Ahoy there!

I know... I'm still posting photos of Whitby. We're getting there with them though I promise.I definitely need to go out and take some new photos soon.

Whilst we were in Whitby we went for a ride on the replica Endeavor (which you can see here, I think I've posted that photo already). The original Endeavor was built in Whitby and it was fun to think what it would have been like to see it in the harbour.

I also pretended that I was a pirate, just for a second :) then I took more photos.

Location: Whitby, England.
Film: Lomo Colour Negative 400
Camera: Refurb LC-A

Out of my comfort zone...

I wasn't originally going to share these photos as overall, I'm really disappointed in them, the colours are dull and most of the results are a little blurry (wrong camera and film choice I think. Bother). However I mentioned before about 'keeping it real' and sometimes I think that the process of working towards a great photo is just as important as getting that great photo and these photos are definitely part of the process.

I took all these photos in an attempt to populate my photos, to document the people around me as well as the landscape. This is a challenge for me and something I struggle with when I go somewhere new. I studied Interior Design at university so I am automatically drawn to architecture and perspective photos, so training myself to look for interesting human moments is really quite difficult when I'm constantly distracted by interesting designs, shapes and lines.

{a moment alone and a pop of red}

{a moment alone and a pop of red}

{Ok, I was more interested in the dogs, but look at the middle ones happy face... so cute}

{Ok, I was more interested in the dogs, but look at the middle ones happy face... so cute}

{I so wish this one wasn't blurry... I was quite taken with these two ladies.}

{Ok, this last photo, I am actually happy with - I loved the idea of the seagulls being just like the couple on the bench, having a moment to look around, enjoy the view - perhaps they are even all looking at the same thing.}

I think its so easy to fall into habits with your chosen hobby, to know what you're good at and just stick with it but film (and toy camera) photography to me has always been about the challenge, and I'm hoping that when I look back at these in the future, I'll see these photos as the beginning of a new, tougher challenge and hopefully I'll be able to see some progression too (fingers crossed).

I'd love to hear about how you push yourself in the comments - either with photography or elsewhere, sometimes even a small push is all we need to improve, so lets encourage each other!

Camera: Holga 135bc
Film: Lomography ISO 400 (usually a winning combo but not this time)
Location: Whitby, England.

p.s. if anyone tells me how great these photos are, I won't believe you lol, I'm just saying!

Whitby Double Dips...

I mentioned yesterday that I was hugely excited about this camera, and although I loved the results from the single exposures (the colours!!) this is where all the excitement really is - in the double exposures.

I've always enjoyed multiple exposures but I'm reluctant to do them too often, I guess because I don't want to lose that first exposure and often I just don't make the time to take them. However, having a dedicated camera for doubles was liberating and so much fun.

I really love these results. Really really. I think sometimes I take my cameras too seriously, and most of the time I'm happy with that, but sometimes you need to kick back, mess around, play with the light a little and have fun. And that's what I did with this camera and I really love it for that.

I think next time I'll try and shake it up a bit, I really love the splitzer look and as my LC-A is a refurbished one rather than the plus I can't get the Lomography attachment to do that so I may have gone a bit overboard with that look here but in the name of having fun and being a bit more abstract (perhaps) I think it was totally worth it.

Camera: Double Dip
Film: Lomo Colour Negative 400
Location: Whitby, England.

p.s. The lovely Dawn from Candidly Clyde included me in her list of 'ten photo blogs you should be following'. If you love photo blogs then you will love this list, I even found some new favourites too.