The ability to imagine as a creature comfort
I am still getting film developed from my adventures over the past month or so. Early last month saw a half day visit out to the Tulip Festival for the first time in about a decade. Whilst there I decided to spend the morning photographing in ways that had not been available to me the last time I'd visited. One of those additions to my creative toolbag are the Lomochrome films such as Purple and Turquoise. I've had a lot of fun with Purple over the years. I really enjoy taking it into a good verdant forest, but in the last year or so I have been branching out a bit more with it. I recently did some extreme floral macros with the film and then shot this roll at the tulip fields. Of those exploratory photos, this one turned out as my favorite.
But having said that, it isn't the possession of this image that makes me smile. Rather it is the creative exploration and the sense of discovery that comes with being able to peek around the world and find/create scenes like this. It keeps the familiar fresh and wondrous, and of course the fresh and wondrous become doubly amazing. So much of our existence is lived in our heads (maybe all of it according to some), so I feel like keeping a keen sense of imagination and curiosity in turn makes that existence quite enjoyable and rich.
Hasselblad 500CM
Lomochrome Purple
The ability to imagine as a creature comfort
I am still getting film developed from my adventures over the past month or so. Early last month saw a half day visit out to the Tulip Festival for the first time in about a decade. Whilst there I decided to spend the morning photographing in ways that had not been available to me the last time I'd visited. One of those additions to my creative toolbag are the Lomochrome films such as Purple and Turquoise. I've had a lot of fun with Purple over the years. I really enjoy taking it into a good verdant forest, but in the last year or so I have been branching out a bit more with it. I recently did some extreme floral macros with the film and then shot this roll at the tulip fields. Of those exploratory photos, this one turned out as my favorite.
But having said that, it isn't the possession of this image that makes me smile. Rather it is the creative exploration and the sense of discovery that comes with being able to peek around the world and find/create scenes like this. It keeps the familiar fresh and wondrous, and of course the fresh and wondrous become doubly amazing. So much of our existence is lived in our heads (maybe all of it according to some), so I feel like keeping a keen sense of imagination and curiosity in turn makes that existence quite enjoyable and rich.
Hasselblad 500CM
Lomochrome Purple