lomo lc-a!

sausages

railings

cat

brownscafesign

meat

cake

pants

growing

flowers

books

butchers

cards

awning

After a long time of pondering buying a LC-A I saw a good deal on Ebay and so went for it, and it arrived from Russia today. I hurried out straight away at lunchtime to test it giving myself 30 minutes to take a roll of 36 pictures, a photo challenge! So that is what this jumble of photos is. This way I can also remember what I did to take the pictures so hopefully improve next time, it’s fun getting to know a new camera :) The film I used was Fuji Superia 400 as that is what I had in stock.

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Posted in Film Photography, Oxford, Travel & Places | Tagged | 15 Comments

it’s here

crocus

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crocus2

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Spring! :)

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Show & tell: nonsense

insense
A little incense man from Germany, a gift, you put an incense cone inside his legs and smoke comes out of his mouth.

piglighter
Pig lighter from Japan, you push back his hat and flames come out of his nose. Bought by me in Kiddy Land in 2003.

clock
Alarm clock, not really nonsense, it belonged to my Japanese grandfather and he kept it on his dining room table. I consider that I co-own this with my sister. I guess the nonsense part is because it hasn’t worked properly since I inherited it, the time drifts. Perhaps my grandad used to adjust it often back to the correct time? I keep it as it reminds me of when I used to visit him on Saturday lunchtimes and we would eat Chinese food.

ginkocat
Ginko leaf from Japan. Now broken. I picked it up in November on the street where my great aunt lives.

ginko
I don’t mind that it is broken, that’s the way it goes with leaves.

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Little farmers, from Berlin. Have to keep these away from the cats.

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Argh, run farmers! Giant snail! The snail is from Womad festival, a gift from my sister who worked there one year.

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Cake paper pad. A gift from Japan.

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Mini camera, from Ireland. I am not sure how it works. It belonged to my great uncle, my aunt gave it to me.

This was fun to show things! I think I am going to keep show & tell as a regular topic.

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bring back pretty

rainbow

sparkle

fish

Out with February at last! It has felt like the longest month. I lost my creative inspiration somewhere in the middle of it, but I concentrated on cooking and reading, now I feel I’m back to usual and it’s great. These pictures are a rainbow from yesterday, lights and my fish fan from today.

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nice packaging

shiptonmill
I thought I would try a different local-ish brand that our local wholefoods stocks. It’s nice when everyday things come in pretty packets :)

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