*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.
*Pho*
Canon A2 + Fuji Superia 800
I’ve been eyeing this place in Electric Road for a while, but never tried it. I also never walked it at night until recently, and spotted the really nice neon sign so I decided to take the shot. I hadn’t tried Superia 800 at night until then, and while this one came out nice, I generally find the colours too subdued for my taste.
*Don’t Mess With the Law!*
Canon A2 + Ilford FP4+
Looking back, I probably did not ever have a single roll as successful in terms of good / meh shot ratio than that single roll of FP4+ I shot in Dublin in June 2013. The weather was fantastic, and I spent a good amount of time walking around the Trinity College campus. One of the things that caught my eye was this copper talking what I assumed was the guard, framed by these two massive columns.
*Barbershop Paraphernalia*
Canon A2 + Ilford FP4+
A few weeks ago, having been immersed in my xpan shots for a while, I started revisiting older film photos that might benefit from a 65×24 framing like that of the xpan. I found this picture of a barbershop window quite adequate for that framing, that I call fauxpan.
*Dublin in a Sphere*
Canon A2 + Ilford FP4+
I can’t for the life of me remember exactly what I shot here. I remember it was a sunny day in Dublin, and I think it was a silver sphere in a shot window but looking at the photo I’m not quite sure. Still, there’s something properly surreal about this (undoctored) photo, so I thought I’d share it.
*Minibus Powwow*
Canon A2 + Cinestill 800T
From the pedestrian overpass at Mong Kok station you can see the streets where the dozens of minibuses going all over Hong Kong gather, waiting for their passengers. That plus the neon sign made the shot for me.
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