Photographs and words by Invercargill photographer Rick Harvey
Here a few more shots taken on Lomography Earl Grey 100ASA black and white, using my Olympus Trip 35. You may have read the background story about this particular roll of film. It is actually the first black and white film that I have shot since the 1960s! Now that I am shooting film reasonably regularly I really must get into the habit of carrying a notebook with me to jot down little stories...
Lomography’s own website describes Earl Grey as “an exquisite black and white 35mm film”. Others describe it as a film with “nice fine grain and good contrast” and one that results in outstanding “black-and-white photos!” As for me – well, I’m no film reviewer. I just load a film into one of my cameras and shoot it, and the excitement of shooting film is that you really never know what the outcome is going...
I always thought Earl grey was a tea! If you’ve been following my Instagram feed you will have seen a handful of black and white photos posted there recently. This is part of the story behind those photos. In 2018 Lyn and I enjoyed a wonderful river cruise through Europe. I had packed my Olympus Trip 35 thinking that I might be able to find a couple of 35mm films, and pop them in, and...
It’s just over a year since I first posted about my Canon EOS1000F with a sticky shutter. At the time I fixed the issue I recall reading anecdotal evidence on the web saying that such a shutter clean would ensure reliable operation for about a year. So just over a year on from that sticky shutter clean I felt the time was about right to give the old girl another whirl and see how...
Shooting film with the Nikkormat FT2 was fun – and certainly a test of strength.
Hello – and welcome. My name is Rick Harvey – aka The Occasional Photoblogger.
Home for me is Invercargill in the deep south of New Zealand.
I take photographs for fun and I blog here at The Occasional Photoblogger for fun too.
As an opportunist photographer who enjoys taking photographs of ordinary things I see around me, I try to make them appear a little less ordinary and interesting. That doesn’t always happen though!
While it is always nice to have others appreciate my images, my primary goal is to take photographs that make me happy.
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