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Lomo LC-A

Same Nottingham, Different Day [Street Candy MTN 100]

Images shot on Street Candy MTN 100 in the Lomo LC-A This wasn’t the first roll of monochrome film I’ve shot around the streets of Nottingham – because this one was – and I’m pretty sure it won’t be the last. It certainly won’t be the last that I blog about here … Read more

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Blessed With a Bargain Black and White Film in Barcelona [AgfaPhoto APX 100]

Images shot on AgfaPhoto APX 100 in the Lomo LC-A If you’re reading this, which you are, you are blessed. Hear me out. I don’t mean you’re blessed to be reading my disjointed documentations of days gone by. I mean more that you’re blessed to have the ability to read this. That … Read more

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Shooting Black and White in the City of Light [Ilford HP5 Plus 400]

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Images shot on Ilford HP5 Plus 400 in the Lomo LC-A Paris. The City of Light. Ville lumière. It’s not the only place in the world with that nickname. There are loads of them. Baghdad, Lucerne, Perth, Venice, to name but a few. Wolverhampton. The list goes on. And so does this … Read more

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Shooting in the Streets With an ISO 50 Film [Ilford Pan F Plus 50]

Images shot on Ilford Pan F Plus 50 in the Lomo LC-A Shooting fluid scenes with moving subjects in changeable lighting conditions – i.e. out in the streets – with an ISO 50 film is not recommended. Don’t get me wrong with that wording. I’m not recommending that you don’t do it. … Read more

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Getting Some Sea Air in Weston-super-Mare [Kodak Ultramax 400]

Images shot on Kodak Ultramax 400 in the Lomo LC-A Another blog post, another film photography essay here on My Favourite Lens, and it’s another stroll around a British seaside town. I’ve published a few of these already, which you can find under this tag here, and I have more … Read more

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Walking Around Wollaton Park With the Lomo LC-A [Lomography Color Negative 400]

Images shot on Lomography Color Negative 400 in the Lomo LC-A In a previous blog post on this site, I talked about the first roll of film I put through my original Soviet Lomo LC-A. It was some Ilford HP5 Plus that I shot around the streets of Nottingham. When … Read more

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A Black and White Ramble in Mansfield [Ilford FP4 Plus 125]

Images shot on Ilford FP4 Plus 125 in the Lomo LC-A The sun was out and I wanted to shoot some film. I didn’t really care what film, or with which camera, or even where to shoot it. All I knew was I didn’t want to waste the good light … Read more

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Do Your Photography and Let the World Argue and Discuss Itself to Death [Oriental Seagull 400]

Images shot on Oriental Seagull 400 in the Lomo LC-A This post is going to feature a bunch of shots from Scarborough beach, shot on Oriental Seagull 400 film in the Lomo LC-A. Which is apt, considering the subjects in that image above. But it isn’t going to be about … Read more

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Colour Nottingham Street Photography With the Lomo LC-A [Fujicolor C200]

Images shot on Fujicolor C200 in the Lomo LC-A The first roll of film I ever put through the wonderful Lomo LC-A was some Ilford HP5 Plus which, as you may well know, is a black and white one. I used it to shoot some street shots around Nottingham, which was good … Read more

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Shooting Birnbeck Pier on Monochrome Film [Ilford XP2 Super 400]

Images shot on Ilford XP2 Super 400 in the Lomo LC-A Since returning to the UK from my time living in Shanghai, I’ve found myself attracted more to the British seaside towns than I have the inland cities when it comes to going somewhere to shoot some film and write blog posts … Read more

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Monochrome Nottingham Street Photography With the Lomo LC-A [Ilford HP5 Plus 400]

Images shot on Ilford HP5 Plus 400 in the Lomo LC-A When I lived in Shanghai, wandering around with my Yashica Electro and shooting in the streets was my number one creative pastime. For some reason though, when I came back to England I didn’t feel so keen to walk … Read more

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