My Sardines are Delicious and RED.

So I finally got it together and was able to use my La Sardina camera to good effect. After a lot of drama-llama bullshit, I ruined two rolls of film because I wasn't turning the camera lens enough to snap the pictures. You can imagine my frustration when I went to pick up my film and they told me there was nothing on it!

Anyway, I used the Redscale film Lomography sells and I really liked it... I don't think I would want to use film like this very often, but I think it was fun and interesting. If I had a bigger aperture on the camera, it would have probably made the pictures brighter and more blue/green, but for an f8, not bad.

My Boyfriend's Sardines.

I'm very excited! The Boy and I finally developed our first roll of La Sardina pictures and for a plastic lens and a toy camera, the pictures turned out wonderfully.

Blooming Sardines.

My boyfriend and I are celebrating our anniversary next week and I've finally decided on a very lovely anniversary gift for him (and me!). I want to document my hopes and fears about it, and just generally look forward in excitement to when I get my hands on it: a yummy Lomography camera!

Now, I'm well aware it's a hipster cam. But whatever.

So why get one when I have a digital camera all ready? For the nostalgia! For the film! For the photos I can blow up and make cards and framed art with for my Etsy shop! (The last point is most certainly how I'm justifying such a weird purchase)

Anyway, I've all ready decided on the camera model I'll be getting for both the Boy and myself: La Sardina.

I'm still quite unsure of what camera design I would like for myself specifically, but we'll see when I finally get my mitts on one. Turns out all the really awesome designs are for the camera + flash set and I really can't justify spending that much on a single camera right now... (though their "Copernicus" model is super pretty!) I think for the Boy I'll more than likely be going with their 8Ball, Seoul Edition, or Sapphire Serpent  designs... can't decide yet.

Anyway, I'm very much inspired by the beautiful lomography pictures I've stumbled across on Flickr.

Bloom by this.is.epic