Showing posts with label photography. Show all posts
Showing posts with label photography. Show all posts

Monday, January 14, 2013

shake it


What better occasion than an otherwordly pink sky to give a new camera a go? My adorable boyfriend got me the Fuji Instax 210 (wide) for Christmas and I couldn't be happier! I thought it would be the perfect companion for summer adventures, catching sparkling sun reflection on the sea... but I couldn't resist taking a crack at it when I looked out my window the other morning and saw this...












Aren't the colours vibrant? I was quite impressed. There's a little macro lense that comes with it, which I've tried as well... I definitely need more practice, but this picture of beautiful succulents found on flickr gives me great hope!

Thursday, June 21, 2012

Photography: Duane Michals


The thing I like about tumblr is when you like/reblog a bunch of pictures with no sources and you realise they're all from the same artist. This is exactly what happened when I discovered Duane Michals. I have to say I know next to nothing about photography. There are so many talents and genres, I've always found it a bit overwhelming. Also, I think among all types of art, it is the most subjective. Sometimes, it is confusing to differentiate the luck from the skills, or vice versa (not that it matters in the end). 
it isn't surprising I am attracted by Duane Michals's surrealistic sensibilities as he names Rene Magritte and Lewis Carroll among his influences. The thing I love the most about his pictures are his little captions he writes for some of them, building a whole story around one fleeting image.


 


  

Saturday, October 8, 2011

time may change me but I can't trace time

This blog is a few months away from celebrating its four years anniversary and I feel like changes are needed. Nothing drastic though I just need it to reflect my current interests a bit more. I never really cared where my blog was hosted as long as I had a space to write whatever I wanted whenever I had the need (which didnt happen as often as I'd like but hey). I don't really see myself as a person who could spend time figuring html and all that geekery because at the end of the day, I don't really mind what this blog looks like (and I always had so far something better to do like watching the eastenders omnibus or playing plants vs. zombies). However, for the first time, I started to feel that this blog could "limit" me in the way I wish to evolve. I mentioned in a previous post that I was thinking about investing into a 'proper' camera. I made up my mind and decided I am going to go for it. And I feel like this space should host my (cringe-worthy) experimentations. I'd like it to be 'cleaner' and give it a bit more room to the pictures. I'll have to tweak and curse at my laptop for a while but hopefully we'll get there for my blog's birthday in February (is that a realistic deadline?). Lately, I have been inspired by so many good photography blogs and actually I think my favourite ones use film cameras and I'm always amazed by their effect (their milky quality as Annabela brilliantly calls it). My local charity shop has some old cameras in its window at the moment, I'm so tempted to snatch one of them.
Before this blog can feature my clumsy snaps, I'd like to share those blogs that I have been admiring as of late.

Bisous Mon Amour






the make believe sea







Wilmaharju





human sea






ps : I updated my favourite blogs list: some added, some gone and some truly missed.
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