First, I apologise now for the overload of photos, but I got a little carried away taking photos of this beautiful building.
These photos are a mixture of LC-A and Zenit-B photos, you can really see the difference a light meter makes I think and also the effect that over exposing has on the Lomography 400 iso film – again some of the photos have a distinctively orange tinge to them but even sat next to the auto exposed LC-A photos, I still really like them. You can also really see the texture that the Zenit B gives photos when you compare the two cameras, I still haven’t figured out exactly what does this but I think its the shutter fabric…
Is it weird that this building took my breath away a little? I think this photo above really captures how grand and striking it looked in the sunshine.
Fountains Hall dates from around 1600 and is built partly with stone from the Abbey ruins. Although only a couple of rooms were open to the public, it was definitely worth a look around.
Location: Fountains Hall, England
Cameras: Zenit B & Refurb LC-A
Film: Lomo 400 & Agfa Vista 200
If you follow me on Instagram, you may have seen some of my photos have this #lookupleeds tag on them.
#LookupLeeds is a project started on My Life in Leeds which encourages the exploration of Leeds through photography and I really love it. I especially love looking up when I’m taking photos, so this just gave me the excuse to do it more in Leeds. You can see all the photos tagged on Instagram here.
My Life in Leeds is also an amazing resource for anyone living in the area, so if you have a chance, do check out the website and have a good look around.
Camera: Refurbished LC-A
Film: Kodak Ektar 100
Location: Leeds
The buildings in Ilkley were some of my favourites that I’ve seen, which is why I took so many photos of them, they capture Yorkshire so well I think, especially the darker brick.
Wells House (above) was designed by Cuthbert Broderick, the man responsible from three of the most iconic buildings in Leeds, The Town Hall, The Corn Exchange and also the Leeds Museum building (which I need to photograph), so it was fun to see another building by the same architect outside of Leeds.
Wells House is now residential and I couldn’t help but admire the surrounding buildings as well and how they compared to the more dramatic architecture.
I’m still having far too much fun on
Instagram(and sulking over the rain…)
It seems only fair to follow the last of 2011′s photos with the first of 2012′s don’t you think?
Last weekend we went for a wander around Leeds and I took some photos with my LC-A. I love the results with the Ilford XP2 film and I’m glad that I’ve started to use it more in different cameras – I think I will use it with my Superheadz next which is a very exciting thought!
I got so excited seeing this, amazingly on a road that I’ve walked down many times…
This camera is still a steep learning curve for me – at one point I had it on the wrong ISO setting, though that didn’t ruin anything luckily. Also, I’m a bit worried I’m covering the light meter with some photos as a couple of them turned out like this on both this roll and my last one… Needless to say, my mental checklist of things to check when taking a photo is a little longer now, but I’m happy with that if the results are like this.
I love Leeds, sometimes I forget how amazing it can look.
Camera: Refurbished LC-A
Film: Ilford XP2 ISO 400
Location: Leeds, England.
Fact:
Henley-in-Arden is in the top ten of the
cutest places in England I’ve ever visited.
Whilst we were away for the week we stayed in a hotel just outside of the town and almost every day we either walked or drove through it… and each time I couldn’t get over how cute and very English it looked.
I still can’t get over how gorgeous the buildings along the main street were with the painted wood, the cute lamps and amazing windows that weren’t quite straight.
Happy weekend!!
As part of
Adele’s weekend in Yorkshire, Thomas and I took her to
York for the day. The weather was absolutely stunning so we both took our Diana Mini’s – it was so much fun to take photos with another lomographer and to see how differently we looked at things.
I really do like to look up when I visit places…
(to the point of where I just relabelled some of my posts upon realisation, haha)
I remember during one of my first lectures at university, one of the lecturers (guesses on who it was G and C) talked about how everyone walks around looking down and they miss so much of the world above them. I guess I really hate the idea of missing out on anything and I’ve been fascinated with the idea of looking up everywhere I’ve been ever since…
I’ve only been to York two times before this and neither of those times I had a film camera, so I loved every minute we were there!
What can I say… I like looking up at buildings…
and the buildings in Liverpool were gorgeous!
I didn’t expect the Ilford XP2 film to be as sensitive as it was, in fact I’m not sure I had even used an ISO 400 film before, so this film has been a bit of a learning curve for me but I must admit, I love these!
Cameras: Diana Mini
Film: Ilford XP2 4oo
Location: Liverpool, England.
Remember our little
photography date? Well these are some more of the photos that I took around Leeds.
I absolutely love the colours this camera produces! It captures the light so well!
Location: Leeds, England
Camera: Superheadz Wide and Slim Yellow Peace
I mentioned yesterday that the time I felt most alive this year was on the top of
Malham Cove and I realised I had only shared about half of the photos in the first post I wrote about it.
Looking up…
Looking down…
Feeling alive!
{Thomas always takes the best photos of me…}
Walking around Krakow was honestly one of my favourite pass times whilst we were there – there was always something new to notice and I was often walking around looking up at the buildings rather than where I should have been going…
Aren’t the buildings gorgeous? Even though some were run down, it just added to their character and to the feeling of the City.
I think I want to go back…
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