Superia film!

Today I went to the Toronto Lomography store.. A nifty little story, with hundreds of brand new lo-fi cameras.. From Holga's to LC-A's to Diana's. 
110, 120, 135... All the roll films under one roof!  Awesome stuff!

But then I found this...

Fujifilm Superia 100 in 120 roll film!  Oh man!  I mean, it's great at 200 and 400 in 35mm, but in 120?!  Holy cow!  I am just floored at this.  I can't wait to start shooting it.. 

First roll of film in my Bronica and Rollei when I unpack at the new house...

Definitely going to be Superia 100! :)

Going to see how this stuff handles in the summer months too!

Until next time.. check out the local LOMOGRAPHY store near you, they might have some really interesting things that you may enjoy.  I know I wasn't expecting to find some Fuji Superia 100, but I did! 
and Remember, keep those shutters firing!

Trees, Faces, and a Face Plant!

After getting my new phone, and realizing that there's a little bit of a stigma involved when shooting Cell Phone Photography, you have to find things that are a little out of the ordinary, and try to shoot a fair amount of close-ups to get a muddied shallow Depth of Field.
Even then, the tiny sensor still does a pretty good job with sharpness, low-noise, and some nice colour rendering.
Seeing this face on a tree, I just couldn't help myself, wandered over, and took a photo or three of a tree with a face.  But not just any face...

"Face Plant" - Samsung Galaxy S2 LTE

Android Photography

Android Photography...

I know, that just sounds weird.  Like something out of a cheap Sci-Fi flick, where you have an artificial life-form taking photos.
Having just been (recently) given a Samsung Galaxy Nexus S2LTE Mobile, I decided to try to muck around a bit with the camera on it.  It does what I expected it to do, and that's take decent images that are highly saturated, and fairly sharp.  DSLR or P&S quality?  Not really, but overall decent.
One thing is, though, that I downloaded an APP called "Retro Camera" for some fun effects.  One that I have really grown attached to is the Xoloroid 2000 which adds a "Polaroid" type of feel to the photo, with low saturated colour, and muted sharpness.
The scratches, though, are an unfortunate side-effect of this "camera" choice, but that's okay, it is a funny effect.

Funny when you go to view the photos in the APP as it takes you to a big door that says, "Print Developing In Progress" with a big flashing red light and a sign that says, "DARKROOM IN USE".

Then when it is all "done" with the developing, they are hanging, complete with clothes pegs, on a line to "dry" and view.
Pretty funny, actually, considering.

The effect I am talking about is here..

Do you like this nifty look?  Check out the APP Retro Camera in your Android Playstore, or on your iPhone from iTunes.

If you want to have a more authentic look, then pop over to the Film Photography Project for some Impossible film and a Polaroid camera.

Until next time, keep those shutters, or in this case phones, firing!