Sunday, July 18, 2021

Lightning photography


Every once in a while it can be fun to grab your plastic fantastic vintage or 'toy' camera and take it out for a spin. While I have a Holga, we don't get on all that well, and I much prefer the cute little Smena 8M I recently picked up for about $30. It is fun to bulk load some film with a random number of frames and then go out for an impromptu photowalk. I took mine with me on a walk around the block recently with the goal of breaking as many rules of photography as I could in 45 minutes. Having recently re-watched 'The Queen's Gambit', this little exercise reminded me of lightning chess. 

Here is a shot made directly into the sun with a small aperture. I had a little fun hand coloring the final print as well.