Mocking Bird » film http://www.mocking-bird.org/blog Mon, 06 Feb 2012 17:30:45 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Magical Canadian Experiences http://www.mocking-bird.org/blog/2012/01/10/magical-canadian-experiences/ http://www.mocking-bird.org/blog/2012/01/10/magical-canadian-experiences/#comments Tue, 10 Jan 2012 22:28:07 +0000 Amanda http://www.mocking-bird.org/blog/?p=4441

One of the best things about living in Canada is the time spent experiencing new things and ones that I dreamt about as a kid. Wandering around a Christmas tree farm, all snuggled up in our winter coats and boots is a fairytale kind of existence, if only for an afternoon. I guess when you grow up with it, it doesn’t seem so special but for me it was one of those purely magical moments that I will treasure forever. The same way I’ll remember my first muddy tromping through a pumpkin patch and my first play in real snow. I guess I’ll always be a kid at heart and I’m ok with that. We all need magic in our lives, no matter our age.

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We will always be beach girls.

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New Impossible Project (beta test) colour film? Oh, yeah!

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Spring feels like it’s finally here in Vancouver.  Oh, yeah! I see ranunculus and tulips at every flower stall in town and the cherry blossoms have arrived. Oh, the blossoms! 16th Ave and I have a date next week. It’s lined with sakura and I can’t wait to see her in full bloom. The magnolias are starting to bud and I am so giddy about all the little street gardens that are going to appear so very soon. Vancouver has amazing gardens in Spring and Summer. The gardens and blooms are one of my favourite things about this town. I plan on shooting lots of them this year, so be prepared to be bloomed.

Have a great weekend!

Taken at Wreck Beach and around Kitsilano with a Fuji Instax Mini.

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My ole Yashica can be pretty messed up at times. The light meter in this camera is not the best and sometimes gives me wonky exposures and colours but I often enjoy the crazy that comes because of it.

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I don’t know what made me post a love letter to Japan this week. My thoughts and prayers are with all our friends in Japan.

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Whilst sitting in a cafe last weekend, an older man in an adjacent booth, called out to me to inquire about my camera. He wanted to know if it was a manual Nikon as he had suspected. “No, it’s a Yashica.”, I replied, “My Nikon is at home.” He then launched into a conversation about old film cameras and we speculated over my camera’s age. I realised that I actually didn’t know how old my camera was (which made me feel silly) but he assured me that it must have been from the ’70s. I had thought it was more likely a later model from the ’80s. He seemed quite delighted that I was using something he remembered from his past. Conversation about cameras continued on with my new friend until my lunch arrived and he proclaimed, “Yes, I told my wife that that lady really knows her photography. She is using film.”

That sweet man was not the first to strike up conversation about my cameras. I have been stopped many times by strangers and never have they posed me questions of why. They’ve all greeted me with smiles and discussions of once owning similar cameras. Most of them walk away with a happy memory in their head. Experiencing these little interactions with strangers is just another reason why being a film camera user is so heart warming. Have you ever had these kinds of conversations with strangers?

p.s. I’ve since learned that my Yashica is from the mid 1980s.

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I’m more about the pictures than the words right now.

I’ve been playing with an expired pack of 669 that has sat on a shelf for the last few years. I love the colours even with the ghostly chemical splotches. Do you enjoy using films or cameras that are a bit experimental or do you prefer a cleaner look? Years ago, I would have considered these photographs a mistake but now I see the beauty in the crazy.

Speaking of film, Suzie of Black Eyed Angel has opened registrations for a film photography workshop she is running called Shooting the Breeze. Suzie shoots primarily with 35mm film and is a Radiohead fan…a girl after my own heart! The course is running from the 28th March to the 22nd May. You can register for the course here!

Thanks for all the wonderful recent comments about the book everyone. I truly appreciate them all!

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