XA2

Kent Snow 2010

2010-12-06T15:39:00.000-08:00

From then until now

2010-11-21T09:33:00.001-08:00

more pairs. (from London, Lisbon and Rio de Janeiro)

2010-10-18T15:26:00.000-07:00

more photos HERE

some more Double-Exposures

2010-10-16T05:10:00.000-07:00

Croatia

2010-09-16T13:51:00.000-07:00

Went on honeymoon recently. Here's a few of my XATwos. Ax

NYC

2010-08-16T05:27:00.001-07:00

Double-Exposure between Portugal (Lisbon) and Brazil (Rio)

2010-07-26T03:03:00.001-07:00

Shoot

2010-05-19T04:26:00.000-07:00

Some images for a cover with my XA2. Ax

London Springs

2010-04-27T06:42:00.000-07:00

Spring is sprung. We have the beautiful interior of St Martin's in the Field church, Hockney exhibition pack-up, beautiful piece of Sarah Lucas/Tracey Emin ilk, contrails the day before the volcano started, Michael and tulips. Ax

What happened late March and Easter

2010-04-09T17:26:00.000-07:00

Michael and I went to see 'The Little Dog Laughed' at the Garrick Theatre

Fellow XA2 bloggee Alia and I went to the Lina Scheynius photography exhibition on Mare Street and found this magical garage stuffed full of antique furniture.

I travelled via Charing Cross by mistake, so took the train from Waterloo East instead of London Bridge.

Bridge into Waterloo

Then I got the train back to London from Tunbridge Wells.

The Hot Quiz Buns got 14/40 on the Easter pub quiz at the Prince of Wales, Clapham, proving that 2 heads are better than 5.

My boyfriend and I went up north to my family for Easter

I don't often get pictures of my dad, but this is very him - outside, cigarette, recipe book, telling the children off.

We went to church on Easter Sunday

Back in Balham - BLOSSOM! BEAUTIFUL!

Jazzy van parked up by the Royal Festival Hall

The view when sitting at my desk, which has been happening a lot lately. Ax

800 speed Marvelling

2010-03-06T09:25:00.000-08:00

Hello. My flash is broken at the moment, and what with it still being quite grey and dark every day, I've been getting some quite fuzzy images recently. Anyways, I whipped in an 800 speed film on the off-chance that my pictures might get a bit less blurry, and the difference in shutter speed has been fantastic. Here's a couple I took in Soho .... normally in this kind of light with a 200 film, my camera would click to start the exposure, I'd have to hold very steady, and then it would click again, having taken the picture. With the 800, its been a click and done. Which, when sans flash, is useful to have around. Going to see how a 400 film works for me this weekend as not been able to track down any 800 in Balham, but we'll see how they come out. Ax

Battersea Power Station

2010-02-15T12:55:00.000-08:00

A lovely surprise at the end of the roll. Ax

Até Mais Ver

2010-02-15T12:44:00.000-08:00

Her off t'XA2 blog, Sara Feio, has moved back to Portugal for a few months. This is her fuzzy and yellow-tinged leaving do. Ax

Editz

2010-02-09T17:35:00.000-08:00

Play with your formats and see how you can lift your pictures. Ax

subtle differences

2010-01-12T00:44:00.000-08:00

A 200, a 400 and a 1600 film all mixed up...

Jelly.

2010-01-05T14:06:00.001-08:00

My little brother is mad about jelly, so we got him a jelly mould for his birthday. He literally SQUEAKED with happiness. This is the first jelly. Ax

Cups.

2010-01-05T14:05:00.001-08:00

Snowed In

2010-01-05T02:00:00.000-08:00

Woweee, it has snowed and snowed and snowed the past couple of weeks, leaving my lovely little country looking postcard pretty all festive season. Luckily, there has been plenty of sunlight to reflect off the snow, helping us discover another ideal weather condition for the XA2. Here be my snow day pictures! Ax

p.s. this being a constant voyage of discovery, I also found out this month that my camera is quite aquaphobic. Having put an unused roll of film in the washing machine with my clothes, I am in a position to advise drying it out on the radiator and popping it in the camera-it will jam a few photos in. Changing films mid-snow, and getting snow inside the camera and on the film, again, jam. Don't bother. Dry film, no trouble, wet film, lots.

colya karcher of LAN http://www.sugarcandymountain.com/videos.php

2010-01-02T14:53:00.000-08:00

Engagement parties & motorways

2009-12-29T13:19:00.001-08:00

Everyday life in London through the Olympus lens

2009-12-15T04:04:00.000-08:00

Portugal seen from the Olympus lens...

2009-12-14T10:56:00.000-08:00

Saying Bollox to Bad Lighting and Going For It Anyway.

2009-12-14T05:23:00.000-08:00

Like most cameras, XA2 photos taken in the dark tend to lack the beauty of those taken in fantastic light. However, throw in a few interesting /coloured lights into the space, surrender your flash, and with the unshakiest hands possible, fingers crossed you'll develop some absolute gems. Ax

Mistake.

2009-12-11T06:50:00.000-08:00

Every so often I slip up and flip the back of the camera open before I've rewound the film. At the time I berate myself, but it does make for an exciting result-product. Ax

Brighton

2009-12-09T09:29:00.001-08:00

Everyone seems to really like Brighton. I suppose it is fine enough. Ax

Hospital

2009-12-08T13:51:00.000-08:00

What with being magnificently clumsy myself and my loved ones being a bit daft, I manage to spend a great deal of time in various casualty waiting areas around the South East, usually in the early hours of the morning. The advantage of these visits are the additions to my hospital collection... there is always something slightly remote about a photograph taken within a hospital setting, but they capture something beautiful too. Ax

2009-12-08T09:11:00.000-08:00

A Cheshire barley field for you. As with most film cameras, the XA2 responds beautifully to a generous dose of natural light. Ax

Winter

2009-12-07T13:35:00.000-08:00

Gosh, it's cold out, isn't it? Much as the festive preparations are heart-warming, it's fricken freezing everywhere else. Here are some pictures of summer to warm you back up again and remind you that t shirts, parks and beaches will come back sometime. Ax

Kew

2009-11-26T09:05:00.000-08:00

Dear XA2 fans,

I take my camera everywhere, so my pictures are from out and about and everywhere. This composition came about after a visit to Kew Gardens. Not sure what the delightful fuzzy pink things are, but the floating pads are called Vitoria Regia, and their flowers only open fully on a cloudless night with a full moon. Ax

Some of my first XA2 images

2009-09-30T13:13:00.000-07:00

Why XA2s Are Good:

2009-09-28T14:59:00.001-07:00

The Olympus XA2! Is a Japanese compact camera that was produced from 1980 - 1986. It's a scaled down version of the professional XA. However, the quality of the lens is no different at all according to some opinions I've read on the net. The kinds of colours and photos it takes rivals Lomo photography, only this is much cheaper and easier to do. This camera really favours a laid back approach to photography and involves an element of risk taking, as the results that you can get from these cameras can be pretty strange and unexpected.