So Yes?
I have finally developed another film roll from my old 70′s camera called Yashica FX-D Quartz! The roll was an Ilford 400 ASA Black & White, the Mercedes of film rolls.
( Ellen )
This afternoon was an exciting one, I went to pick up the shots I took last Saturday when I went on a stroll with Sara and her dog Ellen. All the shots in this post is a “best of” collection from the developed black & white film roll I got today. The roll held a total of 31 shots and over here I’ll give you the eight best shots..
( Sara )
What bugs me the most with shooting with a very old camera, and the whole old school shooting thing is the very expensiveness of it all.. For this set of frames I had to flush away 30 euros.. Think of that for a second, you could get like 4 mid-price CD’s for the same amount of money.. The roll was 10 euros and the development of the thing was 20 euros. So your naturally kinda pissed off if there are any unsharp or jammed up shots when you get your first look at the pictures..
But the joy one feels going through all the shots is priceless. To be a photographer in the 70′s had to be awesome, nowadays you fire away around 2000 shots at a live show, and back in the day you got like 20 on a good day. I will definitely keep shooting old school shots as long as I can afford it..
( Tage )
( Sara & Ellen )
( Sara )
This was a perfect day for the 35mm Camera. The sky was blue, the sun was shining, the wind did not exist and there was snow all over the place. Even Ellen seemed to like the fact that I brought the Old Schooler along instead of some new shit with 200 CCD’s and 4000 Mega pixels, she seemed to say..
I think this was my fifth time shooting analog pictures. I have shot about 8 rolls of oldies but only a nice 60% of them have made it through the developers office. Two of my previous rolls I totally trashed when me and the camera had different ideas on how to remove the roll from the camera, and one of my rolls made it through an epic fail at the store..
Luckily none of these rolls were filled with shots of Michael Jackson eating porridge with Miley Cyrus – it was mostly test shooting stuff from around my house and other types of nonsense, but naturally I’ve been quite pissed off more than once with this camera…
( Sara & Ellen )
I only have two more shots to post, and I’m all out of stories for today.. Hopefully you enjoyed some of the shots, and after all, this blog post cost me 30 euros, 5kg’s of energy and several hours of developing, scanning and shooting stuff..
It is probably the most expensive blog post in my entire career! So be sure to go through the shots twice 
.. And here you go, the last shots of today! And yes, I have even noticed that these shots all together were more expensive than the entire camera.. That’s nice!
( Sara & Ellen )
( Sara & Ellen )
All of these shots were scanned with an Epson Stylus 8400, I think, from the hard copies of the developed pictures I got from the photo store. So, now you know.. Have a great day people, go shoot some old school shit!
// Tage – The stroller
16.3.2010 kl. 9:51 am
Okay…I hope you’re really satisfied with the shots and that spending those 30 euros was worth it.
I happen to like what you’ve done with the Yashica FX-D. It’s like…you’ve choose the best time to make some black and white pictures, the fact that it’s still winter gives them a little cold freshness and fresh is always good!
Ellen seems like a great dog. I seriously have a thing for dogs, so… <333
Sara looks great, too, I love her face! She rules on the "Sara and Ellen…" shot, but she's also pretty cool on the second one and the one at the bridge of Haapaniemi.
And by the way, your stairway to heaven gives me the optical illusion that it's a stairway to nothing…but hey – Heaven is not here.
16.3.2010 kl. 11:10 am
Elkku is the best of the best!
16.3.2010 kl. 12:11 pm
Stefani —>>> I sure am glad that I spent the 30 euros on this insert
The black and white stuff on a sunny day really gives a certain freshness to our everyday lives. And Ellen is a really good dog, she is only one year old or so, but still quite calm, some days or at least when she is asleep… Sara is perfect for the 70′s camera, don’t know what does it, but the black & white fits her well..
Haha, love your ending, you must have given that line at least 2 days of thinking through
Sara —>>> Elkku sure is the best of the best of the bestest!
16.3.2010 kl. 6:42 pm
Very nice pictures, they warm a mother’s hart! Sara is the most beautiful among girls, Tage is the best of photgraphers and Ellen is wild but very amiable…Thank you dear Tage!
16.3.2010 kl. 6:45 pm
Of course I meant that they warm my heart…
16.3.2010 kl. 7:01 pm
Oj så fina bilder du har
Har du en ixus 45?
16.3.2010 kl. 7:03 pm
Jag använder en IXUS 80.
Den har såndä red-eye removal.
16.3.2010 kl. 7:06 pm
Wow..min ixus 38,5 har en macro funkiton. Blommor blir fina i närbild. Annars fotar ja mest rostiga rör o tegelväggar med graffiti
16.3.2010 kl. 7:42 pm
Du e så siisti!
Ja tror jag ska nu gå o fota fjärilar.
16.3.2010 kl. 8:39 pm
Mutter —>>> Thank you very much for your kind words, I’ll be sure to tell Sara that she is the most beautiful girl…
16.3.2010 kl. 11:53 pm
We’re no strangers to love, You know the rules and so do I, A full commitment’s what I’m thinking of, You wouldn’t get this from any other guy. I just wanna tell you how I’m feeling. Gotta make you understand
17.3.2010 kl. 12:47 am
18.3.2010 kl. 9:13 pm
Nää on ehkä siisteimmistä päästä mitä oot kuvannu. Superr.
18.3.2010 kl. 11:20 pm
Kiitos!
Old school on kyllä se uusi musta!
Mut se on niin perkelen kallista ottaa näitä kuvia, ja kun ei ikinä tiiä mitä niistä tulee niin on hieman lotto-touhua..
20.3.2010 kl. 12:50 pm
Mmm totta, mut ainaki toistaseks oot saanu onnistuneita kuvia
20.3.2010 kl. 1:27 pm