some more..

sweden, digital.

concerts 2002-2011, film.

a camera called Harmony.

most of this first film is from last autumn and this spring..the shots are...

my favorite photos of 2013...

I love all pics i post..obviously... but i didnt take as many photos this year, as i have in previous years... i've been mostly focusing on art and drawing cuz my little photo projects were finished last year (and new ideas for the future evolved, more to come!), but i made sure to whip out a camera to not miss any important moments. and some of those moments, that ive posted on the blog this year, they all fit neatly in this post.

it's time for a camera update/review again.

So it is summer, which means a lot of sunlight.. as a toy camera user this is the time of year to pick it up and catch the sunrays. i have film that is about to expire i shall take this chance to try them. and yes i know it's fun to shoot expired film, but i prefer it when it isn't. developing film is very expensive here, so i usually end up shooting about 3 films/year, which, isnt a lot, but that's where i'm at right now. I've had a lot of luck with my film rolls, because most pictures have always turned out and looked good without hardly any light leaks. After 3 years of learning and testing and exploring, i have my favorite cameras that fit me very good and my favorite film to go with them:

the diana.

i added a wide angle lens, because i wanted to have the option of fitting more things into the frame, landscapes, buildings, people etc. and so far i like it. it doesn't produce as much dark corners, but that's ok. the flash doesnt really fit when the viewfinder is attached, so that's a bit annoying, but my diana flash broke after a few times, so whatever. top left is kodak portra vc without wide angle lens, top right is fuji reala without wide angle lens. bottom left is fuji reala with wide angle lens, bottom right is kodak ektar with wide angle lens.

the holga 120
i've mostly used black&white film in this, and it suits it better than color i think. i particularly like shooting stone buildings with kodak t-max. if i ever go to transylvania, i will bring my holga.

the minolta zoom 80
this camera is such a dream. i love this little one and the photos it produces. i will be so sad the day it stops working. i think my favorite film with this camera is the kodak portra nc.

the SLR nikkormat ft
this camera likes natural film. and i like them together. kodak portra ftw. this camera was my grandfathers, it was made in the 60's. i love this one, i've shot several film rolls with it already, but it is heavy to carry.

a camera: the polaroid impulse af

So far i've only used my grey polaroid 600 from the late 1990's which has been very reliable and worked like a charm for the past 3 years. My newest addition is this one..... not only can a type like this one be spotted somewhere in a certain Twin Peaks episode, it also has a self-timer and autofocus sonar..features that a lot of other polaroids don't have. double win! Its flash is a pop-up, which means it can pop up easily in a bag, so that's a downside. It was released in 1988 and was pretty much the latest polaroid camera around at the time of twin peaks in 1989. So here is my first test shot with it..with slightly expired and x-rayed film, but it works!

my favorite 120 film from this past year.

not only are the photos good but they are also a few of my favorite things...

twin peaks, horses, gothic medieval buildings and my sister.
these were taken with a diana and a holga.

my favorite 135 film from this past year.

Nikkormat camera, part 3/3.

These three posts below are photos from a test film i used in my grandfathers SLR camera (Nikkormat FT, manufactured in Japan in the 1960's!). I had no idea what to expect, and i had to force myself to learn the mechanics of it, i think i pulled it off good, considering most of these photos look like they're supposed to..! sometimes a bit blurry, but i couldnt hold the camera still. The shutter sound is amazing. I'm quite smitten by this one. I carried this heavy and lovely camera around in october.. and here are the photos.. 

about film.

After walking through this djungle that is film, some films work better with certain cameras. it's the combination of film and camera that is the most important, i've discovered. kodacolor in a holga 135 works great in the winter, kodacolor in my minolta in the summer, not so much. I'm finally at the end of this try-out period, and I've found my favorite combinations. it is all so much fun. My favorite films, so far, are portra 160NC and ektar, both by kodak.

a few diana's

sister

this was an experiment test roll with lenses,
double exposures and colorflashes.

my semi-automatic silver Minolta zoom 80.

Film from this camera has made an entrance on this blog so it's about time for this little thing. this was my last filmcamera back in the days, i got it the same year i got my first digital, so i only had tryouts for a few rolls. i found it last year again deep in a drawer and it works perfectly after 7 years in hibernation. it is currently on my top 3 cameras and will be my sidekick for a few things this year. it likes good quality film over cheaper film.

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 kodak moment.

alf and cecilia.

{I} was sorting through my little stock of film in the refrigerator and i realized that most of it is kodak film, both color and black/white and 120/135 mm. it is the film brand i've used the most over the last 2 years and the film brand that is easiest to find for me up here.

with the sad news of kodak's bankruptcy in these days (first polaroid, and now kodak? really? just when i need them!) it is with great joy i post some of my favorite kodak moments of 2011 on kodak film, because let's face it, we will always call that great picture for... a kodak moment, will we not.

read here about cool kodak facts from the last 130 years!

just a polaroid i had, you know, "lying around".

{C}ost of polaroid film on ebay is craaazy. i have one pack original film left from the giambarba edition and i'm saving it for, oh i don't know.