Shoot 3 - Imperfections Through The Camera

Going back to my film photography, this is my third part using a film camera. The camera i used for this shoot was the Halina Vision XM camera so it's not an old film camera as such but the results that you get from the camera can be very frail and unique. I found with these results that the camera saturates the colour quite a bit so the colours are quite pastel and there is a slight white tint over the images which add a vintage tone to them.

For these images, i felt the imperfections were the out of focus subjects because we all love having a sharp image that shows detail and you can have the opposite when using this camera. The slight scratches and marks on some of the images also add to the imperfections but i think this also adds texture to the image as well.

My main idea was to get really close to the subject because i knew this would cause them to be out of focus and by getting so close to the subject, it sometimes because harder to know what it's meant to be and this gets the viewer thinking about what it is. I was really pleased with the outcome and it's a very simple and easy camera to use so there was no hassle in trying to set it up and get everything ready. Once you have placed the film into the camera, it is ready to go and once the film has finished, you simple click a button and it automatically winds back for you… as simple as that! 

Some of the images were taken straight after another one and the lighting and texture to the image looks as if they were taken hours after each other. It just shows with this camera you could have any result and that's the fun of using this one. It was a lot of fun experimenting with this camera and the images were beautiful, the images were taken in my garden again while i was experimenting but my next post will have images taken with the same camera but with a slightly different setting.

Thank you for reading and make sure you have a look at my other posts that are to do with my experimentation of film cameras - keep looking to make sure that you catch my other three posts that will be put on soon.

Shoot 1 (imperfections through the camera) - http://justphotogrxphs.blogspot.com/2015/04/film-documentary-imperfections-through.html

Shoot 2 (imperfections through the camera) - http://justphotogrxphs.blogspot.com/2015/04/shoot-2-imperfections-through.html?spref=tw

Can you guess what this is?

This will help you with guessing the first image...

Getting closer to the subject so it becomes harder to guess what it is.

Another close up…

Spring is here!

The flower has such a soft effect from the out of focus setting.

Very yellow...

Subject out of focus, background in focus...

With slight motion blur, it helps the whole image be out of focus.

Even though the subject is out of focus, it does help it stand out a lot more. 

The composition of the flower works so well as it doesn't fill the full frame.

The darker tone to this image makes the white and purple very vibrant.

The slight frosting over the image adds a vintage feel to it.

The raindrops on the flowers add sparkles to the image… so pretty.

The subject is hard to see… but it works.

The dark soil and frosting on the image overexposes the white flower and helps it become more vibrant in the image.

The pole leads you into the image from the angle it's at.

Very vintage!

My Evening Walk

Moving away from my film photography at the moment, I decided to bring out my DSLR camera and go out for an evening walk with my dad to see what I could find. We went to a local wood which normally just has a few birds and wild horses but tonight there was so many interesting animals and lighting settings for me to take pictures of.

 

We first came across a baby deer and I got the shot when it was looking right at me. It was so scared that it wouldn't take it's eyes off us... until somebody came along to scare it. We then started walking on and all of a sudden 5 cows showed up, then 8, then 10 and then 16 cows were around us. I have never been so excited to see cows before! I was taking pictures of the mother cows and they were happily eating away, then all these calves came running towards us and wanted their pictures taking. But... I don't think their mother liked that, so I moved on after that.

 

As we were about to leave I turned around to look at the view across the woods and the sun was starting to set. The bright and golden sun started to mesmerise me and I was constantly taking pictures of the trees against the sun. With the sun being so bright, it was making the trees look like silhouettes and I thought it looked so peaceful and I also felt it looked a little like Africa.

 

It was a very successful evening for my photography and the images I got were something that you don't really get to see everyday (well, when your in Yorkshire you don't).

 

If you have any comments please let me know and comment below. Thank you for reading.

 

I can see you.

A very big poser...

They must take after their mum!

Moving on for the evening...

One of my favourite images from the shoot.

These calves liked to pose... I think it was scared stiff to move though.

Dusk starts to fall.

It feels like Africa!

Another sunset shot.

The trees start to look like silhouettes and that's what shows the finer details in the branches.

Such a warm and relaxed tone to this image from the lighting.

Another warm and beautifully composed image.

The night is starting to fall.

Shoot 2 - Imperfections Through The Camera

So, this is now my second part to my film documentary and if you have looked at my first part, you will notice that the images and the subject matters are slightly different. I wanted to try and set more of an urban theme throughout these images as i was focusing my subject matters on urban environments and housing. I used a different film camera for this shoot to my first shoot and even though i was actually on a train when taking these images, it kept the subjects really still and reasonably sharp.

There was a panorama setting on the camera and this is where the black lines have come from as it crops in the image more and i was so satisfied with the outcomes as i was so worried what the panorama setting would look like. I feel that this is one of the stronger shoots out of them all and there are certain features in this shoot that make me feel that way. The saturated colours and the faded sepia tone throughout some of the images also saturates the colours. The slight marks and imperfections in the colour also make the images really old looking and the light levels and slight overexposure adds to the old look too. (Having the date wrong also makes it look as if they were taken 5 years ago… i have now learnt how to change it).

This photo shoot was about my journey from A to B and apart from the urban aspect, i wasn't aiming the image towards nature like i did in my first shoot and i think this broadens my experimentation with the subjects as well as the cameras.

If you have any comments with this series of images or my first series, please leave a comment below with either feedback or some criticism - thank you.

Film Documentary - Imperfections Through The Camera

I hope everyone has had a lovely Easter and had a nice half term and while i've been off i've decided to get some of the film cameras out and test them out. I ended up going to a market at the start of the holidays and i ended up coming away with two more film cameras… that's now 9 in total! In the 6 shoots i did throughout Easter i used 3 of my film cameras and wanted to see what effect i would get from them and with some being older than others, i wanted to compare the results i got from them. I looked at the older one first which is a German Vintage Beirette Camera and they were first used in the 1960's so i was really excited to see what the images would come out like. With it being an older camera, you have to wind the film yourself so this caused me to sometimes wind too much or not enough and get some half and half images which is something i love to see. It's like an accidental double exposure. 

As you may be able to tell, i am a little shaky so with the older cameras it really does pick up on the shake and the motion and so this makes them a little out of focus, but it does work well it gives it that older effect and again it links with the imperfections through the camera. As people would see the out of focus and overexposed look as an imperfection, i want people to see it as a perfection and to find it interesting, it gives the viewer more to think about and study and understand. 

This was my first shoot and all these images were taken in my garden as i was trying to find subject matters that might not be that aesthetically pleasing and then some that were the complete opposite so that there was that comparison in the photo shoot.

I will be uploading all 6 photo shoots that i have done on my film cameras so keep looking throughout the next few days to see my different photo shoots and the different images and subject matters i focused on. 

If you have any comments at all on my images or on what i could do to improve please let me know and i'll act up on any comments i get - thank you - enjoy. 

This image and the next image are perfect examples of the different subject matters as these images are complete opposites.

Got to love spring...

I love how this one looks so faded from the motion of the camera.

The vintage tone in this image really brightens the yellows and brightens the darker colours too.

My favourite...

Another favourite...

Yep… another favourite

And this one is too!

The composition of the flower makes it difficult to see what it is but it also works out better this way as the bright, vibrant colours make the image work.

The bright and dull colours in this image contrasts each other.

As the flower started to blow in the wind and i lost it… the composition and angle of this image still creates an interesting image which will get the viewer thinking about the subject matter.

Some more twigs.

This has a gloss finish to it and i love how this image actually fades to black when it reaches the bottom, very dark and mysterious...

The bold brown twig against such a pale wall creates a strong contrast and also gives a focal point for the viewer.