The first post of the new year, using photos all (with one exception) taken from a single roll of film that sat in one camera for most of 2020.
The idea was to use that camera in a specific way. Not to take photos with anything in mind, no project, just to snap something when the eyes were drawn to it in the moment.
I quite liked the results, although I wasn’t too pleased with the fact that I only got four photos I considered worth posting from this roll. It is a low hit count, but that was always understood. The film stock was called Color Implosion, a prepared Agfa stock I believe. The whole point of that film is the large grain, red colour bias, unpredictable nature of the film.
Yay.
Anonymous says
This reminds me to stop and take in the world; smell the flowers; relax and observe.
Cheers from down the block!
carylon says
Reclaim the beard. It might be shaven, but it’s not lost.
Ingrid says
I can see the value in this film as it makes your reds pop! I’m drawn the most to that vibrant chair but then I paid attention to where my eye went in the other photos… the red taillight peeking thru the foliage, the red markings under the pot pulling me into the design of the flowers, the lines in the bike … while that’s my main focal point I love the architecture of the window so I follow the tree up & look at the lettering on the wall above on my way back down… Stop at the red line on the slab in front of the tree
The red mortar under the metal sculpture creates interesting angles between the elements.
Going back to the chair, I love the play of light & dark on and under it. I like it’s parallel to the grate in the street nearby.
I also like how nature is working on reclaiming what people leave in its path as the vines work their way through the bike spokes & over the car. Then. I’m set to wondering about that other vehicle… what’s that glob above the door? Is someone living in it? As anonymous says take time to observe the world around you.What catches your eye?
carylon says
Hi Ingrid, thanks again for your comment, it’s great to hear your response to the pictures. The red chair attracted me for its incongruousness, although it was there for a purpose: to keep someone’s parking space. But i was also the light on it and the shadow it cast, and I worked to get the shadow in the frame and the wheel of the car in the background aligned with the chair, as well as having the structure of the chair itself look balanced.
I wondered about what was going on in that car, too…