Polaroid 1

Here is a photograph of mine that I took last year featuring my friend Mary. I had spent the weekend at her house and had received my instax wide in the mail just before going so I took it with me in preparation to take my first 'polaroid'. I took over 40 'polaroid' photographs for a college project which will soon be shown on here but first I thought I'd post this. The polaroid Mary is holding is the first one I took from my series. 

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-Ella-

Pressed Light

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Here's another one of my images for a current project of mine called 'Light & Time'. There was a perfect glimpse of light shining through my window so I decided to make the most of it by placing different objects , that to me represent time (& possibly light) , directly underneath. I decided to put down a pressed flower of mine which has aged because to me it symbolises time and how time ages & changes things in different ways. 

I leaned the rose against the book spine to elevate it slightly to create the shadows underneath the flower to create more depth.

-Ella-

More Film

Here are two more of my double exposure colour film photographs taken in Liverpool last week. Like I said in my last post a lot of the photo's I took didn't turn out as I hoped and would of looked far better if they weren't double exposed.

Note to self ; Trust photographic gut instinct rather than what the tutor says.

Camera used; Pentax K1000

Film Used; Kodak Colour Plus (36 exposure)

Location; Liverpool

-Ella-

Double Exposed

I went to Liverpool last week with a Pentax K1000 and a Kodak 36 exposure colour film. It felt so long ago since I last shot with a traditional camera that I was so excited to start shooting. I started taking photograph's as soon as I stepped off the train. I was requested to double expose the images which meant taking 72 photographs overall. 

For those of you who aren't sure what double exposure is where traditional film is concerned , it's loading your camera with film, using the film up , rewinding the film back and loading it back in, so you basically shoot over your images. 

Half way through shooting I felt a little regretful about having to double expose because I was quite pleased with the shots I was getting however I proceeded. 

One of the great things about shooting the old school way is the anticipation of getting back your pictures after they've been developed.

I got them back and I was fairly disappointed with the results. Flicking through the photo's made me wish I had followed my gut instinct and not double expose. Although there was a few I quite liked so here are one or two which didn't turn out so bad. 

-Ella-

This weeks favourites

As mentioned in my previous post it was 2012 that I started becoming more and more familiar with the idea of photography and pursuing it as a passionate interest, I've explored lots of different genres in photography since. Ranging from Landscapes to Still life , the more I have experimented with the more gradually I have found where I am most comfortable (however I do like a good challenge). Recently I have discovered my love for Product photography and Still life photography.

Here are some images from the past week.

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This last image is a photo of a Nikon film camera (without the lens attached), I took the image with my Canon DSLR looking directly towards the mirror which is inside the Nikon body. What I like most amount this photo is that it looks quite unusual, not to everyone's taste.

-Ella-

Deadly Delicate

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I thought I would share with you one of my favourite images of mine. I took this back in July and I also have it in black and white which too is very lovely. I'm not quite sure if its a moth or not however I found it in the house by the door and before laying it to rest in a plant pot I decided to take a quick close up shot, I was amazed at the detailing in its tiny body. How can something so small be so wonderfully detailed and beautiful? we see these creatures and many like it so often that we usually don't pay attention to its real beauty but when you stop to admire little things like this the world around suddenly becomes so much more interesting. 

-Ella-

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