SMS (Code 2) or (Code 6)

In Greece, due to COVID, a 24-hour restriction on movement has been imposed, with exceptions. Outside movement is allowed only for specific reasons and by sending an SMS to the five-digit mobile phone service 13033. SMS (Code 2) is for going to the supermarket if it is not possible for groceries to be delivered. SMS (Code […]

snow

Shot almost an entire roll of HP5 during the heavy snow in Athens in February and managed to mess up most frames with my finger in front of the lens, because I  was wearing giant gloves 😂😀😂 like so: I did learn a valuable lesson about the combination of heavy gloves and compact cameras :). I […]

Till we meet again

Time’s been moving slow. Sometimes even backwards. Took me two months to gather up enough color rolls to develop. So now, it’s Xmas again. Back and forth we go. Till we meet again, here’s some photos. ╱╲❀╱╲╱╲❀╱╲╱╲❀╱╲ «Οι μοιραίοι»: 𐄁𐄙𐄁𐄙𐄁𐄙𐄁𐄙𐄁𐄙𐄁𐄙𐄁𐄙𐄁 𐄁𐄙𐄁𐄙𐄁𐄙𐄁𐄙𐄁𐄙𐄁𐄙𐄁𐄙𐄁 𐄁𐄙𐄁𐄙𐄁𐄙𐄁𐄙𐄁𐄙𐄁𐄙𐄁𐄙𐄁 Russian camera witchcraft: New Year’s Eve: 𐄁𐄙𐄁𐄙𐄁𐄙𐄁𐄙𐄁𐄙𐄁𐄙𐄁𐄙𐄁 Working gal: Me, inside the house: […]

Soviet and Japanese M42 lens shootout. A quarantine experiment.

THE BACKGROUND I haven’t shot my Pentax rig in years. That’s because there was a mirror lock-up problem on both my Pentax bodies (SP 500 and ES), which was really annoying, so both bodies stayed in a cupboard, collecting dust for years, along with my collection of M42-mount lenses. This Friday, since I had some […]

Pre-lockdown black and whites

Here’s a few black and whites from before the latest lockdown, developed in D-76 :) 2x Ilford HP5 at 640: at Dosirak At Pantelis’ place: 2x Ilford Delta 400 (Rolleiflex): Michalis, Pantelis, Michalis & Pantelis: Very happy with how this one came out: Nondas, Harry, Harry & Nondas: To wrap things up, here’s a few […]

Summer to Fall

Developing color film at home is great, but it takes quite a while to gather at least 10-12 films for the entire, 1lt, developer batch. So, here are some photos spanning from August to October: ! CAUTION: LONG POST ! (2x) Kodak Portra 160 Agia Marina: loved this view from the house, and took a […]

August hangs + Street

Various shots from here and there around Athens in August, shot on Kentmere 400 (pushed to 1600), Kentmere 100 and Delta 100. I’ve picked out the street shots from all 3 films and added them to a “Street” section in the end :)   Love this long exposure from the concert of the Kalogerakis Bros […]

COMPACT DIARY 4

4 Kodak Pro Photo 100 films, shots with the my trusty compact camera, a Pentax PC35AF, between June & July, and developed at home using Tetenal’s Colortec :) urban jungle at the Pedion tou Areos: Doom (Jim): Harry:   Eirini’s surprise party: Lee: The sky was a strange color that day, but not THAT strange! […]

Urbanité

As usual, I was waiting to shoot at least 5-6 B&W films before mixing a fresh batch of XTOL to develop them. So, some of the photos are recent and others were shot sometime in the past 2-3 months, even dating back to the quarantine in spring. Enjoy :) 2 x Ilford HP5 pushed to […]

Quarantine Home Cookin’

I and @marta.alonsoo had shot about 12 color rolls before the Corona-Quarantine, including a huge weekend photoshoot with Nastia, and since we couldn’t take them or send them to any lab for development, we decided to finally get into developing C41 at home. I have been developing black and white myself for more than a decade, […]