Letting highlights blow. I’m that much of a rebel.

I took this, maybe, Wednesday and there’s now a branded cover on the glass. Charlotte asked me how this makes me feel. My honest answer is “perverted”. And not in a sexy way.

More BlacKeys 44. Weaker roll, but I was just snapping. Leave me alone, I’m not on trial here.

That micro scooter made me happy. Like there was some kid in school doing important work on Christmas day. Lovely

Another post, another different film in Hipstamatic Disposable. Entering the fifth day of this app being the default camera app on my phone, I’m finding strange things. Firstly, I’m excited about hitting the end of a roll of film so I can see what came out and what didn’t. Secondly, I’m really getting into framing. Making sure the preview is absolutely as I want it before committing to the exposure. This sounds fundamentally obvious, but it’s so easy and cheap to absent-mindedly point and shoot even a DSLR that you just do it. You can easily marginally miss a great photo because you weren’t concentrating or you were rushing. Every time I “release” the “shutter” in Hipstamatic Disposable, there’s a little wave of excitement as I wonder how that shot will come out and I know the framing is the very best it can be because I poured over it. In today’s world of fast cars and instant previews, I don’t get that any more. It’s an unexpected, welcomed by-product.

So far, BlacKeys is my favourite style of film. I think black and white suits mobile phone cameras anyway, as you don’t get that horrible purple noise in low light – you just get that delightful haze of grain that I love.

Next up, I’ll be trying Foxy X69, which is described as “Hot as the day is long” with “shallow depth of field” and “scanned film border”. The colours in the previews look really vibrant without being over-saturated, so I’m excited to see what this can pull off in the delightful, grey winter we’re having. I’ll also probably keep a BlacKeys running for low light and other such black-and-white moments. Since you asked.

Saturday; the day I always reserve for video games and never end up playing any video games. Trying out my new 50mm ƒ1.4 instead. S’nice.

Trying something a bit harsher with processing. Not sure if I like it yet – will probably take them down tomorrow!

A friend tried to give me some artistic direction regarding taking photos and it made me lose all interest in doing it. I should’ve seen it coming. It’s rare that I respond to things appropriately.