smena group

where are you from?

nobody@flickr.com (arsenicofago) — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 21:05:07 -0800

arsenicofago posted a new topic:

hello hello just trying to know you a bit
:)

new post :stanislav_zp

nobody@flickr.com (arsenicofago) — Mon, 29 Nov 2010 07:02:35 -0800

arsenicofago posted a new topic:

cmehasmena.wordpress.com/2010/11/29/stanslav_zp/
heres the link
today with : www.flickr.com/photos/stanislav_zp/

Black and white

nobody@flickr.com (un-understand) — Tue, 17 Aug 2010 16:10:56 -0700

un-understand posted a new topic:

The next topic-based post will be black and white. Please shoot on black and white film rather than use Photoshop. C41 developed as black and white or special C41 black and white is OK.

Please post in discussions too. Without your participation the group will die!

Anyway, here's one of my own to start things off:

100 Members

nobody@flickr.com (un-understand) — Thu, 12 Aug 2010 18:55:53 -0700

un-understand posted a new topic:

Thanks everybody for making this group 100 members strong. It isn't a group without so much participation so I would really like to thank all of you. Some of you were active in this group long before I joined and some of you are much newer.

I do think this is one of the best Flickr groups I belong to. Thanks a lot and keep posting! Also, if your friends have Smenas, recommend they join.

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nobody@flickr.com (arsenicofago) — Fri, 11 Jun 2010 06:37:59 -0700

arsenicofago posted a reply:

yeah

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nobody@flickr.com (un-understand) — Fri, 11 Jun 2010 03:40:58 -0700

un-understand posted a reply:

Just to second generic, these are great.

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nobody@flickr.com (arsenicofago) — Thu, 10 Jun 2010 04:42:33 -0700

arsenicofago posted a reply:

oh thank you very much!! soon, ill update the blog^^

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nobody@flickr.com (HILLS GO 400) — Mon, 07 Jun 2010 17:02:40 -0700

HILLS GO 400 posted a reply:

Hey everybody. Just discovered this group through Tumblr and glad about it.

I'm Sebastien, 29, from Belgium. I am a lot into music, and some years ago i became attracted by the visual dimension too. A friend of mine (flickr.com/desirante) had a LC-A that he used brillantly.
I borrowed it once, going to Poland. I liked the shots much, and i checked eBay to find some Lomo. Finally found a Smena 8M for 15€, which I bought. I was surprised that my first pictures with it were quite good, better than expected, although i didn't really understand how it worked. With time, I began to consider my Smena like a little friend. So I still bring it with me when I move to new landscapes. I shoot with my phone too, but the real pleasure is when going to the store to see the Smena result. It's always challenging, not easy as with an automatic. You can loose some frames you really were sure about, as you can be amazed by accident. Love the lo-fi feeling too.

I really abuse about double- and multiple exposures :
First I was shooting many times on the same frame. Now I begin to wind and rewind the films randomly, (fixing the film with tape, to be sure it doesn't wind to the end...) never knowing which images will melt. I also think about taking the film away, and using it years later to reshoot it. The important is to get that kind of surprise/accident that is hard to get with digital cameras. I also built my own splitzer. Smena forever, definitely.

Also looking for exchanging used films, with other Lomo people from around the globe, then reshoot them, and get this multiple exposure collective experience. If anybody is interested, mail me !!
I'd be very excited about it.

My Flickr free account is now full (200 pictures), but you can find more there and on my blog.

Some pictures i took with my Smena-8M :

From first roll. Andalucia.

In Estonia.

In Azores.

Açores again. :)

Actual accident.

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nobody@flickr.com (arsenicofago) — Fri, 07 May 2010 06:53:57 -0700

arsenicofago posted a reply:

yeah i really do<3

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nobody@flickr.com (un-understand) — Wed, 05 May 2010 07:22:40 -0700

un-understand posted a reply:

New post from Estelle Baylis

Again, keep posting! Thanks!!! I know generic and I both love looking at your photographs.