*The Smirk*
Canon A2 + Lensbaby + Rollei RPX100
Model: Lilly
The thing I really love about film shot with a Lensbaby is the way the grain breaks down the more blurry the picture gets. This one is a really good example of that, with the edges of the shoulders not only blurred, but fuzzy. Also, Lilly’s smirk is priceless.
*Is it rain?*
Canon A2 + Lensbaby + Rollei RPX100
Model: Lia
Lia’s hat made me think of rain, so we had the idea for this composition. I love the way her eyes look at the « sky » or rather the ceiling of the studio.
*Mrs P.I.*
Canon A2 + Lensbaby + Rollei RPX100
Model: Patricia
This series of shot was largely unplanned, I just told the models to bring whatever accessories they liked. Patricia’s hat gave her a very « noir » look, hence the title. I like how one eye is in shadow and one in light on this one although to be fair I had a ton of spill light from the background lights, so luck rather than design.
*Out of Cinecittà*
Canon A2 + Lensbaby + Rollei RPX100
Model: Lia
Lia is Italian, but when I took this shot I was not particularly aiming for something Italian looking. And yet when I saw the results, it struck me how this evokes Italy in the 60s to me. Maybe Lia’s inherent Italianness just shines through!
*Wistful*
Canon A2 + Lensbaby + Rollei RPX 100
Model : Lilly
I did a studio session last week. The primary goal was to experiment with more silly double exposure ideas, but while I had these beautiful models along I thought I might as well do something fun as well, so I got out the old Lensbaby and shot a roll of portraits on Rollei RPX 100, a film I hadn’t tried before. It was rather less contrasty than expected, but that’s easily fixed in post. I love the delicate side of this particular shot, so that’s what we’re opening the week with.
*Dogtown*
Ricoh GR1 + Kodak T-Max 400
Sai Kung is a seaside town North-East of Hong-Kong Island. For some reason, either there’s a lot of dog owners there, or dog owners converge there at the same time I go there. Either way, I intend to go back to do a series of nothing but dogs and dog owners. This is one of them. Interestingly, while many people aren’t too happy about being photographed in the street, if you show interest in the dog, they agree readily!
*Waiting for the MTR*
Ricoh GR1 + JCH400
You know this annoying feeling when you’re going to drop film at the lab and the one roll in your camera has only a couple of shots left ? I tend to shoot anything, and it’s virtually always crap. Well, not this time! This is one of those rolls. I think it was even shot in the Lai Chi Kok station where Camera Film Photo is located!
*Prickly*
Fuji TX2 (XPAN) + Ilford FP4+
Model : N.
One of the things I noticed during the second session of double exposures of this Flora project was that when the flora textures were brightly lit the balance between texture and skin doesn’t work. But as always with rules, occasionally breaking them works. Not that this was deliberate 
*Leafy Gaze*
Fuji TX2 (XPAN) + Ilford FP4+
Model: Romain
This one is a textbook example of how the grading in shadow density drives the appearance of the texture. Something, I suspect that would be very hard to emulate digitally. This is why I love this process so much.
*Patterned Back*
Fuji TX2 (XPAN) + Ilford FP4+
Model : Lara
On my second attempt as I was shooting the textures, I occasionally used the 90mm lens in order to get close-up on the textures, which I though might deliver something denser. On the whole, it didn’t work and I think I prefer the textures to be somewhat smaller. This shot is the exception, where the crenelated leaves work as a tapestry of sorts on Lara’s back.
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