Cool Cats On Film

Lazy days with feline friends, all shot on the Canon AE-1

Pool Party On The Roof!

I'm photo dumping! I just realised I got a load of film processed over the summer that I didn't share here. These photos are from a lovely party my friend Polly threw one sunny afternoon on her roof terrace. Pool party might be stretching it a bit...

 All shot on the LC-A+ with Kodak 400 Gold Film

A Weekend In The New Forest

Bliss. All shot on the LC-A+ with Kodak 400 Gold film

LoBlography

My nod to this season's acid yellow trend (shot by Natalie)

Hey guys, last weekend i hosted the LoBlography event: an event for bloggers, by bloggers. I invited 20 amazing UK bloggers, who all came along, met eachother, had some bucks fizz and cupcakes and shot some film. We also had a sort-of-seminar, with talks from Adam from Rock My Wedding, Sian from Domestic Sluttery and Kat Hannaford.

It was really good fun, i met some super cool people, and got lots of new blogging inspiration. Lot's of ideas in the pipeline readers! I was quite anxious about it, as it was quite a lot to pull together, but everyone's given lovely feedback and i feel like i've made some new friends. Lovely! Here are some of my photos from the day, all shot on the LC-A+ with CN 800 film (warning, image overload incoming...)

And a relieved looking me, shot by Natalie

LC-A+ in Marrakech

A couple of weeks ago the boy and i spent a VERY relaxing week in Morocco, here's a few shots taken on the LC-A+...

It already feels like it was a lifetime ago...

Got nothin but lovin for bloglovin

Do you know about bloglovin? Do you wonder what that booby lady illustration is on my sidebar?
Well bloglovin is brilliant!

It's basically a nicely laid out, simple to use RSS reader- so you can easily follow any blog that has an RSS feed (which is most of them) and follow all your favourite blogs in one place. There is also an iPhone app, which I use on the train, it's like having a mini magazine with all your favourite writers in it at your fingertips every single day!

You can see some of the blogs i follow in my sidebar. What's neat about bloglovin is that it doesn't matter what platform the blog is on - blogger, tumblr, wordpress, whatever - so long as it has an RSS feed it will work.

Check these out, I mostly read fashion and lifestyle blogs with nice photography. So if you like my blog you might like theirs!

And if you do like my blog, why not follow me on bloglovin?

Diana F+ Camera Tips

It is a well known fact around these parts that amongst all my analogue snappers i have a real soft spot for the Diana F+. It was my first analogue camera, and that christmas present led to a year of happy shooting, and now an awesome job (and quite a few more cameras!) So, here are a few of my tips for using this lovely little thing.


1. Use colour negative 800 film

Here in the UK the light is never that brilliant. I find 800 film is the best to achieve that soft dreamy look that everyone loves so much.


2. Trash your film

Open the back of the camera a little bit halfway through a roll, when you take a roll out rub it between your fingers so the paper screws up a bit and light sneaks in the ends, carry it around in your bag for weeks before taking it to the lab. NEVER load your film in a darkened room. Lightleaks galore!

3. Expose, expose again

One of the first 'technical' questions i asked analogue master Adam Scott  was 'if i do a double exposure, does the first or the second shot show through more?'
Since then more than a handful of Lomographers have asked me the same thing on twitter. The answer is - whichever is brightest. Simple when you think about it! So shots of clouds or trees double exposed with a person are total classics - you get a great texture from the light peeking through the clouds or trees, and a ghost of a person in between. Schweet!

Hope one or two of these tips is helpful, i'll do more soon!