![]() (Which I did – there’s a link to the essay at the end so you can see which shots I used for that) So as well as testing out the camera, I had in mind I would record my trip and tell the story of my long weekend in a photo essay. I guess I didn’t want to waste a roll of Portra in an untested camera, but I never buy 24 exp. ![]() The film: Kodak GC 400 (Ultramax) 24 Exposures (Cheap as). After this trip I modified it so it now shoots 24mmx24mm. I liked it because the viewfinder is huge, because it’s easy to switch off the flash, and it takes AAs. It’s actually a pretty usable camera for this sort of thing. I recall I had just found this at the shop near where I live – so it’s also the first roll with this camera. Fixed focus 35mm f4.5 lens Shutter speeds 1/45 to 1/200 Auto DX of 100 and 400. The camera: a $5 op-shop Canon Snappy LXII. It’s a holiday – buy a roll of film and away we go! This roll records the time I went away for a long weekend and shot one roll as a record of my trip. ![]() ![]() I decided to stay away from the pretentious shit and leap in with a roll of good old-fashioned snapshots. So – I jumped in to my LR catalogue and had a look. How do we gauge the success of an image? Is it tied purely to purpose, or can we hope for something that lies beyond the specific and is universal?Īll that stuff and more went through my mind as I read the first post in the #FullRollFriday series. Why do we make photos? What is our intent? ![]()
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