*Chained*
Rolleiflex 3.5 + Lomo 800
I had the chance of shooting a lent Rolleiflex TLR in early December in Mui Wo. I found it a painful experience, the lateral flip and the overhead focus did my head in. I was not happy about the resulting images for the most part, but a couple stood out. I don’t think it’s a camera for me, but I’m happy I could give it a try!
*Closed for business*
Canon A2 + ECN2 250D
Before leaving Hong-Kong I realised that there was a half shot roll in my Canon A2. I had no idea what the film was, so I just took it with me on my last hop to Mui Wo to see my friend Matthew. Turns out it was day rated ECN2 film and it worked really nicely in that lovely sunny day.
*Euryale*
Canon EOS300 + Ilford FP4+
Model: Mathilde
Texture: Himanthalia elongata (?)
Lately I’ve been trying double exposures with seaside textures and while most of them were not very successful, the one that worked really well was the one I least expected: these dark seaside algae were so dark that I exposed them at nominal instead of underexposing like I normally do, and they turned out a lot more contrasty than expected. Gives Mathilde a kind of « snakes in the hair » look…
*Weed Bath*
Canon EOS300 + Ilford FP4+
Model: Mathilde
Texture: Wollfia arrhiza
When I shot these tiny weeds at the surface of a pond, I honestly didn’t think they would work as a texture. But while the leaves may be too small for any recognizable features, they create a pointillist effect that disaggregates Mathilde’s silhouette in a really convincing way.
*Flowers in mind*
Canon EOS300 + Ilford FP4+
Model: Mathilde
This is another example of what I call « small » textures working really well. The accumulation effect, the fact that the detail is minute really contributes to a particular effect that I find compelling.
*Back in winter*
Canon EOS300 + Ilford FP4+
Model: Mathilde
In Hong Kong I had very limited access to bare branches. Due to the sub-tropical climate, even in December / January, very few trees lost their leaves entirely. I was quite please therefore to be able to shoot forlorn, leafless branches here in France, which work so well as quasi-tattoos on branches.
*Imperial Camouflage*
Canon EOS300 + Ilford FP4+
Model: Mathilde
Texture: Begonia imperialis
When I first walked around the Nantes botanical garden, I entered the tropical greenhouse and stumbled upon this leaf which I’d never seen before. Hugely contrasted and quite wild. I knew it would work fantastically on a silhouette double exposure, and our studio session with Mathilde proved me right. I’ll definitely be revisiting this one.
*Dodge and weave*
Canon EOS300 + Ilford Delta 100
Model: Ela
I normally reserve small, well-defined leaf textures for close-up shots of faces, I find that the combination works really well. However, I have tried lately to do wider portraits with these small textures and I quite like the effect. The details are a little lost, but the overall feel is one of hatching or minute drawing. I really like it.
*Rapunzel*
Canon EOS300 + Ilford Delta100
Model: C.
Texture: Pentas lanceolata
Working with C. it was impossible not to want to do something with her amazingly long hair. What I really like about this image is the gentle curve of the hair itself, but also the shadow of the face on the background which, amazingly, didn’t capture visible texture.
*Palm Spine*
Canon EOS300 + Ilford Delta 100
Model: Meiyan
There’s not a lot of variations to be had with aligning spined leaves on the spines of the models, but the effect blows up my mind every time. What do you think ?
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