Exploring Creativity Later in Life
Something went wrong. I loaded my Minolta XE with a roll of Lomography Berlin. I decided to shoot with my Minolta Celtic 135mm f/3.5 lens. I’ve gotten plenty of good results with my XE. I haven’t used my 135mm that … Continued
I shot a roll of Lomochrome Metropolis one time before and was somewhat intrigued by the results. I wasn’t in love with most of the images and stated that the film has, for me, limited appeal. That said, it was … Continued
For the past few years, I’ve tried to take some time every 6 months to post my favorite photos from that time period. I accidentally skipped doing so for the 2nd half of 2021 but have posted a few of … Continued
I haven’t been as interested in buying new film cameras lately. After buying my Olympus XA in March 2021, I felt pretty satisfied with my film camera collection. However, I did recently buy a Canon EF 28mm f/1.8 lens. Last … Continued
In 2020, I started posting my personal favorite photos for each half the year. I managed to do this for the first half of 2020, the second half of 2020, and the first half of 2021. I seem to have … Continued
Back in August, I shot a roll of Lomochrome Purple with my Flexaret Automat VII. Although I found some of the results interesting, I wasn’t overall thrilled with the images. Part of the problem was that I had read about … Continued
Making Plans Holly and I planned our first vacation in 3 years! Yes, we took a trip to Solvang, CA this past October. We had a great time, and it was a welcomed break from work. But it was mainly … Continued
After the success of shooting Lomography Color Negative 800 with my Minolta X-700, I decided to give it a try in my Canon EOS Rebel 2000. As with the roll in my Minolta, I shot a portion of the images … Continued
By this time last year, I had shot 8 rolls of film. This year is off to a slow start. We haven’t had a bad winter but what bad weather we’ve had has aligned with the days I’ve had time … Continued
I’ll start by saying that I like a lot of Lomography films. I’ve had good luck with their Color Negative 400, Metropolis, Berlin, and Potsdam. I was intrigued enough by the one roll of Lomochrone Purple I shot to order … Continued