Bitter Heart

my option for Lensbabies contest.

Lensbaby – Creative Bokeh

Daca iubesti lensbabies si iti place sa te joci cu aperture customizate de tine, uite un concurs la care te poti inscrie in perioada 10-17 Decembrie 2007 => 5th Official Lensbaby Contest – Creative Bokeh

Susan Sontag: “To photograph is to appropiate the thing photographed. …

… It means putting oneself into a certain relation to the world that feels like knowledge – and, therefore, like power.”
Susan Sontag, On Photography

in sens informativ

Cu Holga in vacanta (Step 6)

si Fuji 120 PROVIA Super Fine Grain 100F :)

Masina pe bulevard, compozitie scanata pe jumatate din motive ca nu se poate altfel – a spus doamna de la scanner.

Irene, noaptea, multiple exposure cu blitz in toate culorile, alb, rosu, galben si albastru.

Umbrele ferestrelor pe coridor intr-o dupa-amiaza insorita.

120 FUJICOLOR SUPERIA 100 (Step 5)

Primul test facut cu Holga 120CFN a fost un esec. Am folosit filmul livrat odata cu camera, un Fujicolor Superia ISO 100 cu 12 pozitii.Cateva greseli pe care le-am facut:
1) la developarea filmului nu am precizat sa nu taie fiecare cadru in parte (si le-au taiat prost)
2) fotografiile nu au fost procesate manual iar print-ul nu e deloc multumitor

Later Edit: Cateva informatii despre Lambda prints“[...]Lambda prints are produced by transferring images directly from computer generated digital files to reflective or backlit photographic materials without the need of a negative. Within the equipment, three lasers-one each for red, green and blue are merged into a single beam that simultaneously exposes the photographic material, producing the image in a single pass. The photo material is then processed in the same manner as traditional photography by developing the photographic material in a “wet” film processor. By using the lasers, the total image is crisp and precise edge to edge, with no distortion.”

Zi cu soare pe malul Rhein-ului. Pata de pe fotografie nu stiu de ce anume a fost cauzata, probabil o picatura de apa pe film…

Zi inorata, pe autobahn, in stau, in drum spre Berlin.

Smucky, acasa, cu blitz.

Eu la munca, cu blitz rosu.

Lampa cu blitz

Acasa in pijama si malul Rhein-ului, different exposures

Mesquaiero (Step 4)

si pentru ne-am obisnuit sa facem pauze dese ne oprim la pozitia 9/12 si asteptam inspiratia sa transpire.

10 Rules of Lomography (Step 3)

1) Take your LOMO everywhere you go and whenever you go.
2) Use it any time – day or night.
3) Lomography is not an interference in your life, but a part of it.
4) Shoot from the hip.
5) Approach the objects of your lomographic desire as close as possible.
6) Don’t think.
7) Be fast.
8) You don’t have to know beforehand what you’ve captured on film.
9) You don’t have to know afterwards, either.
10) Don’t worry about the rules.

Love me or leave me (Step 2)

acum facem o mica pauza si ascultam nina simone.

Love me or leave me and let me be lonely
You wont believe me but I love you only
Id rather be lonley than happy with somebody else

You might find the night time the right time for kissing
Night time is my time for just reminiscing
Regretting instead of forgetting with somebody else

Therell be no one unless that someone is you
I intended to be independently blue

I want you love, dont wanna borrow
Have it today to give back tomorrow
Your love is my love
Theres no love for nobody else

Say, love me or leave me and let me be lonely
You wont believe me but I love you only
Id rather be lonley than happy with somebody else

You might find the night time the right time for kissing
Night time is my time for just reminiscing
Regretting instead of forgetting with somebody else

Therell be no one unless that someone is you
I intended to be independently blue

Say I want your love, dont wanna borrow
Have it today to give back tomorrow
Your love is my love
My love is your love
Theres no love for nobody else

Shooting through a plastic lens (Step 1)

First, there are two very important notes for Holga shooting:

1. Take off the lens cap! It’s easy to forget, but “capped” Holga photos are completely black and generally not cool.
2. The advance wheel of the Holga is not automatic. You can click the shutter button and expose the same photo frame as many times as you want. This is wonderful if you want to take multiple exposures (more on that later), but not so nice if you intend to only take a single exposure. Remember this!