horses cuddle

I've posted this on flickr long ago but never here, and it's one of my favorites.

ah!

possibly my favorite holga photo i've taken.
so cool to get this from a camera that doesnt use batteries,
with a simple kodak film. such a nice surprise.

winter roll.

film: kodacolor 200

the only ski day this season.

I somehow catched the same weekend as last year to go skiing. 25th of march. this time, sister came along, as well as friends from work, some of which had never skied before. the weather was great so we skied for 5 hours! sister is a brave little woman and was the only snowboarder. i personally think skiis are way cooler.. in a 80's cool sort of way. we definitely got appetite for more, though the ski season is basically over now, but we're dreaming big.. perhaps a skii trip to mountains next season. bigger hills and longer slopes. but this is what it looked like this time, with holga 135 camera:

film: kodacolor 200

on the cold side of the planet.

film: kodacolor 200

moonia the polarbear.

film: kodacolor 200

easter holga's.

film: kodacolor 200

holga in the slopes, umeå style

stina and i.

dear friends.

getting ready.

a bird skiing.

film: kodacolor 200

camera and photo go hand in hand: my instant and plastic toy cameras

{M}y plastic and instant cameras i use are the most fun thing is what format or feeling to capture a memory in. that's what i like. camera and photo go hand in hand. i'm just happy they've saved me some great memories. with film and developing film being so much more expensive these days especially in sweden, which completely sucks, it's even more important to love every shot. very easy to do. i'm currently on the hunt for a metal half-frame for storytelling.

growing up with analog photography it's like coming home. i used to shoot film before i bought my first digital camera. and my mother's thick teen photoalbum is partly responsible for my photo interest. little square format photos. photography was much cuter during the 70's. maybe it was the yellow shirts, or the curly hair. that's another reason i use these cameras, to find a little bit of those natural and positive feelings and smiles. they just don't shine through digital photos and todays stress. i wish i hadn't broken my moms instamatic as a kid and that it would still work -and shoot its film that existed. those are my favorite photos.

i have all these ones on flickr as well as here. I bought all of these for cheap $ when i just so happened to be in LA. film in the states are atleast 3 times cheaper than in Europe. i found the polaroid here in Umeå across the street in a thrift shop though, and that too was NOT 2$ let me tell ya.

Holga 135

i painted it in a razorblade romance style lol. it is not a black corner but i often get bc anyways on the photos. this camera doesn't need batteries and it uses 35 mm film, and doesnt weigh anything. win win.

Holga 120FN

it takes 120 film. i don't know yet if i like this camera. i need to shoot some more film with it. and i've broken the flash. fail. this is a camera you can climb a mountain with.

Diana F+

my favorite so far of the holga and the diana. takes 120 film. never thought i would be able to shoot with 120 film because it is not as common today but i realize i can and i love every shot. the diana camera is a little more delicate than the more robust holga. sometimes i feel like i might break it. it comes in a variety of colored clones but i wanted the original color.

Instax mini 7
creditcard sized polaroids. without the dreamyness of the polaroid camera.
but they are cute little notes that i can hide in my pocket and i love them. it took me a while to understand the light-settings.. they either turned out too bright or too dark. but i think i get it now. when there is no more polaroid 600 film, this will be my pearl.

Polaroid 600

i never thought i would ever have polaroids. i hope the film that is currently produced will get its act together and actually deliver good film. i have one pack of original film left and i'm saving it for forever! i think polaroid is the most genious camera ever. it doesnt need electricity, and you get the picture in your hand immidiately. the world of electricity and 0's and 1's can crumble but the polaroid camera will survive the digital age! i love it! best camera ever.

köpenhamn.

these guys made my day!

the first time i was in copenhagen i saw hanson and i was at some goth club on halloween.

this time, i went to Copenhagen to hang out with Martina and Chriss and their two cats. I drank wine and had HIM musicvideo marathons (a great way to spend an evening, i highly recommend Love Metal Archives vol.1. yeah this is one of my favorite things to do). With cat hair annoying my eyes the entire time i was there, i still got to see a lot of things that i like: the national museum and the glyptotek. Went back to the club, the rock, where i saw Hanson in 2004. Got to play Cheshire Cat at an almost empty club we were at on the same street, early in the evening. that was a nice moment -one of those eternal moments. and the club owners let all the songs play, i guess denmark likes the Cats.

I got on my first ferries wheel ever and loved it. Saw some photographers and what they were waiting for, it was Oprah. Met happy pikachus who brightened my day. Ate a small piece from the biggest pizza i've ever seen. I like all the little cosy cafés and that so many buildings are in bright happy colors. I enjoyed all the old buildings, such as an amazing library. I couldn't understand what anyone was saying, but that didn't bother me. I tried changing film for my Holga in a dark café. was not successful, but atleast i tried. and it was a good black and white film. sigh. I'm still upset about that! The negative thing about Copenhagen is that it's an expensive city. in other words.. a silly place, but i like the european continent! it is very different soil.

during my stay i also went to a punk club(i hated it) and a tattoo convention on the other side of the bridge in Malmö, Sweden, because Martina and Chriss were going there. I end up at such weird places!

Copenhagen is when love and death embrace

holgaphoto:

and the pictures were, with my
crappy digital camera at the time, these: