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The last of the Sensia Poppies...

nobody@flickr.com (Trapac) — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 15:21:15 -0700

Trapac posted a photo:

Vivitar Ultra Wide & Slim + Fuji Sensia 100 Cross Processed.
No 24. (1:6:6)

Still more from 'A Poppy Field' Archive - just a couple more left now, but this really is the last of the slidefilm variations.

A slice of life...

nobody@flickr.com (Trapac) — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 06:06:45 -0700

Trapac posted a photo:

Supersampler + Kodak Elite Chrome 100 Cross Processed.
21. (1:6:6)

More from 'A Poppy Field' Archive. I did warn you that I had taken enough images on that afternoon, to be posting poppies well into the following year.... ;)

Taken with my lovely, if somewhat idiosyncratic Supersampler - 4 lenses take 4 shots onto 1 negative over 2 seconds. Completely plastic, no control whatsoever and no viewfinder - you just wave it about and hope for the best - these days, I've even learned to point it at things and keep it still! ;)

The view from the hill...

nobody@flickr.com (Trapac) — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 06:07:12 -0700

Trapac posted a photo:

Olympus XA2 + Agfa Ultra 100.
No 22. (1:6:6)

More from 'A Poppy Field' Archive. I did warn you that I had taken enough images on that afternoon, to be posting poppies well into the following year.... ;)

Out of fifteen...

nobody@flickr.com (Trapac) — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 15:56:00 -0800

Trapac posted a photo:

Original Diana with Fuji Superia 400.
18. (1:6:6)

I have a Diana and I love her, hate her, love her, hate her....get the drift?

Out of fifteen shots on this roll of film, this was the only one to return without a light-leak. That's not to say that there aren't others to upload, just that I still have a hell of a lot to learn with this camera. It doesn't help that I was so scared of it that, this roll took three and a half months to finish.

I'd guess that probably doesn't help the learning curve....

Even the flames salaciously licking the edge of the frame...

nobody@flickr.com (Trapac) — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 03:53:00 -0800

Trapac posted a photo:

...could not prevent his smiles...

Original Diana with Fuji Superia 400.
19. (1:6:6)

Learning already, that the part of the frame most likely to be in focus with this lens, on this Diana, is the mid left edge and lower left quadrant. Should make things interesting compositionally I guess. The one thing about square format though, is that you can at least turn the camera around, so I have options....if I remember that!

Oh and try harder to keep the light out!

Remembering...

nobody@flickr.com (Trapac) — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 14:52:00 -0800

Trapac posted a photo:

Olympus XA2 + Agfa Ultra 100.
17. (1:6:6)

1 Field of Poppies
+
Vivitar + Fuji Sensia 100
Vivitar + Redscale film for Double Exposure
Olympus XA2 + Agfa Ultra (film swap with lomokev - thanks Kev!)
Nikon F80 50mm f/1.8 + Kodak Portra 160 VC
Supersampler + Kodak Elite Chrome 100
Vintage Diana + Fuji Superia 400 (120 film)

For want of a white parasol and a small child...

nobody@flickr.com (Trapac) — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 14:22:59 -0700

Trapac posted a photo:

Olympus XA2 + Agfa Ultra 100.
No 14. (1:6:6)

So far, the UK Summer has lasted for four days and a Poppy Field. Currently we are in the midst of vast quantities of water hurled at us from out of the sky with some vigour, a light show and plenty of noise. It seems like an appropriate time to carve the flowery stuff from out of my archive and get it over and done with in one upload...

Normal service will resume shortly...

(The poppies will make continued appearances at dignified intervals for the rest of the year...)

Finding Focus...

nobody@flickr.com (Trapac) — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 03:31:29 -0700

Trapac posted a photo:

Olympus XA2 + Agfa Ultra 100.
No 10. (1:6:6)

Who would have thought that such a beautiful place could be inadvertently stumbled upon - just outside Watford!

I had numerous cameras and film with me - so it's been interesting how each combination of film and camera has responded to what was for me, a joyful and unexpected discovery. (The sensory memory of which, bottled somewhere deep in my limbic system, will live with me more powerfully than any image.) I'll be 'drip-feeding' you all images from this poppy field well into the Winter I suspect! ;)

1 Field of Poppies
+
Vivitar + Fuji Sensia 100
Vivitar + Redscale film for Double Exposure
Olympus XA2 + Agfa Ultra (film swap with lomokev - thanks Kev!)
Nikon F80 50mm f/1.8 + Kodak Portra 160 VC
Supersampler + Kodak Elite Chrome 100
Vintage Diana + Fuji Superia 400 (120 film)

Busy!

nobody@flickr.com (Trapac) — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 03:33:26 -0700

Trapac posted a photo:

Vivitar Ultra Wide & Slim + Fuji Sensia 100 Cross Processed.
No 12. (1:6:6)

Who would have thought that such a beautiful place could be inadvertently stumbled upon - just outside Watford!

I had numerous cameras and film with me - so it's been interesting how each combination of film and camera has responded to what was for me, a joyful and unexpected discovery. (The sensory memory of which, bottled somewhere deep in my limbic system, will live with me more powerfully than any image.) I'll be 'drip-feeding' you all images from this poppy field well into the Winter I suspect! ;)

1 Field of Poppies
+
Vivitar + Fuji Sensia 100 (this one).
Vivitar + Redscale film for Double Exposure
Olympus XA2 + Agfa Ultra (film swap with lomokev - thanks Kev!)
Nikon F80 50mm f/1.8 + Kodak Portra 160 VC
Supersampler + Kodak Elite Chrome 100
Vintage Diana + Fuji Superia 400 (120 film)

Drifting...

nobody@flickr.com (Trapac) — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 03:30:03 -0700

Trapac posted a photo:

Supersampler + Kodak Elite Chrome 100 Cross Processed.
No 9. (1:6:6)

Who would have thought that such a beautiful place could be inadvertently stumbled upon - just outside Watford!

I had numerous cameras and film with me - so it's been interesting how each combination of film and camera has responded to what was for me, a joyful and unexpected discovery. (The sensory memory of which, bottled somewhere deep in my limbic system, will live with me more powerfully than any image.) I'll be 'drip-feeding' you all images from this poppy field well into the Winter I suspect! ;)

1 Field of Poppies
+
Vivitar + Fuji Sensia 100
Vivitar + Redscale film for Double Exposure
Olympus XA2 + Agfa Ultra (film swap with lomokev - thanks Kev!)
Nikon F80 50mm f/1.8 + Kodak Portra 160 VC
Supersampler + Kodak Elite Chrome 100
Vintage Diana + Fuji Superia 400 (120 film)

Taken with my lovely, if somewhat idiosyncratic Supersampler - 4 lenses take 4 shots onto 1 negative over 2 seconds. Completely plastic, no control whatsoever and no viewfinder - you just wave it about and hope for the best - these days, I've even learned to point it at things and keep it still! ;)

The Invitation...

nobody@flickr.com (Trapac) — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 03:35:40 -0700

Trapac posted a photo:

Supersampler + Kodak Elite Chrome 100 Cross Processed.
No 13. (1:6:6)

Who would have thought that such a beautiful place could be inadvertently stumbled upon - just outside Watford!

I had numerous cameras and film with me - so it's been interesting how each combination of film and camera has responded to what was for me, a joyful and unexpected discovery. (The sensory memory of which, bottled somewhere deep in my limbic system, will live with me more powerfully than any image.) I'll be 'drip-feeding' you all images from this poppy field well into the Winter I suspect! ;)

1 Field of Poppies
+
Vivitar + Fuji Sensia 100
Vivitar + Redscale film for Double Exposure
Olympus XA2 + Agfa Ultra (film swap with lomokev - thanks Kev!)
Nikon F80 50mm f/1.8 + Kodak Portra 160 VC
Supersampler + Kodak Elite Chrome 100
Vintage Diana + Fuji Superia 400 (120 film)

Taken with my lovely, if somewhat idiosyncratic Supersampler - 4 lenses take 4 shots onto 1 negative over 2 seconds. Completely plastic, no control whatsoever and no viewfinder - you just wave it about and hope for the best - these days, I've even learned to point it at things and keep it still! ;)

Febrile imaginings of a blind owl...

nobody@flickr.com (Trapac) — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 05:15:16 -0700

Trapac posted a photo:

Vivitar Ultra Wide & Slim + Redscaled Konica Minolta VX Super 200 + Double Exposure.
No 8. (1:6:6)

Who would have thought that such a beautiful place could be inadvertently stumbled upon - just outside Watford!

UPDATE! March 01st 2012.
This photograph has been bought by the very lovely and talented 'Slakah the Beatchild' an independent record producer and singer/songwriter based in Canada; for his new album released this year (2012) under the name of his altar ego 'Slakahdeliq'. The album is called 'The Other Side of Tomorrow' and is available for digital download here, on a 'free or pay what you can basis' (as of Feb/March 2012 anyway).

Check it out if you get a chance, you never know you might discover a musician you never knew you liked! :)

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I had numerous cameras and film with me - so it's been interesting how each combination of film and camera has responded to what was for me, a joyful and unexpected discovery. (The sensory memory of which, bottled somewhere deep in my limbic system, will live with me more powerfully than any image.) I'll be 'drip-feeding' you all images from this poppy field well into the Winter I suspect! ;)

1 Field of Poppies
+
Vivitar + Fuji Sensia 100
Vivitar + Redscale film for Double Exposure (this one).
Olympus XA2 + Agfa Ultra (film swap with lomokev - thanks Kev!)
Nikon F80 50mm f/1.8 + Kodak Portra 160 VC
Supersampler + Kodak Elite Chrome 100
Vintage Diana + Fuji Superia 400 (120 film)

This one - part of my ongoing experiments with Redscale - moving from the blunt application of that banging colour, to explore other possibilities beyond that...The first roll was shot almost exclusively along the environs of Stokes Croft, Cheltenham Road & Gloucester Road and mostly graffiti. The intention of the second roll was to find mainstream advertising or images from more affluent areas of the city, or more pastoral/non urban environments. I did not line up the film, nor take notes, nor plan beyond striving for the principle of contrasting subjects. The negatives were returned uncut as requested, but I did get lab scans - any overlaps of one frame over another, are a result of this. I have cropped where I feel it is most helpful to do so, so any inclusion of frame overlap is these uploaded images has been an active choice. I will almost certainly return to the negs with a home scanner to search for alternative compositions to complement these.

In some cases I have found the results quite 'dark' and unsettling in mood - quite a refreshing departure for my stream. I plan to explore this some more.

Redscaling.
Basically it involves taking a roll of ordinary 'bog standard' print film, reversing it and respooling it into another film canister (all done in a dark bag) so that the light is exposed on 'the wrong side of the film' when you take a shot. You then lose two 'stops' on the optimal exposure conditions from the original. It gets developed in exactly the same way as print film, but be prepared for the technician to be a little startled (at best) or a little irritated (at worst) when they realise that something very odd has happened to the film. :)

From Daisies to Poppies to Blue...

nobody@flickr.com (Trapac) — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 06:07:31 -0700

Trapac posted a photo:

Vivitar Ultra Wide & Slim + Fuji Sensia 100 Cross Processed.
No 23. (1:6:6)

More from 'A Poppy Field' Archive. I did warn you that I had taken enough images on that afternoon, to be posting poppies well into the following year.... ;)

Catching the light at work...

nobody@flickr.com (Trapac) — Sun, 23 Nov 2008 06:18:00 -0800

Trapac posted a photo:

Original Diana with Fuji Superia 400.
20. (1:6:6)

Nearly...

....that which must, in time...

nobody@flickr.com (Trapac) — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 03:05:00 -0800

Trapac posted a photo:

Nikon F80 + Nikkor 50mm f/1.8 + Fuji Superia 800.

Windrush...

nobody@flickr.com (Trapac) — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 03:28:01 -0700

Trapac posted a photo:

Vivitar Ultra Wide & Slim + Fuji Sensia 100 Cross Processed.
No 16. (1:6:6)

Clouds & Poppies...

nobody@flickr.com (Trapac) — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 03:09:41 -0700

Trapac posted a photo:

Nikon F80 + Nikkor 50mm f/1.8 + Kodak Portra 160VC.
No 15. (1:6:6)

I forgot... :(

nobody@flickr.com (Trapac) — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 04:36:00 -0700

Trapac posted a photo:

Nikon F80 + Nikkor 50mm f/1.8 + Kodak Portra 160VC

So far, the UK Summer has lasted for four days and a Poppy Field. Currently we are in the midst of vast quantities of water hurled at us from out of the sky with some vigour, a light show and plenty of noise. It seems like an appropriate time to carve the flowery stuff from out of my archive and get it over and done with in one upload...

Normal service will resume shortly...

Campanula

nobody@flickr.com (Trapac) — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 04:38:42 -0700

Trapac posted a photo:

Nikon F80 + Nikkor 50mm f/1.8 + Kodak Portra 160VC + some Picassa frippery...

So far, the UK Summer has lasted for four days and a Poppy Field. Currently we are in the midst of vast quantities of water hurled at us from out of the sky with some vigour, a light show and plenty of noise. It seems like an appropriate time to carve the flowery stuff from out of my archive and get it over and done with in one upload...

Normal service will resume shortly...

An Unexpected Journey...

nobody@flickr.com (Trapac) — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 03:32:55 -0700

Trapac posted a photo:

Vivitar Ultra Wide & Slim + Fuji Sensia 100 Cross Processed.
No 11. (1:6:6)

Who would have thought that such a beautiful place could be inadvertently stumbled upon - just outside Watford!

I had numerous cameras and film with me - so it's been interesting how each combination of film and camera has responded to what was for me, a joyful and unexpected discovery. (The sensory memory of which, bottled somewhere deep in my limbic system, will live with me more powerfully than any image.) I'll be 'drip-feeding' you all images from this poppy field well into the Winter I suspect! ;)

1 Field of Poppies
+
Vivitar + Fuji Sensia 100 (this one).
Vivitar + Redscale film for Double Exposure
Olympus XA2 + Agfa Ultra (film swap with lomokev - thanks Kev!)
Nikon F80 50mm f/1.8 + Kodak Portra 160 VC
Supersampler + Kodak Elite Chrome 100
Vintage Diana + Fuji Superia 400 (120 film)