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Analog Ecuador

By: Nestor

05-04-2013

The mighty sprocket rocket in Ecuador packed with some fresh Kodak Portra 160 film. Unlike Superia the sprockets have no cool color or patterns but its still a great film. Especially when you have enough light.

View over the capital of Quito.

Near the equator. Llama or alpaca or vicuña. Sad I forgot how to look for the differences. I guess I would wiki it, but that would require actual effort.

Fun buggy. A bit scary when big trucks and busses pass you, plus the sound system wasn’t great. Lack of bass.

Valley of waterfalls near Banos. Great drive in our mini buggy.

It helps to throw on a flash on the sprocket rocket. There often isn’t enough light for close up portraits. Also remember to change the focus settings. Well if you care about things being in focus and all, I’m not judging.

The start of the rainforests in Ecuador.

View of the lovely Banos. (too lazy to look up to put the squiggly line on top of the “n” of banos) The city in South America we probably spent the most time in. Also once we found this great restaurant, we never ate anywhere else. Pretty amazing place.

Analogue Colombia

By: Nestor

17-02-2013

Colombia, Event & Location, Olympus Mju 2

These are the scans of photo’s I took in Colombia in various cities. I used my silver Olympus Mju 2 which I have sadly lost along with some Lomo Xpro 100 film. I scanned the negatives myself with an Epson V500 and left the borders on since I felt it gave the images more of an analogue feeling.

Above is street parade/party in Bogota. This is a weekly occurrence where they close of the streets for some music and fun.

A hill overlooking the city of Popayán. The city has their own versions of empanadas and they are really awesome.

A small cemetery we came across in Barichara.

Sprockets all over Colombia

By: Nestor

02-02-2013

Colombia, Sprocket Rocket

My Sprocket Rocket came along my South American trip and made to sure to shoot holes all over the Colombian landscape. These were taken all over Colombia. It’s always nice to shoot with a toy camera so you can put your technical photography mind on zero and just click. The joy of anticipation is also there since it took about 9 months before I got a look at the picture I had taken during the trip. This actually allows you to forget some moments and have these photos to let you relive the experiences.

If you are ever in Medellin, this place deserves a daytrip. Some claim it is the biggest rock in the world. And it is pretty huge.

Really amazing church near the border with Ecuador. We had left our luggage near the border, jumped in a shared taxi and had a look at this place. The priest was cool and talkative. And the road towards the church is filled with plaques and signs of the miracles that came true due to praying at this church.

Farewell to Holga

By: Nestor

06-09-2012

Camera Gear Overview, Holga

This was the last roll of film I shot in my Holga. It’s been almost a year now. The Sprocket Rocket has fulfilled my sprocket needs. The Holga was fun, but especially this last roll shows the deficiencies of the Holga. The amount of light leaks was pretty crazy despite all the miles of tape I had used. It was my first time shooting with the not-so-cheap Lomo Xpro 100 film and seeing the result overwhelmed with orange/red light leaks wasn’t exactly ideal. So here are the last shots from my Holga. At one point in time I will pick it back up again, but not any time soon.

The only outdoor park escalator I have ever seen. At Fort Canning.

.Analog Paparazzi

By: Nestor

30-07-2012

Photo Projects

I went to a party met some cool people and took some photos. This was actually the second party and I don’t quite recall all the details on how I got there. But the important facts were that A) there was a bathtub full of beer B) a kitchen full of Satay and peanut butter sauce C) friendly folks.

I brought along my Golden Half camera filled with Agfa Vista 400 film. And because it was indoors I brought along a flash which I was firing off camera with the help of some cheap Yongnuo flash triggers. This was my first time experimenting with it and the results weren’t too bad. I really like the fact that such a small camera has hot shoe. So if it’s there, why not use it?

Some of the photos were overexposed due to the 400 film plus non-adjustable flash and closeness of the flash and the blood-alcohol level of all involved parties. The photos were also very grainy which may be due to the expired film or the scanning of the lab I use. Around that time they had gotten new equipment and their scanning wasn’t great. At a later date when I will finally get a scanner will rescan these negs and see whose fault it is. Place your bets now ! Banzai !

On the left you can see the people handholding the flash. People were eager to get their photo taken by this weird small film camera and me handholding the flash.

The important bathtub filled with beer.

The Golden Half is great for just firing of shots at a party , since you get 72 photos from this half-frame monster on a 36 exposure roll. Just make sure your flash can keep up. I was using a cheap $10 holga flash I got on Ebay, so the recycle time was quite slow.

The flash fired back at me on the left.

. Return of Nishika

By: Nestor

11-06-2012

Camera Gear Overview, Nishika 3-D

I got my Nishika out for another adventure this time in the city that never sleeps and is therefore a bit cranky. The only city as far as I know that refers to itself as a fruit. NYC !

Taken with Fuji Superia 200 and my 4-lens Nishika plastic camera.

For my previous series with the Nishika cam please check them here and here and here

And the following were taken on the Tropical island of Aruba.

Spitcam

By: Nestor

07-06-2012

Camera Gear Overview

A long long time ago in a country far away I got a splitcam as a gift. This light yellow black camera is designed to take double exposures with a nifty slot covering part of the lens. I shot one roll in it, the film got stuck so I never shot with it again. Until last summer in Aruba, I gave this old camera another spin and here are the results. It did get stuck again so I was never able to finish the roll but I did get the film developed.

Pinkplosion: Expired Xpro Provia

By: Nestor

03-06-2012

Roll of Film Review

A major part of the fun of shooting with A) Film B) a Plastic lens toy camera C) Expired film D) slidefilm which then will be developed in the “wrong” chemical process is the unpredictability. I went out and shot some expired Fuji Provia 400 slidefilm in my plastic lens Golden Half. I got the film crossprocessed and this was the result. A 4-year old girls dream where Hello Kitty and some Disney princess rubbed themselves all over my film. A Pinkplosion. Off course I make the promise to never x-pro provia again but what if the next time it won’t be all pink, but some other color? Shouldn’t I at least try and find out?

The results of trying to remove the pinkness of the image. A muddy image. Not my favorite.

Sprocketing Singapore

By: Nestor

24-03-2012

Event & Location

Sprocket Rocket photos taken in Singapore with Fuji Superia 400 film.

Halong Bay & Hanoi

By: Nestor

01-03-2012

Sprocket Rocket

Lomo Xpro 100 photos with my sprocket rocket. The Xpro so far has given me very strong contrast images without colorshift. Somehow though a lot of these pictures were underexposed. I don’t know if it was because if it was often cloudy or it was just the particular way they were scanned at the Lab. In the end I wasn’t too happy about the results.