I've been very quiet around these parts of late, but that's mostly because I've been being good and doing University work rather than faffing on the internet. The faff I have allowed myself is over at dichohecho.tumblr.com where I've been posting a picture a day (or as often as I manage) from my Flickr (which is also lagging a bit). I thought I should probably post something on here since Jess linked me :)

So, I shall try and keep this more updated; never mind that the last photos I posted were from September, I'll start afresh.

Here's Sporti:

He's an Iford Sporti 6 and makes square pictures on 120 film. In Niall's words the English Holga (well English company, they were made in Germany). He works a lot more reliably than a Holga though, no wrapping him up in electrical tape to avoid light leaks, plus a choice of apertures!

Of course he still has no metering so I have to guess (or use my ME Super to meter) but *so far* I've managed alright. Being a Sporti 6 rather than an earlier version he has double exposure prevention, but I don't mind too much. I've got my Lubitel(assuming it works) for that!

Here are some photos from my first film, shot on a cold, grey & misty February Sunday.

 Up in Kingsdown, I love these narrow streets that give you a slice of view down to the city centre.

Shiny old car, Kingsdown Parade 

 Ben on his bike

Me, taking a Bristol cliché photo

When I developed these it was pretty hot and I had a massive special and merrily started developing the roll with the chemicals I'd used for my 35mm films. Just as I started agitating the tank I realised I should have a couple of hundred ml more developer in there. Oops.

I hastily made up some more and chucked it in and carried on, for the stop & fix I just used the smaller amount and agitated it more than you're meant to. Amazingly they came out ok, you can see tide marks vertically on some of the photos, but clearly that's the aesthetic I'm going for, yeah?

They could still be horrible negatives but the lovely Niall scanned them for me so I got away with that one.
Next time I will get it right. I hope.

Moar Velvia! - Part I

The Orford Ness photos from the previous post were all shot on Fuji Velvia 100F but I didn't finish the roll. It came with me to Southwold and produced these:

Valerian shadows in Granny's yard

Some purply hollyhocks in Primrose Alley. I love the pebbled wall, the colour of the bricks, and the shadows.

And a pink hollyhock


Afternoon sunlight in a bedroom

A convex mirror self-portrait á la Adam


Down on the prom

The view from a beach hut

Busy day at the beach

The film then returned to Bristol with me, but that's another post...

All these photos were taken on Fuji Velvia 100F with my Pentax ME Super.

Double Win

After Jith and I had a double fail, which was probably due to camera issues on her end, I decided to collaborate with myself instead. I found myself pretty easy to work with and didn't have to worry about letting myself down by filling the roll with rubbish.
I even managed to make some pictures, fancy that!


Harbourside Bokeh x Honeycomb Wall at the Chemistry Department

Coffee at the village flower show x Park Street in the morning

Wallpaper at Papajis x Water in the fountain outside the Victoria Rooms


Leaves & a lantern on Birdcage Walk x Sculpture on the fountain outside the Victoria Rooms

Clifton Suspension Bridge from down by the swingbridge x Chipboard

Nightglow at the balloon fiesta x Advertising on a car

These were all taken on my Pentax ME Super with Kodak Colorplus 200 film from Poundland & developed by the nice people at Clifton Colour.
The rest of the roll can be found in my Doubles! set on Flickr.

Lynmouth On Film

More lovely Countisbury & Lynmouth adventures, this time on film.


Foxgloves above Countisbury

Purple & yellow by the sea

The mast on top of the hill


The amazing wave cloud we saw

Some rather strangely exposed honeysuckle

Fishing on the harbour wall at high tide


Some sunny sea

Some swishy sea

The view on the way back

All these photos were taken on Fuji Superia Reala 100 with my Pentax ME Super. The full set of Lynmouth & Countisbury photos, film and digital, from this trip (plus some older ones) can be found in my Lynmouth set.

A Roll'a Reala, again.

But a different one! Taken during August I believe.
Some sunny summery things (Lynmouth & Rosemoor shots on this roll will appear in later posts)


Cauliflower salad on the kitchen worktop.

Echinops & a bee in the back garden.

Angelica seedheads in the back garden.


Pretty light on a plant beside the road.

Catty lazing in the shade of Mum's willow hedge.

Sweet chestnut leaves looking autumnal early.

Clematis climbing out of focus.

All my photos can be found here. I have specific sets for my ME Super, and for types of film. These are all on Fuji Superia Reala 100.

Cross-Processing Adventures Part II

To follow on from the previous post.
After London I returned to Bristol for a day or two. I finished the roll there and took it to Photographique to be processed and scanned.


Oakfield House, University of Bristol.


Secrets, near the university union.


Some lovely wysteria overhead.


A coffee break with books and photos.


Buttons, St Nicholas Markets.


Finishing off the roll outside Photographique.

As ever the full set is here.

Cross-Processing Adventures Part I

At Kilve, when I went with Niall, I loaded a roll of Fuji Velvia 100F into my ME Super with the intention of cross-processing it. I did, and these are some of the results.


Kilve beach, already an interesting place with its stone pavements, looks almost otherworldly under the influence of xpro.


Spangles! Jersey Boys in theatreland, London.


Russell Square tube station glowed in the late afternoon sunlight, it's tiled all over.


A building on Charing Cross Road, London.


The full set (spanning a week or two of Kilve, London, home and Bristol) can be found here.

Double Fail

A little while ago the lovely Jith (a fellow Photosoc-er and real life friend) and I decided that it'd be a nice idea to do a double-exposure collaboration. I was inspired by the likes of Trapac and Daz, amongst others; their Flickr photostreams are photographic gold.
Unfortunately, after going through my ME Super successfully (underexposed by a stop), Jith's inherited Yashica didn't manage to make any pictures. We're not sure exactly what happened, just that the resulting pictures show no trace of what she took. (Smashica has made photos for her in the past.)

Since I was expecting doubles I took lots of textures, silhouettes, and things I wouldn't normally think were picture-worthy. Definitely a mixed outcome...


Roses in Clifton.

An intentional lack of focus, Polygon Lane.


The one I definitely would've taken anyway, down by the harbour.

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A great claim.

The rest of the roll can be found here.
I must point out that they're not terribly exciting, as this selection may suggest.
A more successful roll is to follow soonish.