my favorite view.

gotland on film.

{I} taped my holga completely and brought it with me to gotland, loaded with a black & white film, it was the only empty camera i could bring for that trip and stone structures look good in black&white. i'm happy with the results, this camera needs to stay taped! previous results have not been as good as these below. I got all 12 photos of this roll back, what a win! I took a photo of the same ruin twice-i don't know why. lol. but that left corner darkness annoys me. another thing i've noticed is that holga doesn't like it when the sun shines from the side, it prefers sun shining from behind me.

*i think i woke up the troll, in the right
corner, with my presence.. he looks sleepy. lol.

my co-workers waiting for lunch.

my favorite photo.

a film.

{H}ere below follows a filmroll that i've kept in my silver plastic Minolta as a "pocket camera" to snap shots of random things from september to january. i figured it would be a fun kind of project, because that is how we all used to take photos once upon a time, remember? and i think minolta is climbing my favorite camera stair. it is awesome.

i've been waiting and waiting to get them developed, it's been a test of my patience. it was difficult to use it up, i left 8 exposures, my patience ran out. lol. 36 exposures is ALOT. it's easier with 24. The film is Ilford HP5 iso400 135 mm 36 exp. i've never used it before, and i didn't know what to expect from it, i've tried to research it online but havent really found any photos. i wanted a film that was both dark and bright. here it is. and i like it alot together with this camera.

a new years eve metal dinner. countdown for 2012 began at 6 pm.

my friends had a metal dinner party 6 hours before midnight and there was much joy.. lots of dimmu borgir to the hostess joy and me losing twice in the board game "rock science", yeah i couldnt hum Metallica's "enter sandman" or Motörhead.. but who can.. still, it was a fun game, i'll play it again.

film: Ilford HP5 iso 400

gingerbreads for december

film: Ilford HP5 iso 400

umeå in bw.

film: Ilford HP5 iso 400

bw film from halloween 2011

a killer wall.

film: Ilford HP5 iso 400

birthday weekend with brothers. part 2.

from september. part 1 here.

film: Ilford HP5 iso400

diana f+ in london

i think the camera switched settings while in my bag.. lol.. to pinhole! these were taken in daylight before noon.. instead it looks like moonlight. kind of cool though. i call them london after midnight. lol.

st paul's and millenium bridge

st paul's cathedral

the man on this horse statue had great posture.
national gallery and a christmas tree,
i like how the people on the stair are completely black figures

trafalgar square

HANSON HANSON HANSON!

After 7 years of waiting to see them again(!), on tuesday we queued for 10 hours on their Shout It Out world tour. THAT'S how we got taylor just a few meters right in front of us at the concert. camp sweden.

They played lots of songs from each albums and i kind of died when they did the songs from middle of nowhere, which is my favorite... mmmbop, where's the love and a minute without you, it was such a surreal feeling, hearing those songs, feeling 11 years old again but seeing them older singing. i'm so grateful! stardust was all around! it was amazing. the fans we hung out with that day were awesome too. can't wait for more concerts now! 

we love hanson.

moonia, by holga

from my first holga filmroll.

Film: Kodak T-Max 100.

stina's birthday dinner

stina

alf and cecilia. the dream team.

i love the candles spooky look in this one.
this kodak film makes it so "silent movie" and nosferatu like!

from my first holga filmroll.
Film: Kodak T-Max 100.

february in Umeå, by holga

stina, and the flash dying with a loud pop.

stina, the movie theater and café in the background.

umeå river

umeå city

my first filmroll with the Holga 120FN. on the 4th picture i totally broke the built in flash.. and after that the pictures have a very worn look to them. i can tell the holga liked its flash... i'm so angry with myself for breaking it.. i might just cry! i don't know what the black stains are.. but they look like ink stains and add the old and worn look to the photos. they turned out nice but a bit blurry outdoors.

Film: Kodak T-Max 100.

some black and whites of LA..