Ciclavia 10/5/14 - Diana cityspots

A continuation of these photos from the Ciclavia on 10/5/14 through the downtown LA area and over to Boyle Heights and a perfect demonstration of why I love Ciclavia: exploring new parts of LA and being able to stop in the middle of the street to shoot photos without getting run over.

I looked at this entire roll and thought ".. and that's why I love the Diana 120 and film."

these are all over small clothing shops in downtown LA and other area and they are creepy/weird to me, but I'm so drawn to them...

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OK! THESE ARE PHOTOS. FROM ciclavia. ON October 5 of year 2014 CE as shot BY A CHEAP toy CAMERA that CONSUMES FILM, of the MEDIUM format OR 120, called the DIANA. IT is very LOVELY and DELICATE, and I DO Not LIKE TO admit it BUT, HOWEVER, CONtra I ENJOY shooting WITH IT much better than the HOLGA. FOR THIS set, Instead of the BEGINNING of our TRIP, the END is where I BEGIN.

Ciclavia Wilshire - 4/6/2014 Diana

...in my recent productive sprees, I also managed to develop some film that's been sitting around for a while, including this one from Ciclvia earlier this year in April. And because the next Ciclavia is next weekend on Sunday October 5, I figured I should try to maybe sort of catch up on my photos from last time. The next month is so busy with the normal work in addition to Ciclvia, a memorial, music, possible trip to Knotts & a trip to San Francisco to meet up with my sister and, and and..... SO MUCH TO DO.

I have no idea what happened with this roll. I'm pretty sure I shot this with my Diana, but I'm wondering if I switched the counter window from 12 to 16 exposures or something because I had weird double exposures. Regardless, I was able to pull some photos from this roll. Joy! Click for larger versions

I love this one the most! I think it's was a few different exposures at or around LACMA

Double exposing: walls and others

I sometimes like to make arbitrary rules and limitations with art projects. Although I often like arts, crafts and photography because of the freedom and creativity that they allow for, at the same time I understand that rules can help enhance creativity. Limitations force you to come up with new solutions instead of always seeking out the first thing that comes to mind or using only the "correct" solution. Sometimes this comes in the form of "I'm going to finish this project with things I already have on hand". Other days it's even a finer limitation of using only a subset of tools or techniques to achieve something. Other times, it means making up a new set of rules along the way. Of course, this idea isn't completely new - there's a whole list of surrealist techniques that pretty much are their own, unique sets of rules/guidelines that help bring about new and different result.

Anyway, last weekend I was walking around near my home doing errands, when I decided to shoot some photos with my Diana camera. I noticed a window that was interesting and at that point decided I would do a series of double exposures, with windows/walls consisting at least one of the exposures.  I also kinda forgot I had the 16 exposure mask on in the camera, which meant I accidentally cut some edges off that I thought would be there. Ooops. Regardless, this is my resulting set. I decided to post all of them vs. picking through. I sometimes feel like I'm kinda living on the edge by only taking single exposures with my film cameras (For the love of God, bracket!!!!!!), but at the same time, unless you shoot the film completely one time and then reload the film and shoot it again, it would be difficult for double exposures to be "bracketed". So, yup, that's what you get. I really like some of them, some were a little "eh". I do think some would have been better with a 3rd exposure. So, I think I might try the surrealist "triptography" technique at some point. I also think, based on the last photo, it might be fun to do a series where the same photo was shot as a double, triple or quadruple exposure with only camera rotations each time.

CicLAvia #7, 6/23/13!, diana #2

LACMA Levitating Mass

LACMA lamppost art installation

La Brea - tarpits & mammoth sculptures

Sooo busy recently and so much more to do in the near future. Last night my sewing machine was finally fixed. Recently it had been angry and nothing I did resolved it's issues. Now that it's working, I have 6 months of sewing projects backlog to catch up on!

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CicLAvia #7, 6/23/13!, diana #1

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Shell Beach, Diana+

Shell Beach in Pismo Beach, CA

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Solvang, Diana+

Solvang, CA

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Hearst Castle Diana+, part 2

Hearst Castle shot with Diana+, part 2

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truck sides, part 2ish

Refridgerated Delivery Truck, Morro Bay, CA

Los Angeles Fire Department Truck, Hollywood, CA

truck sides

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