double exposures, nyc

a couple more of my shots from new york in June. this time with flipped double exposures. they are both shot with the lomo diana, and were cross processed from velvia 100 film.

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freaky figure

i saw this doll (or whatever it is) in amsterdam, and had to take some shots of it. for some reason I think it looks really creepy. both are cross processed velvia 100 film, so it is strange how different the colors turned out. not really sure which one i prefer, i think they both turned out kinda interesting.

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supersize me, guitar edition

i have no idea why, but there's something about oversized stuff that makes people go mental. just think of the "funny" sunglasses that are made gigantically, or the massive lighters they sell on the beaches in thailand and spain and every other vacation place. and of course, the same "humor" is what drives this dude, who I spotted close to times square in new york. the songs he played were boring, and I don't think his technical skills very anything to write home about, but hey, his guitar is fucking massive!!

picture is taken with lomo diana on fuji provia 100, cross-processed, and scanned in greyscale (scanner didn't understand the cross processed film)

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beautiful strangers, nyc

new york is a city with heaps of great-looking people. i tried to do some lomo portraits of interesting people i met while i was there, but unfortunately all the portraits came out underexposed. i still think they are interesting shots, and the people look great.

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awakenings festival 2010, amsterdam

it's been a little while since i uploaded anything, because a lot has been happening the past week. one of those things was the awakenings festival in the outskirts of amsterdam. awakenings is a massive techno and electronic music festival arranged every year in the end of june. this year the festival celebrated its 10 year anniversary with names like gui boratto, james holden, dave clarke, loco dice, richie hawtin, raresh, luciano, adam beyer and many may more. it was an amazing day with perfect weather, 40 000 beautiful people, and a bangin atmosphere.

here are some of the shots I took with my lomo diana during the day. they are all shot on fuji provia 100 film, and cross-processed. enjoy.

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multiple exposures, NYC

i picked up another two rolls from development yesterday, with pictures from new york. this time they were shot with lomo diana on ILFORD HP5 b&w film (iso 400), and the result was quite good! one of my favorites is this double (tripple??) exposure which I can't remember taking at all. i really have no idea how I did it, but really love the results. which is one of the best things about lomo shots ;)

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manhattan in flipped, double exposures

when arriving back to manhattan on the short ride with the manhattan ferry, I took this picture with the lomo diana. i first covered the bottom half of the lens with my credit card, and took one exposure. then i covered the top part, turned the camera upside-down, and did another exposure. I am really happy with how it turned out.

luckily I gave it two tries, because when developing the film, I realized I had messed up one of them. under you gan see how the "unsuccessful" one turned out (the picture itself is not that bad i think. it works well as a panorama-shot).


i actually came up with the idea for this technique when i was shooting in vigeland sculpture park. however, when i tried to do it there, i messed it up in the way that i was covering the bottom half of the lens in both exposures. here it's how it turned out:

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train station, oslo

i'm still in new york, so i'm just uploading this old picture i took when i was home in norway. it's from nationaltheateret train station, and it's taken on an expired roll of Fuji RDP positive film. so far, i've shot 6-7 rolls of 120 in new york, so in a week's time, i'll have a lot to upload :D

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17th of May - celebrating Norway's national day

may 17 is the celebration of norway's constitution. it turnes oslo, and the rest of the cities in norway, into a huge streetparty, in some ways similar to the dutch queensday. however, instead of wearing orange, everyone is dressed up in dresses, suits, or our national costume. as opposed to many other countries' national day celebrations, there is no focus on military or parades, but more on the celebration of the people themselves.

we started the day out with a campari-sponsored breakfast at 9am, before we headed into the centre of oslo around 12. the party on the streets in the centre kept going till 6-7ish, before we moved on to a houseparty. it was a great day with loads of old friends, and as i heard someone sum the day up; the 17th of may is a day where you go to places you don't usually go to, you drink and eat things you don't usually drink and eat, talk to people you don't usually talk to, and wear clothes you never usually wear.

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lomo paris wheels

there's something about the quadratic format of 120mm shots that makes round shapes look great in lomographic pictures. paris-wheels are therefore almost always lomogenic. here's two quite different shots of two quite different paris-wheels. one is a double-exposure picture of the massive one that used to be on dam square, while the second is of the joke of a paris-wheel, barely 4 metres high, at nieuwmarkt in amsterdam. the first is shot on an expired roll of Kodak E200 Positive film, while the second is on an expired Fuji RVP (don't know the ISO). colors and contrast came out quite different, and the vignette is a lot stronger in the second one. both are with lomo diana f+

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powerlines

just two quite random shots. the second picture is a pair of rollerskates thrown over some powerlines in amsterdam. saw them in kalverstraat (the main shopping street in amsterdam) and wondering about the story behind them hanging there.

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sensemaking? not with this photo

french florent is getting ready to celebrate the dutch queen for the first time. without knowing this photo is from queensday, it does not make much sense. took this the morning of queensday, after a pretty hard queensnight.

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modern architecture, amsterdam

shot this picture close to central station in amsterdam on queensday (one of the few sunny moments that day). haven't seen the sun since then, so really hope the spring returns soon!

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b/w architecture amsterdam

the dramatic feel of black/white shots can add a lot to photos of buildings and architecture in general. here are three photos, from different locations of amsterdam, where I think bw works great. the two first are from the area close to central station, from the bridge between the OB library and the NEMO museum, and of the nemo museum itself. the third is from a random canal in amsterdam (can't remember where). all photos are from an expired 120mm roll of ILFORD HP5 bw film (I think ISO 200, but not sure)

btw, the nemo museum is nothing to recommend if you're over 6 years old!

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lomo vintage car in b/w

there are very few things I can think of that are more lomogenic in black and white than old vintage cars. as I posted a little while back, my lomo diana was ripping my film, and it took a couple of tries to fix it. the result was only 7 shots on the 120mm roll, and the light-leaks showing on the top of this picture. anyways, I think it gives a nice effect!

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lomo diana flipped double exposures

one of the most characteristic features with lomographic cameras is the possibility to make several exposures on top of each other. after experimenting with taking pictures of different motives on top of each other, I figured it gives a great effect to shoot the same object twice, either flipped, like here, or from different angels. both these are from de bolelaan in amsterdam, by vrije universiteit.

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2-in-1 portrait II

same models as the last one, just now with expired 120mm KODAK color film. the spring has come and left, and it's now only 11 degrees in amsterdam. hopefully it'll be back soon. two days ago was the huge queensday celebration in amsterdam, I manage to shoot three full rolls, so expect a lomophobic queensday special soon.

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lomophobic puke special

I took these shots in a temporary fun fare that is set up every year at Dam square in amsterdam. i must say the fact that the fare is mobile freaks the crap out of me. u know that if shit goes down, and a ride seriously injures someone, those dudes will just wrap up and move to the next city! some of the rides look so old and dodgy it seams all odds are against you. but what's the big deal, it's just your kids your gambling with anyways...

all these shots are taken with an expired 120mm KODAK E200 color positive film. I really love the results, and after this, it will be a looong time till I shoot 35mm again!

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