Friday

happy thanksgiving internet friends.

we drove up to westchester, ny and had lunch with our immediate family. we're thankful for a new day and being alive and well. 3.5 hours was spent on the road so we stopped by the stateline looking out to new york. it was really beautiful and peaceful because we were the only ones there. the weather was drizzly and we took pictures while sofia jumped in piles of dead leaves. i took a chance with a newly acquired camera which batteries are hard to find for, and shot without a light meter. on top of which i am using this lomo film which allows you to set your iso between 50-200 to achieve either a desaturated look or the contrary. i am sort of confused about it. but we shall see if it turns out. the rest of the day was spent with the palumbo's. andrew and i have decided they should have their own reality show called, "joe & cherry plus 2... and bob dylan". (because katherine has a crazy do and she looks like him). it was pretty chill and we didn't over stuff ourselves.

now eating leftovers and watching tv all day in our pajamas.

anyhow these are some test shots i took with the minolta srt, which i have been having a love hate relationship with. i am thinking about getting rid of it, but every time i find someone on flickr who shoots with it, i get re-inspired. here are some of my favorite shots with it. the one's with * i had adjusted brightness/color in photoshop.














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this book is by a flickr friend long lim, who shoots mainly with the srt. one of the reasons why i wanted to try out this camera. also this story made me want to eat an apple. hence, the apple.

9 comments:

  1. hehe. you bought the book! why dont you like this camera? these photos are great, i like the one with spools of thread and the last one of the book.

    but remember, its never the camera..its the person holding it. and these are definitely taken with your eyes.

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  2. yeah, but the light meter is sort of complicated where i have to match the needle with the other needle with a O in the end. and sometimes the depth of field preview doesn't work... and the on switch is difficult to turn and its giving my thumb a callus.. /end rant. and yeah andrew is always telling me that, about it not being about the camera. lol

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  3. I have a minolta, too! But I've retired it for awhile since I rewound my last roll of film after too many gimlets, and the whole thing got messed up. I really like the photo of the spools of thread.

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  4. I'm just starting to use my OM10 again. It's my dad's old one. One of the lenses broke when he tried to take a self portrait on the top of Mt. Fuji, because the wind blew his tripod over, but the 50mm still works. I also have a couple medium format cameras I thrifted and, of course, my trusty Nikon D40.

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  5. That sounds like a really good weekend. I spent most of mine being lazy in front of the TV which was nice because I never get to do that : )

    I like these photos.. they inspire ME to try more film and camera varieties!

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  6. great shots, i love that...doorknocker thing?

    http://bottleblack.blogspot.com

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  7. Just found your blog and I'm really enjoying it! You've got some gorgeous photos here. I especially love the one looking into the kitchen.

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  8. wow thank you for the sweet comments! i'm glad i could share them with you!

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  9. oh and @eva i don't think its a door knocker, though i get why you see that. i think they just decided to put it in their front door as some architectural decoration. or something?

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