digital vs. analog: the photo blog of jen langman

Lake Erie, I love you.

So, it was such a beautiful day this past Saturday my husband and I took a trip to a new little park off of Lake Erie shores I've heard about not long ago but always passed by. It's a little place called Columbia Road Park and from the street it really looks like nothing... until you walk towards the lake and look down. You're greeted by a stairway that takes you down to a tiny little shore covered in multi-colored stones, a little dirt and sand, some beautiful cliffs and to my surprise a pretty large waterfall pouring into the lake. Absolutely gorgeous! I'm pretty sure this might be one of my new favorite places now. Small, serene and beautiful. 

There just happens to be a thick fog over the lake... next to the lke freezing over this is one of my favorite things. I saw a flock of geese (maybe ducks?) swiming in the distance covered mostly by the fog. 

I also played around with TtV photography (Through the Viewfinder). It's a type of photography where you take a digital camera and photograph the top viewfinder of a vintage camera. This is a way to use the camera if you can't use film with it due to the film not existing.  Luckily the Argus 75 I used for this technique can still take rolls of modified 120 film, hooray! (I also took shots with this camera, will share once developed!)

Enjoy,

J

This last shot is one of the views from the viewfinder of an Argus 75.

Analog Ambassador: Frozen Cleveland

So, I'm not sure what it's like in your neck of the woods... but here in the Cleveland, Ohio area it's like winter tried to start... but then early summer decided it was ready to start.  I usually love when Lake Erie freezes over as it makes for some pretty awesome photo ops, but this year I had to settle for some snow and a few iced over branches. Let me be clear: this is not a complaint! I am definitely not mad about the lack of snow, but I don't have my usual arsenal of frozen snowy photos.  

So, one of the few snowy days we had this year I took out the Holga with some Fujifilm color 120 film. The good people at oldschoolphotolab developed it and scanned it for me as part of the analog ambassador program. I did a few adjustments in Photoshop. A light curve adjustment to make the image colors pop a little more and a dust & scratches to make sure any dust or stuff on the camera lens goes away. (see my tutorial here)

Next roll I've been doing some portraits and hoping those turned out well (the back of my camera accidentally slipped off in a lighted area as I pulled it out of my bag, eek!.. perhaps a HUGE light leak?). I also plan to do some fun double exposures... this was one of my favorite things to do with film in the past, can't wait to try it out with a Holga. It's definitely been a fun experience getting to know the Holga. 

                   

                   

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This post is part of the Analog Ambassador program hosted by Old School Photo Lab. I won the peoples choice making me the fifth Analog Ambassador. The good people at Old School Photo Lab provided me with my first Holga camera and several rolls of 120 film they also develop in exchange I blog about my experiences with film.  You can read my entry here, or see past posts here. Be sure to check out oldschoolphotolab.com for all your film developing needs!

 

Analog Ambassador: The Flats in Color

I've blogged about the Flats before (read here, here, & here). I only ended up getting one shot of my favorite area with the last roll I developed from my Holga that I won through oldschoolphotolab.com's Analog Ambassador contest. 

This was also an accidental double exposure... couldn't tell you what was shot before this? Oops! 

I'm really enjoying how the images are coming out. I'm a newbie to 120 film and Holga's so it was a bit intimidating at first... now it's starting to feel like second nature.  

So here is another image for my Cleveland Flats project: Water Taxi

 

I got another series of images coming up! This one is the odd one out so it gets its own post! 

 

This post is part of the Analog Ambassador program hosted by Old School Photo Lab. I won the peoples choice making me the fifth Analog Ambassador. The good people at Old School Photo Lab provided me with my first Holga camera and several rolls of 120 film they also develop in exchange I blog about my experiences with film.  You can read my entry here, or see past posts here. Be sure to check out oldschoolphotolab.com for all your film developing needs!

 

Engagement Session Preview: Tiffany & Adam at Whipps Ledges

Shot an engagement session yesterday in Whipps Ledges part of the Hinckley Metroparks Reservation in Northeast Ohio. Here's a lil' preview! I won't be photographing their wedding as I am in it, but it was a fun lil' photoshoot! 

 

 

Event Announcement: Analog's Pulse... A weekend of film photography fun in Cleveland!

 

I'm so excited to share this new event! Aperture Photography & Variety Store is this great lil' analog photography shop in Tremont Ohio. Filled with all things film photography from refurbished Polaroids, vintage cameras, a fridge full of a variety of film and Impossible Project film.   This event is going to be pretty awesome so be sure to add it to your calender and join us for a great film filled weekend of fun! 

Check out Aperture's blog for more details!