Double Exposures and Overlapping

So a great feature of the Diana Mini is you can easily make double exposures and overlap your images. I did it by accident in the beginning because I didn't read the manual. With the Diana Mini you can take a double exposure really easily. There is actually nothing stopping you from taking a double exposure every time. So if you forget to wind the film forward, you can continue to shoot over the same frame over and over and over! And also, if you don't advance the film all the way to the next frame there is nothing stopping you from taking another exposure, thus overlapping your images.

That is just the begining of the fun though. Cause with the Diana Mini you have the option to shoot in a square format or a vertical rectangular format. And if you don't shoot a blank frame in between when switching formats you'll get overlapping. So really if you don't think about what you are doing, each and every time you shoot, you can accidentally get overlapping or a double exposure!

Now that I've gotten used to how the camera works I want to use those techniques artistically. That being said, these ones aren't that fantastic but I wanted to show them off any way.

Double exposure of Leah eating apple sauce.


Double exposure of Aidan and his train set.


Double exposure of Aidan and I.


Pancakes overlapping the parking lot across the street.


Aidan in two different chairs.

My First Roll of Film With My New Diana Mini!

So here it is! My first roll of film developed from my Diana Mini. I was so excited when I bought it that I hardly read the instruction manual before putting this roll in. That led to a few interesting overlaps and heads being slightly chopped. I'll upload those later, but for now I really wanted to show off my favorite portraits. Most of them are of Aidan, my best friend's three year old fire cracker. He was a great subject to shoot (though he was more interested in taking photos himself!)

Just goofing around in the living room.


Eating sweet potato fries.


Eating a hot dog (can you tell he likes to eat?)


Just Leah.

Leah and I.

Aidan fell asleep sitting on the ground! Poor little guy.


Playing the piano.


Playing a steel drum ... I think he is going to be a musician!

Kitty in the Window

Another shot from my walk around the city.

Me and my baby

Just put together these two cute photos of me and my fiance Gary. Love you babe!

Irakli and Nick

These expressions are priceless!

South Afrian Catus

Took these pictures while taking a walk around the city. You'd never guess it would be in the city right?

Lunch for One

Another from my roll of film for the Republic of Georgia.

The Two Sides of Tina aka ... the Tinas

Taking a bit of a break on the Vic Falls photos for something a little fun.
I found these photos on an old roll of film that I have been carrying around since I was living in the Republic of Georgia. We have a little naught and a little nice.

As a side note, I almost want to label this as wild life, cause Tina is a bit wild.

Taking a break after this

One last black and white photo before I leave for my trip to Victoria Falls.

Drugs, drugs, drugs ... some are good ... some are bad

On a day when I felt like I was having to take too many pills I did this little shoot ... with all my pills. I was just getting over a back spasm and it seemed like the right thing to do.

Self Portrait in the Bathroom

Did the title catch your attention? Well get your mind out of the gutter. Yes its true I got the idea for this while on the toilet, but its not a naughty picture. Here is the story .... I was at dinner after taking a run with my running club. When I went to the bathroom I looked up and was there was a mirror. I immediately thought of my film camera that was in my purse. So I set it up and just went for it. This is what I came up with ..

The roses and the tea pot

A little photo shoot I did in my old apartment involving roses that Gary gave me and my tea pot.

Self Portrait with Masquerade Mask

I received an awesome masquerade mask from Gary when I fist arrived in Tbilisi, Georgia over a year ago. For the longest time it was just a wall decoration. But when I was living in my first bachelor apartment, looking at it every day on the wall, I felt I just had to do something fantastic with it. And since I'd been wanting to do self portraits I decided I would wear it. Its a fairly simple portrait, simple lighting coming from my window .. I wanted the focus to lie on the mask. And even though I only used window light I think it created great high lights and it still has detail in the shadows.


There are some more shots that are similar to this and they may show up here eventually. But I still have so many other film pictures to put up. And I only want to post once a day .. so slowly but surely :)

Some More of Me

I needed to take a break from editing some engagement photos I took tonight.
Sooooooo .... Another self portrait! I like this one because Im just peeking around the camera. I really do like being behind the camera, but Ive decided that I need to do some self portraits. Ive got a few more from my black and white film that will come out shortly. I also like how grainy this film is. Very retro.

It's Not Always About Glamour

Ive been working with Black and White film a lot lately. Here is a self portrait I did. This was taken after another self portrait I did and while I was scrubbing off my make up I decided to take a picture. After developing the film myself, I got the negatives scanned so I could work with them in photoshop.

I thought that this one deserved a before and after because the negative started out really really flat. I did my best to bring back the detail of the water on my face and the make up under my eyes. Would love to hear any constructive criticism.


BEFORE
AFTER