these aren't wishes! these are "I will have's" :D

Soon I will own:

                                     Lomo Diana F+

                           Lomo Diana F+ Mr. Pink

                                Lomo Fisheye No. 2

                                         Ringflash

I at first wanted the original Diana F+ but perusing more on the site I found the Mr. Pink and then read an article on a Lomo event they recently had in NYC where the Mr. Pink was unveiled and since it is an online-only limited exclusive, it won me over. I already have the hot pink Lomo Fisheye, so why not start a trend.

I am so excited to start this adventure with a new type of photography. Over winter break and at the start of the semester I was worried what my independent study class project would be and then when I started thinking about my senior thesis would be - I kinda panicked. I've been so lost creatively and haven't felt inspired by anything. I haven't felt the need to photograph anything particular. I was bored with what previously excited me. 

Then Kelli got me the hot pink fisheye for my christmas present. I was so surprised, loved it immediately. I didn't think it would turn into anything big, just something silly to play with. I then decided that using a fisheye would be the basis of my independent study project. Not quite sure what direction it would end up, all I knew is that the images would solely be fisheye.

The past could of class meetings for my independent study we have just been going over ideas for what we want the semester project to be. Everyone seemed to have a clear path of what they wanted, what they've been inspired by, and had tons of ideas. It then worried me even more how lost I was and how badly I needed to focus.

This past weekend I have been looking at the Lomo site at all the various cameras, seemingly inexpensive for what they are (granted when the FIRST Lomo's arrived on the scene in the 60s, they could be found for as cheap as $1 !!!). Looking at the cameras and how something so simple, small, and made of plastic could make such beautiful images, I felt a rush of ideas come to me and I knew I had to have these cameras. That in the near future I needed to start shooting and create.

The unfortunate part to all of this is that we no longer (to my knowledge) have a color-film lab at school. I will have to not only get them developed somewhere, but I will have to either get the images on a cd or scan them in (and I'm opting for the cd cause scanning is way too time consuming :[ ). Therefore I will then have to print them digitally. It'll be okay in the end and I'll have great images (I hope) to work with, but it would still be nice to have the option to print them myself, slaving away in the darkroom for hours. But even though they'll have to be printed digitally, I'm going to refrain (try as best I can) not to alter any of them digitally except for sizing. After the first few test rolls with each of the new cameras, I'll have to see if I can get a grasp of how they shoot, etc and see if I can live with that, or if I think there will be an advantage of enhancing them somewhat in Photoshop. But that decision will come later. 

As for now, I'm ordering these cameras and the ringflash (yay!). I may add on another camera, there are so many to choose from! Sigh. 

I'm so happy I finally have a road to follow and can't wait to see what the results will be :D

Oh! A new project in the works after I took a trip to Taco Bell tonight with Camille and Ashley. The outcome will be surprising, random, and fun. Of course I'm not the only person to have ever done it, but really, these days - when is something original, but it will be the first time I have exclusively done a project using this technique. I'm looking forward to it :)