While some cameras have the screen on the back that swivels out so you can see yourself as you compose photos for Picture Yourself, the new Minolta Dimage X20 has a mirror on the front of the camera. Nothing like taking it back to the basics! [Via Jish]
I received my Lomo on a cloudy day, so the first round of pictures I took with it weren’t that great. I didn’t give up though – I loaded up a second roll of film and went off on another photo hunt. I just finished off the second roll and had them developed today and there were definitely more “keepers” in this batch! Mad props to Heather for the tip on shooting in bright sunlight – that really helped give some of them the “Lomoesque” zing! Brightly colored subjects helped too. Don’t think, just shoot…
I’ll post some of them over the next few days in the Pixelog. Of course, if you’re using a skin with the most recent photo, you’ll be among the first to see them!
After a nice dinner (well, drinks and appetizers) catching up with Sydney, I made it home early enough that I finally had time to start getting photos off of my camera and ready for editing. I even added one quickly to Pixelog. The perk to using the skins with the latest photo? You knew that before I told you.
Tonight I will edit the few photos from the last Lager Rhythm gig. Then the Original Blurker will be happy with me again.
I didn’t have to go and buy film earlier. I had a roll of 100 speed Fuji in my purse. It should be noted that I didn’t have a single camera in my purse that required film – just the G2 and my pencam – but I still had a roll of film in there. I’m wondering what that says about me?
By the way – I am posting this using Zempt. Zempt was a “Cookie Crumb” a few weeks ago, and I pointed out that you could use it to post to your MT powered blog offline, but I never got around to installing it. I finally did, and I would like to officially say IT ROCKS! And for those of you that always want a way to spell check your posts, Zempt has it. That, along with a lot of other cool features. Download it.
Now I’m off to hang out with the girls, playing with the Lomo. I’ve already shot half a roll of film, and I hope to finish it by tomorrow morning so I can have it developed before lunch. I can’t wait to see the results!
Weeks ago, I won a Lomo for dirt cheap over on eBay, and it has taken forever to get here from the Ukraine, but it has finally arrived! Now I’ll have to go get film at lunch and go out snapping before the thunderstorms begin this afternoon. Any suggestions, tips or tricks you want to share – I would love to hear them!