LOMO LOVERS VOL.8

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lomo lovers vol . 8

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Lomo lovers has been created by two sisters who have a passion for lomography and want to share what’s out there to fellow lomographers.We are creating monthly “inspiration books”. Different cameras, film, techniques and maybe some specialist features you name it, we just want to share it. We would like to thank everyone who has contributed to this issue, without you the book would be empty!This month we’ve decided to focus on the fantastic world of Kodak films and cameras. The recent news that KODAK are discontinuing their fantastic slide film has got us down... so we thought we would celebrate the amazing film and cameras that they have produced over the years!! So here’s some great submissions...

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welcome.Lomo lovers has been created by two sisters who have a passion for lomography and want to share what’s out there to fellow lomographers.

We are creating monthly “inspiration books”. Different cameras, film, techniques and maybe some specialist features you name it, we just want to share it. We would like to thank everyone who has contributed to this issue, without you the book would be empty!

This month we’ve decided to focus on the fantastic world of Kodak films and cameras. The recent news that KODAK are discontinuing their fantastic slide film has got us down... so we thought we would celebrate the amazing film and cameras that they have pro-duced over the years!! So here’s some great submissions...

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who are we?

we are two sisters from Buckinghamshire who have a passion for Lomography and vintage cameras. We both got our first cameras back in December 2010 and since then our collection has grown to over 40 between us.

we love slide film and experimenting with different techniques, and we love being

constantly surprised with the results that you just don’t get with digital photography.we are always inspired by the analogue community, and want to share this wonderful world with everyone.

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name: Nicola Clark

flickr & lomohome name: nicnocnoo

day job: Graphic Designer, London

favourite camera: that’s a tough one, but currently have a top 4! LC-W, LC-A+, Holga CFN and my limited ed cream Horizon Kompakt.

Favourite film:currently Fuji VelviaF 100 or Lomography

chrome 100.

name: Sam Clark

flickr name: sammiepops

day job: Power Plate studio owner

favourite camera: Like Nic, it’s hard, but would say my top ones are LC-Wide, Vivitar UWS, Sprocket Rocket or Diana F+.

Favourite film:Kodak elite chrome 200 or Fuji Velvia.

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a guide to techniquesthroughout the book we may highlight techniques of how the image was createdhere’s a rough guide to the terms

rats eye: this is where the camera is placed at ground level, it gives a great perspective and depth.

double exposure: one shot taken over the top of another usually using an mx button or finishing a roll, rewinding, then shooting on top.

home made redscale: take some colour film and put it in your camera the wrong way round, so you expose on the back of the film.

long exposure: using the bulb mode “B” you can create motion blurs.

cross-processing: xpro for short. processing your film in the wrong chemicals gives your film more impact and saturated high contrast.

sprocket hole: modifying a medium format camera to use 35mm film, means you will have the image bleeding onto the sprocket holes.

coloured flash: get some coloured plastic gels, place one over the flash and experiment with colour.

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panoramas: combining multiple shots of one subject to create one long overlapping image.

camera tossing: moving your camera or throw it in the air as you take the shot. giving a camera shake and motion blur.

microclicks: Overlapping, merging many exposures together so that they create a much more striking, fluid and cohesive panorama.

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Inspirational lomographer of the month....name: Adam Bronkhorst

flickr name: the_brownhorse

day job: Professional Photographer specialising in shooting people.

your favourite picture:Wow that’s a tough one. How to pick one image? Oh dear I don’t even know where to start on this. Do I pick one of my kids, one of my wife? One where things just clicked. One that was a turning point in my photography? One which may not look like anything but means something to me. Hmmm. I’m gonna take a pass and ask if I can ‘Phone a friend’ and pass

on that one. Wow tough questions already!

How long have you been into lomography / photography: I think that I’m one of those people who have always been into photography and can always remember having my own camera since I was 11 really. So it’s always been around me. I studied it at Art Collage and then used it in my Fine Art degree as well. In regards to lomography, I got my first Lomo LC-A back in 2006 and was hooked. I’d had a film SLR camera but sold it just after I got my first DSLR in 2005 as I thought I wouldn’t need it

again. Six months after that I got another film SLR as I wanted to shoot film again.

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flickr name. the_brownhorse

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What cameras do you own:Oh dear.....it may be easier to ask what cameras don’t I own. I went though a stage of buying lots of different cameras and using them to see what I liked. I haven’t really got round to going though them and selling the ones I don’t use yet. I did start taking photos of them and putting them on flickr a while back, but I’ve probably got 50% more than is on there at the moment.

Have a look here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/the_brownhorse/sets/72157603703979825/

Favourite film:This chops and changes from time to time. But I like Kodak films, so their old Portra 400VC, Ektar, Tri-X, I also like Ilford HP5. Some Lomography films are good. Fuji do some great black and white films as well.

favourite shooting locations:Any foreign city that I haven’t been to before. There is nothing like walking around and exploring a new city with a different culture to your own. You tend to notice things that people who live there don’t. I always get a buzz from this and would love to travel more and explore. I need to get my inner Phileas Fogg on.

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flickr name. the_brownhorse

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Favourite Camera / Film / Accessory Combination:There are a couple of camera / film combinations that I don’t think that I could live without. A Lomo LC-A and Kodak Portra or a good Cross Processing slide film. I love this camera and have had the most fun shooting with this.

A Holga with Ilford HP5. Nothing compares to this in terms of simplicity of camera and complexity of the image that you get from this combination for me.

Olympus OM-1 and ........well any film really. I think that this camera would possibly stand head and shoulders above any of my other cameras. If I had to use one film camera for the rest of my life it would have to be this one. I love using it (it makes me feel like a proper photographer....which is a bit silly seeing as I do this for a living, but you know what I mean). I love the images that come from it and the process of using the camera is just a joy. Yep this is my favourite film camera. But saying all of that and I know that I’ll probably alienate a few people here, but my favourite, favourite camera would have to be my iPhone by far!!!! Yes yes I know it’s not film, but so what. Who really cares? You can’t tell me that anyone with an iPhone who shoots with a Lomo LC-A has never taken a photo with their iPhone. I love the instancy of the iPhone. It’s the camera that I have on me at all times, I can get an instant feedback of the image that I’m taking and I can see an image, shoot it, edit it and then share it in a few different places online within a few seconds. How great is that? I use Instagram (look me up I’m AdamBronkhorst on there), so I only really take one photo of my subject instead of taking several and choosing between them, so in that respect I use it like a film camera. It’s funny that despite writing a book on Phone and App photography, I really only use one app. Sorry to

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flickr name. the_brownhorse

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the film purists, but don’t you think that if Henri Cartier-Bresson were shooting today, he’d be using an iPhone for some things?

a bit about yourself:I’m a professional photographer based in Brighton UK. A Father of two. An owner of many cameras. A lover of movies. A big kid at heart and an eater of Marmite on toast. This year I’ve got two books on photography being published. The first is called ‘Lo-Fi Photo Fun’ and is all about shooting with film and different types of cameras. The second book is called ‘SnApp Shots’ and is all about using camera phones and apps. They are both brilliant and you can’t really call yourself a proper photographer until you own these (please take that last statement with a pinch of salt). You can get a signed copy direct from me at my website if you would like here: http://adambronkhorst.com

where would you like to shoot where you haven’t so far?I’d love to go to Mexico and shoot over there. I imagine that the colours and culture of the country would have me running round like a headless chicken trying to work out what to shoot first. Oh Cuba would be amazing as well. Russia would be cool. Holy cow! India, how could I forget about there, that would blow my mind....Africa, now that would be cool......oh there seem to be quite a few places that I’d like to go to and shoot. Just get me an my family a round the world ticket and a luxury winnebago and I’ll be happy.

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flickr name. the_brownhorse

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Your favourites by others:

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title. Squirrel [003] flickr name. Daz.

shot with. LC-Aloaded with. Kodak Ectachrome EPY 64T

technique. cross processed

title. Scene in an underpassflickr name. Fotobes

shot with. LC-A+loaded with. N/A

technique. cross processed

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kodak shots of the month

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title. Beach hutsflickr name. m+b

shot with. LC-Aloaded with. Kodak elitechrome

technique. cross processed

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title. Kodak elitechrome flickr name. slimmer_jimmer

shot with. Holga 120Sloaded with. Kodak Ektachrome E100G

technique. cross processed

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title. untitledflickr name. sammiepops

shot with. LC-Wloaded with. Kodak elitechrome 200

technique. cross processed

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title. Less sunshine in the morningsflickr name. Erven2010

shot with. LC-Aloaded with. Kodak EKTAR 100

technique. double exposure

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title. Scarborough with sunshine and snowflickr name. for the easily distracted...

shot with. exacta 135loaded with. kodak elitechorome

technique. cross processed

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title. Putting The Great in Great Britain #7flickr name. leftofnever

shot with. 1977 Olympus Trip 35loaded with. Kodak Colour Plus 200

technique. n/a

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title. untitledflickr name. zulkhairi kharuddin

shot with. Kodak Colourplus 200loaded with. Nikon FM 10

technique. n/a

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title. stray kittenflickr name. m+bshot with. LCA+

loaded with. Kodak Elitechrome EBtechnique. cross processed

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title. Country childrenflickr name. Welland

shot with. LC-Aloaded with. kodak elite chrome

technique. cross processed

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title. Two Seapora Album Covername. Brinkmann

shot with. n/aloaded with. kodak

technique. n/a

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title. untitledflickr name. ruekenwind

shot with. diana miniloaded with. kodak elitechrome 100

technique. cross processed

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title. palm trees and poppies flickr name. nicnocnoo

shot with. horizon kompaktloaded with. kodak 160vctechnique. cross process

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title. Lomo Pink Splash flickr name. Urbexthis

shot with. LC-Aloaded with. Kodak VS

technique. n/a

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title. Brighton West Pierflickr name. Daz.

shot with. LC-Aloaded with. kodak ektachrome E 100 VS

technique. double exposure

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title. B.S.Iflickr name. nazree78

shot with. LC-Aloaded with. Kodak Elitechrome EBX

technique. n/a

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title. I looked at my kingdom, I was finally there, To sit on my throne as the Prince of Bel Air

flickr name. slimmer_jimmershot with. Holga 120S

loaded with. Kodak Ektachrome E100Gtechnique. cross processed

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title. Eiffel Towerflickr name. leftofnevershot with. Blackbird Fly

loaded with. Kodak Colour Plus 200technique. multiple exposure

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title. Fernsehturmflickr name. espaciovictor

shot with. LC-Aloaded with. Kodak Ektachrome E100 VS

technique. cross processed

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title. 123022 poelbergmolenflickr name. Erven2010

shot with. LC-Aloaded with. Kodak elitechrome 100

technique. cross process

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title. .a wing to fly.flickr name. dellia

shot with. lca+loaded with. kodak ebx

technique. cross process

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title. blossoms name. save the marianne

shot with. n/aloaded with. Kodak

technique. n/a

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title. Beyond it all....flickr name. Graziella Ines

shot with. Diana F+loaded with. Kodak E100G

technique. cross processed

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title. lighthouseflickr name. nicnocnoo

shot with. holga 120loaded with. kodak 400 VC

technique. n/a

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title. Putting The Great in Great Britain #2flickr name. leftofnever

shot with. 977 Olympus Trip 35loaded with. Kodak Colour Plus 200

technique. n/a

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title. Occasional Resurfacingflickr name. Cloni

shot with. Lomo LCA+ Lomography Splitzerloaded with. Kodak Elite Chrome 100 EBX

technique. cross processed

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title. beijing maskflickr name. captainbonobo

shot with. Olympus XA2 & Lomo LC-A loaded with. Kodak E100G

technique. cross processed

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title. In the Sun....flickr name. Graziella Ines

shot with. pentax ME Superloaded with. kodak elitechrome

technique. n/a

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title. jumpflickr name. dirklancershot with. holga 120N

loaded with. Kodak E100VStechnique. cross processed

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title. untitledflickr name. santiss

shot with. sprocket rocketloaded with. kodak elitechrome

technique. cross process

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title. untitledflickr name. marccc1970

shot with. LC-Aloaded with. kodak elitechrome 100

technique. n/a

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title. vae victis!flickr name. Bottanissima

shot with. Lca+ & Canon 8800Floaded with. Kodak Elite Chrome 100

technique. n/a

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title. through the tree windowflickr name. captainbonobo

shot with. Olympus XA2loaded with. Kodak Portra 160VC

technique. cross process

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title. The Room Upstairs Rejects Meflickr name. Lomo-Cam

shot with. LC-A+RLloaded with. Kodak Elite Chrome 200

technique. cross processed

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title. My Dark Star flickr name. Cloni

shot with. Lomo LCA (RL) Lomo Colorsplash Flashloaded with. Kodak Elite Chrome 100 EBX X-pro

technique. n/a

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title. Castlegroundsname. save the marianne

shot with. n/aloaded with. Kodak

technique. n/a

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title. untitledname. Kasen saw

shot with. Canon GIII QL17 loaded with. kodak elitechrome 100

technique. n/a

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title. Balcony Lamentname. Brinkmann

shot with. n/aloaded with. kodak

technique. n/a

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title. Cafe Openflickr name. Welland

shot with. LC-Aloaded with. Kodak elitechrome 100

technique. dishwashed

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lomolovers tipster:film swap prep

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1. marking your film

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10 film swap tipsas you are prepping for the big lomo lovers film swap 2012, we thought you might want to swat up on some tips on how to make the most of your double exposures! We sweet talked lomo lovers regular James Butler into giving us his top 10 tips, we shall also be featuring this in our next vol so this is kind of a preview!

1: mark your film

some people swap films without marking the first frame. This means the two passes are unlikely to be in sync. This can make for some interesting accidents. But personally I prefer pass 1 and pass 2 to line up as near as possible, so I always mark the film. I use permanent marker to mark both sides of the first frame. I also put an arrow showing which way is up (see #7). Loading the second camera and lining up again can be a bit trial and error, but using a camera that has a multiple exposure / MX button makes it much simpler.

2: think exposure

try to avoid burning out the image by over exposing, especially on the first pass. Try to avoid too much sun, lens flare or sky.

with simple toy cameras with fixed apertures/shutters, try and think about balancing the exposures between passes - if pass 1 is shot in summer in Mexico, there’s no point shooting pass 2 on a dull winters day in London, best to wait for a sunnier day (or else shoot a lot of neon signs or other bright objects)

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some people underexpose the first, or both passes, by 1 stop (although I normally just stick to the box speed)

3: don’t centre everything

the temptation with a lot of toy camera photography is to centre subjects, so they fit nicely within the vignette. But if both shooters do that it can create a messy double exposure. So think about the whole image, not just the centre. Offset your main subject sometimes.

4: If you see a good scene to shoot, shoot it twice, or three times

the process is so hit and miss, you are doubling or tripling your chances that your subject will hit a sympathetic partner.

5: Think texture

- foliage, winter tree branches, flower beds, brickwork, graffiti, posters….they can all work really well. Sometimes mundane things that wouldn’t make an interesting photo in their own right can make a fantastic layer for a double exposure.

6: Anything on a black background will work well

the black will disappear and the bright subject will overlay the second pass. Neon signs, large white-on-black billboard type, and fireworks all work well.

7: Which way is up?

some toy cameras load film right to left, whilst most SLRs and compacts load the film left to right. If you do a film swap between differing types of cameras, your two images will be upside

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title. Foley Street Faceflickr name. slimmer_jimmer

shot with. Ricoh XR-2s + Pentax SMC loaded with. Lomography XR redscale film

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down to each other. I’ve ruined lots of doubles this way...so either choose two cameras that load similarly, or hold one of the cameras upside down! This is why I always mark an UP arrow when I mark the film

8. check your batteries

it may be a silly point, but it can be easily done! If you have a camera that relies on batteries for light metering like the LC-A this is really important!

9. Choose your film.

my favourite film for double exposures is Cross Processed slide film. Be careful though, some slide films shift the colour too far in one direction which can make the double exposure a bit mushy.

It’s best to choose a film that doesn’t shift too much like Elitechrome or Lomography Chrome 100, they allow different colours to pop through. But also experiment with redscale film or Black and White film.

10. mix up your cameras.

film swaps are a great way to use some of the toy cameras that people often have stopped using. So break out your unused pop9, your unloved actionsampler or your temperamental supersampler, your fisheye that you only used once or that strange 3-lens robot camera that you bought off ebay then didn’t use that much. They all can have a second life as a great double exposure layers (and experiment with masking some of the lenses on your multi-lens

cams)

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title. neon alter egoflickr name. nicnocnoo

shot with. LC-W & POP9 loaded with. Lomo 400

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title. make up for your majestyflickr name. slimmer_jimmer

shot with. Ricoh XR-2s + Pentax SMCloaded with. Lomography XR redscale film

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title. it is a wonderful world skegnessflickr name. nicnocnoo & slimmer_jimmer

shot with. LC-Aloaded with. fuji sensia 400

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title. pier baitflickr name. kenickie56

shot with. lc-a+loaded with. fuji velvia 100

technique. double exposure

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lomo lovers vol.. 9sprockets

We are already planning vol. 9 and we are looking for your best sprocket hole shots!! Whether you have a sprocket rocket, Diana 35mm back, spinner, holga sprockets or modified your own camera to have sprockets we want to see them so visit our lomolovers flickr group to start posting!

special effects/techniques welcome. we are also looking for tipsters, and one special person to be our inspirational lomographer of the month!

deadline for entries is Sat 21st April so I can start editing!contact me at [email protected] or follow us @lomoloversuk on twitter for more information