Film Love

Whilst I'm awaiting summer 2013, I want to share some film I shot last summer - all these are taken with expired APS film, at the night in July where The Boss headlined Hard Rock Calling. I'm a huge Springsteen fan (thanks Mum & Dad) and I'm seeing him twice this summer, but here are some photos from last year.

Yep. That's Bruce and Sir Paul McCartney.

An amazing night. If you get the chance to see him on The Wrecking Ball tour, seize it with both hands! 

You can see these photos at larger sizes here

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35mm: June 2012

Don't you just love it when you get film back when you'd completely forgotten what's on it?
Last summer my family and I went on a spontaneous day trip to the beach for my mum's birthday, it rained nearly all day and the wind was atrocious, but it was still nice to be outside. 

All of these photographs were shot with Lomography Lady Grey black and white film, on my Pentax P30, with and without my fisheye lens attachment. 

If you're not familiar with the south coast, Brighton is definitely worth a visit (especially if you like one-of-a-kind independent shops and vintage markets). I'm looking forward to taking my friend Bekah - a Northampton girl, born and bred, to Brighton for the first time, when the weather warms up a touch!

We've been doing photography at university this past fortnight and although the project itself hasn't been particularly enthralling, it's nice to see how passionate for their subject the photography technicians are. I'm looking forward to shooting more film!

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One Day In Summer: APS Film

Ah, summer. Countryside walks and evening light are pretty much the only things that make you bearable to me! 

One thing I'm missing about home? Regular access to fields and woodland. Although there are a couple of Royal Park's not-too-far from my flat, they're not as near as the woods and the fields are to my parents! But you can't have everything.

Photos taken with my APS camera - full-length self portraits taken by my ma :)

I still have a few rolls I must get developed - when I can remember where I put them! Haha. I hope you're enjoying some of the late summer sun we've been having. Happy weekend! Today is my last shift before I have a week off! Excited. Even if it is a week off unpaid, so I can finish my summer project... Swings and roundabouts!

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Summer On Film vol. I

These are all taken with my APS (advanced photo system) camera and expired film. They're a little dark, but that's the beauty of film, especially expired film. 

These first two images have an element of mid-winter about them, but were taken on midsummer's day - my Mum's birthday, which says rather a lot about the summer we've had!

Drawing date at the V&A with my favourite lady.

Jubilee tea party! Fun.

I love light leaks - they are my favourite thing about film photography. 

note: I am wearing a wooly hat, in the middle of July. yes, it's hand knitted - of course!

Hard Rock Calling!

I have heaps more to share - and two rolls still to develop - a downside of APS film is it's rather pricey to get processed, but hey, small luxuries and all that! I have taken a lot of film photos this summer - I really need to get an album to put them all in. Or maybe I should dig out my scrapbook supplies and make some layouts... What do you do with your photos?

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Club 35mm.

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Samuel Hart is both a colleague and a friend of mine and rather talented with the click of a camera. He's currently studying Graphic Design at Camberwell College of Art and we have lovely art chats at work. We both share a passion for 35mm photography and he has kindly agreed to let me share some of his photographs with you. 

This one is possibly my favourite of all, the tones are beautiful, it looks like something straight out of my favourite magazine.

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You can see more of Sam's photographs on his Flickr and his Tumblr. Thankyou for letting me share these with you, my artistic friends are big inspirations of mine.

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Dreaming of winter, 35mm.

Guy Fawkes night is my favourite night of the year, beating New Years Eve hands down. I know, I know, it's August and November the fifth is far on the horizon, but when I was rummaging through my photographs - looking for ones to pin on the walls of my new room, I came across these ones from last November, and realised I'd never got around to sharing them on this blog.

I go to the local bonfire and fireworks display every winter, watching the fireworks and staying until the Guy burns. I realise that Guy Fawke's is a very English celebration - if it's unfamiliar to you, you can find out more about it here.

The results are a little hit-and-miss, as they always are with film, but I am really pleased with the results.

These are probably my all time favourite 35mm photographs - yet it was quite by chance that I took any film photos at all, at last year's fireworks display - I'd intended to shoot with my 550D as normal, but when I took it out, I realised that my memory card was unhelpfully still nestling in my computer, so I was limited to a little point-and-shoot 35mm camera, and my iPhone.

I love fireworks - although I was absolutely terrified of them as a child, my parents are always regaling me with the story of them taking me to a display at my Infant school, where I ran off into the crowd just after it started! 

This year my birthday falls on the Saturday closest to bonfire night, so I hope I can find a celebration to attend! Perhaps I can convince my parents to have their own bonfire, with jacket potatoes and marshmallows and sparklers -  as I don't think my new neighbours would take too kindly to me hosting such a party!

Ah, I love winter. A ♥