Another busy day

I've done the first day of the toy camera workshop today, and I'm now a proud owner of a 120N Holga camera. It is indeed as plasticy and flimsy as they claim, but I'm really looking forward to seeing the photos - I shot several films today and we'll be seeing to photos tomorrow.

It's quite exciting - Holga uses square medium format 120 mm film, well, it uses film which is a new thing for me. The whole process of putting the film in, winding it in - and remembering to do it after each photo is all very retro and fun.

On the course we took the morning going through some theory - not that there's much - and looking over some of the more common toy camera models. In the afternoon we made a little field trip to the close-by park in Yaletown with lots of funky curves and stones, and then to Granville Island. I have really no idea how the photos will turn out, but I guess there's only one way to find out. I was also taking some photos with my Lensbaby - the photo on the left is taken with the instantly gratifying digital baby.

After the exiting - but rainy and cold - field trip it was off to work for me. I wasn't expecting anyone else to be in the office anymore as others were coming in at nine in the morning - but whole gang was there. Turns out that the promise to have everything working at nine was hugely exaggerated - they could only start testing maybe an hour before I came in... I'm so glad it wasn't me. Frustrating.

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