just disappear in the crowd.. read a nice write up about this (sadly only in Swedish though) http://www.fotosidan.se/blogs/joakimke/nu-ar-den-klar-gatufoto-i.htm

Second is of my GF. I thought the out of focus areas looked kind of interesting. Maybe I’m just not uset to how colour looks in my yashica ;P

Both are shot with a Yashica 635 TLR on Velvia 50

[Chalky]

lovely shots as always by everyone, like the polas and the legs on the stairs.

Sean - just to say there was a US seller selling lots of 100b on the bay not long ago at very good prices, even with shipping to the UK, worth a look if you haven't already.

Did you expose it at 100iso? I've only shot one of my packs so far but was struggling to expose it nicely, although there was no definition in the sky, just totally flat grey light, so that may have been the reason.

[Jeff Warden]

Hi all,

So ready for the weekend!  This was Philly through the YashicaMat, with fp4.

Cheers,

Jeff

[Nick Moys]

Love the turbine shot, Lawrie - contrast and tonality works very well for me  Sean's first pola and jojonas' delicious velvia colours are also catching my eye.
Nick

[moominsean]

lovely shots as always by everyone, like the polas and the legs on the stairs.

Sean - just to say there was a US seller selling lots of 100b on the bay not long ago at very good prices, even with shipping to the UK, worth a look if you haven't already.

Did you expose it at 100iso? I've only shot one of my packs so far but was struggling to expose it nicely, although there was no definition in the sky, just totally flat grey light, so that may have been the reason.

yeah that's where i get my 100b from. lots on ebay so far. i use a filter on my 190, and shoot at 30 or 60 (depending on light) and wide open. but yeah it's a bit touchy without a filter, tends to overexpose very easily. blows out highlights a lot. though without a filter i've shot it at 250 and 11 or 16.

[Diane Peterson]

hard to get outside to shoot when your being hit with a blizzard!  More snow in two days than we have add all season!! strange weather this year!!
pinhole shot inside..

[Paul Mitchell]

Another great weekend thread.

Sean - two superb Pola's... love the 'PREG COWS' !!

Hookstrapped - naughty but nice!

SprayNPray - love em all!

Charles - love the way you've made the ordinary look interesting

Nigel - well seen and really like the limited use of DOF

JoJonas - that first image is brilliant!

Jeff - the '736' adds so much

Diane - I do love your pinholes

A couple of pinholes, both on my Zero 2000, PanF and souped in Prescysol EF

Another from Whitby



One from a solo trip to the Ridgeway (thanks again Peter for the location!)




Paul

[Windy]

3 from me - using a Holga 120TLR with Kodak Portra - taken at new year but sent away for developing and pics arrived back this week  
 

Chanonry Point, Fortrose by windy_, on Flickr


I was looking back to see if she was looking back....... by windy_, on Flickr


I want my sun-drenched wind-swept Ingrid Bergman Kiss by windy_, on Flickr

edit: sorry about the 'slush' 

[Phil Bebbington]

Wow! This has shaped up to a cracking weekend very quickly!

SWC/M - Fuji 160C - Louisiana

[Phil Bebbington]

Hasselblad SWC - Kodak BWCN - New Mexico

[sapata]

One from the past from me... taken at the LCC college back many years ago when Polaroid was still alive, I guess with a Cambo or Toyo... can't remember unfortunatley is one of the few pictures I took using this film before the prices went sky high...

I own this very beautiful Kodak Box Camera...  still takes amazing pictures ! It's a real shame about whole Kodak situation.

[Sandeha Lynch]

Hmm, old Polaroids I can play.



One of few attempts with a slit instead of a pinhole, maybe eight years ago.  Sort of like, guess which flower this might be.   

[astrobeck]

really enjoying the variety on this weekend so far!

A messy one from me.
Reversed lens Kodak Brownie and expired Portra

[Late Developer]

What a cracker we have to-date.......

- Moominsean. Love the "Preg Cows" sign. Priceless....
- Hookstrapped. Very seductive photo. Lots left to the imagination.
- SprayNPray. Fantastic tunnel shot.
- Charlesbinns. Fabulous colours and what awesome cloud detail.
- Lawrie. That is a gorgeous shot with fantastic detail.
- Nigel. Real drama. Looks like part of a story board.
- Jojonas. Great second shot. Such a cheeky look she's giving you...
- JWarden. The reflections on the window make the shot for me.
- Diane. For me, the best of the week. I adore this shot.
- Paul Mitchell. Wow - that second shot was worth the walk, wasn't it...?
- Phil B. Just brilliant tones in the mono shot - as ever.
- Sapata. A really beautiful shot of a great camera.
- Sandeha. Beau blur....
- Astrobeck. Very colourful but spooky!

Mine are a few shots from a trip to Cambridge earlier this month, taken with the Rolleiflex.

[euge...]

Some shots from the public sector strike on Nov 30th in front of St Thomas Hospital.(xa/kodak 400cn)

[Diane Peterson]

Late Developer..thank you so much! I appreciate so much that anyone takes the time to comment....You already know I am a big fan of all you do!!
& Sapata that image of the Brownie should be framed and hung somewhere..it is brilliant!!

[sapata]

& Sapata that image of the Brownie should be framed and hung somewhere..it is brilliant!!

Thank you Diane...
It's in fact one of the only few pictures I have framed on the wall..., because it's an original polaroid.

It's funny because this was meant to be the "polaroid test" before shooting the 4x5 film, but when I saw the result there was no need to carry on... no other film would've given me this effect.

[Late Developer]

@Diane

That pinhole is just so atmospheric. there are some beautiful shots on this thread tonight but that one really caught my eye.

[Thom Stone]

Hi all, long time no see. Ive been so busy and rather poor recently to haven't managed to do much film photography :-( mostly just boring digital stuff. but here are some shots taken with my RB67 on old expired portra 160 on Holiday in the lake district last summer. its taken me an awful long time to get round to scanning them as I had to organise going round to my uncles to use his V700.

Fantastic work all round btw.


A lake in the lakes by Thomo_Stoneo, on Flickr


"norma" by Thomo_Stoneo, on Flickr

Never really been much of a Landscape guy but I'm trying to brush up on my skills as I hope to pay a visit to Iceland later this year. also working on some home made pinhole stuff.

[Nick Moys]

Fishing huts on Southwold Harbour.  Rolleicord/Ektar100. 
Happy weekend to all.  Nick.

[Andrea.]

Ektachrome - Gress beach

[Paul Mitchell]

I'm sure that first time visitors to this site must be in awe of some of the images posted on a weekly basis, I certainly was and still am!!

Paul - for someone who professes to be an average photographer those first two images are stunning.
Grey Fish - Everytime I see images of my beloved Southwold it makes my heart ache

Paul

[Volker]

Hi all,

i scanned some really old negatives these days. This is one for the scottish filmwasters...


Ben Nevis, 1980

[Ed Wenn]

Whoah! Hold on there, bald Eagle! This is indeed a clever and inspiring group of photos; wow! As I was reading down from the top I thought to myself, "This week I'll definitely comment on other people's work and not just post a photo and run away." But, as I scrolled down I realised that there was too much of note for me to comment on everything that I liked. This week's collection is extra special so I can't even begin to hope to cover everyone.

Braindump:

Thom!! Welcome back. It's great to see you again, but do come and comment even if you don't have work to share. Good luck with the Icelandic trip.
Sean: Yeah, this combo works for you and I love the softness you've achieved with the 100B. Normally it's a very stark film and, much as I love it like that, I think you're getting more out of it than I ever have.
Paul Mitchell: Bl**dy hell. You really are good as this photography thing, aren't you. Very, very, inspiring. Strong composition and loads of oomph added via your process; a perfect blend of style and substance.
Euge: That first shot is hilarious and had me laughing for minutes. Superb!
Phil: I'm working on a song at the moment which fits your New Mexico shot perfectly. For both our sakes I wish I was a famous rock star and then I'd use this shot as the single sleeve....except we don't really 'do' single anymore do we? Hmmm. Anyway, all that's beside the point; your photo is stunning. Clean, mean and strong.
Andrea: WTF!? You have some explaining to do. You can't just write "Ektachrome" and then leave us guessing  
Windy: That last one. Damn! What an explosion of light, colour and happiness. You rule.
Mauricio: Please come to Balham and give me that print. I'll look after it, I promise  
Nigel: Seriously, that Holga of yours really is one in a million. Don't ever buy another one. Not sure I've seen you take a bad shot with it.
Jonas: Love the first shot in particular, but the portrait is cool too. What's with the blue hair?

Sorry for not commenting on all the shots here, but I need to go and interrupt and Angry Birds-inspired fight between my children, so I'll leave you with my contribution and wish you all a happy weekend.


Me & Tacita Dean (but mostly her) by Ed Wenn, on Flickr

Taken at the Tate Modern last Saturday at the Tacita Dean exhibition: http://www.tate.org.uk/modern/exhibitions/unilever2011/default.shtm with my Land Camera 360 on expired Polacolor 690 stained in coffee. It's a companion piece to last weekend's photo and it's bit on the minimalist tip, but I'm happy with the texture and the colours. A less charitable view would be that it's a photo of pretty much nothing...and I would really be able to disagree with that, but I'm just happy to have found time to point the camera at something and press the Go! button.

[Andrea.]

Andrea: WTF!? You have some explaining to do. You can't just write "Ektachrome" and then leave us guessing  

Uh! Surely it's obvious.
Ektachrome is Kodak film. Put in a camera [possibly Petri 7s], don't focus it properly, move the camera a bit, over-expose it [I think] forget about the film for 6 months then send it to the cheapest lab you can find. When it comes back, stick it in the scanner and press the Vuescan 'go' button. And this is what you get.

And I thought you were a Filmwaster! 

Fantastic lot of images here. It amazes me more and more what comes on this thread!

[Magnus]

Another week with fantastic images. Such diversity...

From my old Zeiss Ikon Nettax. I was planning on printing this one, but my, non-existing, skill at retouching dust and damages on the negative made it a photoshop fix 


Cold Day by Klick-klick-klick, on Flickr

But this one made it to the enlarger 
Holga image, Lith print on Fomatone MG Classic paper. Lith printing is so much fun. I'm a total newbie at it so a lot of paper and chemicals-wasting going on 


Lith-3 by Klick-klick-klick, on Flickr

[Paul Mitchell]

Magnus - two big thumbs up from me!

[Phil Bebbington]

Magnus, both great, but, the second is wonderful.

[Andrea.]

Love them both Magnus

[hookstrapped]

Magnus, both great, but, the second is wonderful.

This.

[Magnus]

Awww *minor blush*... thanks!   
I was jumping with joy in the darkroom when the trees started to emerge in the lith print.
What a strange process...

[astrobeck]

Magnus.  My word man!
That first one is superb.  I just want to paddle around in that lake forever.
I love photos that have backgrounds like this, the kind you want to explore and just wrap yourself around in.
Lovely!

[This-is-damion]

Amazing quality this weekend, a pleasure to work my way through them

Some from the bronica


Sid Paper by This-is-rice, on Flickr


Yeadon 2 by This-is-rice, on Flickr


man not god by This-is-rice, on Flickr

[sapata]

Mauricio: Please come to Balham and give me that print. I'll look after it, I promise  

Hi Ed ... I pass through Balham everyday on my way to Crystal Palce,  but the print seems happy here in my flat now 

I really like your polaroid! The coffee stains worked out great... if I hadn't been to the exhibition I'd probably think that you'd photographed just a piece of film.

[damiand]

nice work as always everybody

this is my MG triptych , ricoh r1 + kodak tri-x 400 in adox adolux aph09 - second roll from developer

[Britt Aximon]

A bit of colour into the week end.  Some glass houses near Nazeing.  Part of my rambling series about the Lea Valley.  Shot last summer with a Holga.

This is a lovely photo, makes me long even more to spring. Great colours.

[Britt Aximon]

Went for a walk today. Snow was pouring down, and only managed to take one roll with the Rolleiflex 2,8F.
Film T-Max 400, and developed (as always  ) in caffenol and stand development

[Claygrl]

What a great collection of inspiring photographs! So many new ideas from using coffee on polaroids to try lith printing. I am sick of sitting in front of my 'digital' darkroom.

[Diane Peterson]

Claygrl.....just popped over to check out your blog!love your musings ..those clay creatures would make great pinhole cameras !..oh,and welcome!

[Jack Johnson]

Fantastic weekend, everyone!

I always have an embarrassing number of cameras with a half-roll of something that needs the other half shot. Finally offed a roll of Ferrania 200 that had been malingering since summer with a few snaps lurking from the torrential downpour at the zoo that day.

More cheap & sleazy scans from Walgreens. Addicted to the cheap processing now. It's like crack.


Untitled by knapjack, on Flickr


Hear me roar by knapjack, on Flickr

[Jeff Warden]

Magnus, I'm piling on.  Wonderful images.  I had to look up your Ikon and it looks like a really fun camera.  And the Holgas just have a way about them when used well.  Which I can't.   

I don't know anything about the lith process so once you find your feet it would be great to hear your thoughts about it.  The print you made looks wonderful.

Jeff

[Wensleydale Blue]

Truly marvellous work.  Almost every week, around Saturday lunchtime, I think is it time I did some scans and uploaded some images onto FWs, and almost every week I take a quick look to see what s been posted so far and then think, naw, perhaps not this week.  Not in same league - can't hold a stick up to those -  need to up my game - must take up woodwork again, etc.  They're inspiring but sort of a little demoralising at the same time.

Still, maybe next week.

Oh, and Ed, would I be right in thinking the Tacita Dean image might actually glow in the dark?  A brilliant image that also has the potential to save on energy bills!  In awe at the creativity.

[Paul Mitchell]

Finally gotten round to scanning my large format images from the recent filmwasters large format outing to Kent.

A similar composition to Leon's but I had the interloper!
Chamonix 045N-1 and Fuji Acros



Taken just a few yards away but looking up to the main promenade
Chamonix 045N-1 and Fuji Velvia



Paul

[Francois]

Claygrl.....just popped over to check out your blog!love your musings ..those clay creatures would make great pinhole cameras !..oh,and welcome!

On the subject of clay cameras, there's a picture of one on this site where they try ans list all the nicest pinhole cameras they can find
http://h0lg4.org/viewtopic.php?t=15040