Karly Brecher

This set is by Karly Brecher (karlyrebecca on Flickr)

Karly shoots with a Canon AE-1 Program. She uses whatever film she can get her hands on, which is usually the cheapest. She took two years of black and white film photography classes at her high school and continued on her own afterwards. Karly says she doesn't consider herself a photographer at all, she just likes taking pictures! 

Karly started screwing around with film when her friend Maya dipped her film in water to mess with the colors. Most of the photos featured here were pre-soaked in bleach, salt and she reckons probably some other random stuff she found in her kitchen! 

A big fan of "happy accidents", Karly says she wasn't bothered when the photo lab messed up the framing of her shots. We think it adds perfectly to the images, especially with the brilliant pinks and reds.

Alexander Hernandez

This set is by Alexander Hernandez (SomeDumbRobot on Flickr)

These photos were mainly shot using a Canon AE-1. Alexander mostly just takes pictures of the world around him to try to keep a sort of record. He says he used to want to be a writer when he was much younger and always really considered himself an observer. He kept a notebook with just "observations" of the world around him and says in that sense all the pictures he takes are just basically that just in photograph form instead of written.

We think he's captured some wonderful moments in time, the camera helps make the photographs as beautiful as they are but it's the personal meaning behind each one that makes them really special.

Daniel Schultz

This set is by Daniel Schultz (ddddaniel on Flickr)

Daniel shot the double exposures with a point-and-shoot camera he bought at a thrift store for $2. He prefers to shoot on film he buys at second-hand stores when he can find it. Daniel doesn't do a lot of portraiture, so few people show up in his photographs; his great interest is in lines and spaces interacting in urban settings: "urban geometry."

We think this is a really beautiful collection of images, the colours are stunning and the compositions make them so interesting - there's a lot going on to draw the eye, and almost as if there's pictures within the pictures. Great work.

Mallory Shriver

This set is by Mallory Shriver (malloryshriv on Flickr)

Mallory shot these photos using an old Minolta X-370 that she got from her mother.  She chose to capture the land near her house and destroy the photos to symbolize how we are destroying nature not just in her tiny rural town, but across the globe.

She then soaked it in a cup of bleach for one minute before taking it in for developing. Mallory says she loves destroying film for the meaning behind it and the sheer excitement of not knowing if or how the photographs will turn out.

We think she has achieved amazing results. We love the colours!

Diana F+ Review

My friends bought me a Diana F+ for my birthday back in January, but I've only just had the first film back. Oops!

I did find it really difficult to use though which was perhaps why I wasn't more keen to use it. I don't like how when you wind it on it doesn't stop on the next exposure like 35mm film cameras do, you have to keep your eye on it to make sure you don't wind too far. This is perhaps why I only got 4 photos out of the whole roll (two the same), as opposed to the 12 I was supposed to get!

I really like the look of the photos though so perhaps with more practice I'll get the hang of it! I just loaded another film, using the youtube video below for help, so I'll get using it soon.  I made a bit of a rookie mistake of putting the film in the wrong side of the camera, then wondered why it wasn't winding on! Fail.

Oh and in case you're interested I used Lomography Color Negative 120 film :)