Dodgy plastic camera from the 60s + expired film = surreal, overexposed blurry pictures that look amazing (to me).
Parents/relatives/grandparents: Aiyoh, why your photo so blur? You neber use auto focus?
Me: It's meant to be like that.
Parents/relatives/grandparents: Shake of head, wondering about their offspring's lack of ability to take proper photos.
I do have a lomo, the one that takes 4 shots at slightly different angles, but each photo is tiny and the colour is never as rich. But before I plonk down for a holga, LCA or Diana, I can't figure out where to get medium format film or process it now that everyone is on digital. I chanced upon this flickr site with beautiful pictures and it turns out it is shot in singapore. Look at the intensity of that blue sky! Now I desperately want a lomo but I'm not sure if I can recreate the same effect...Another link to lomo pictures of singapore - trust me, definitely an unusual take on the familiar.
Ps: I'm actually meant to be studying radiology right now, which is coincidentally also about making sense of blurry black and white shots...
