Recently I treated myself to a Diana+ camera. It’s as far from state-of-the-art as you can get, which ironially gets you much artier results!
It’s a film camera, not only that but it takes medium-format film (big 2″x2″ square negatives). It’s very plasticky and hard to control. But that’s good. Light creeps in and and the lens causes untold vignetting. That’s good too. You end up with photos that are dreamily-otherworldly, especially if you make a double exposure (just about see Mark’s head in this one)…
It’s lots of fun and the unexpected results provide surprises and happy coincidences that I would never have dreamed up myself. There’s more to see over on my flickr photostream…
Film is fun!
1 Comment
Courtney Mallam
27 May 2008 at 14:08hey angie, i love your blog/webpage/pics on flickr! you’ve got a super eye for pretty things that makes me want to plaster my walls with your stuff.
keep up the great work!