roaringtree
I am a photographer who loves to find the unique aesthetic of underdog cameras, pinhole cameras and alternative processes. Chief among underdog cameras is my all plastic Recesky TLR which I have used extensively and learned to embrace its limitations and unique character.
I especially love to convert broken medium format cameras to pinhole taking off the glass lens and defective shutter giving them a second life. It is not difficult to do but measurements from pinhole plate to film must be very accurate!
Self-made cameras are great and I make them quirky with whatever I have to hand so they cost next to nothing. There is something really special about photography when it involves a little bit of thought and determination beyond just the gear.
I also love to use 35mm film in lo-fi 126 and medium format cameras to bring them back to life, plus you get sprockets too!
I recently (end of 2022) discovered a love of creating cyanotypes and printing photos using acetate negatives.. quite a journey to understand the creative possibilities. This even includes creating 'in camera' cyanotypes, a whole new journey fraught with difficulty and needing a lot of time and light. I have only managed to share 2 successful in-camera cyanotypes so far (more failure than success but still learning).
In early summer 2023 I discovered the creative possibilities of 'in camera' lumen photography mainly using expired B&W photo paper and self-made cameras from scrap wood. This is probably the steepest learning curve I have ever been on, it is also quite addictive and obsessive! (A bonus with self made lumen cameras is that I sometimes get to use the lenses from the broken cameras I convert to pinhole)
In camera lumens are my favourite medium now as they are so wildly unpredictable. I don't think I have ever been able to reliably replicate results and may never truly understand the process.
I find the photos uploaded by my friends on the Lomography site really inspiring because they are often so different to what I do myself. They really do help me out of a creative rut by seeing through the creative eyes of other photographers... so thank you all for what you share!
Lomo Home of the Day 20.4.23
Kirkby in Ashfield/United Kingdom
My Photos My Albums My Likes
My Albums
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Album: In Camera Cyanotypes .... it is difficult but not impossible!
shared by roaringtree on 2024-04-12 · 7 Photos 10 132 -
Album: Alternative Processes - Cyanolumen, Lumens from Acetate Negatives, Wet Cyanotype and mixed photograms
shared by roaringtree on 2024-01-20 · 20 Photos 57 842 -
Album: Super Sampler Hit & Miss
shared by roaringtree on 2023-11-21 · 4 Photos 2 124 -
Album: Lumen Photos in Camera and my Journey Learning... finding out how they can come out best and sharing what I have learned about this wildly unpredictable process!
shared by roaringtree on 2023-05-14 · 69 Photos 177 2,696 -
Album: On Borrowed Time - Minolta Vectis SLR and APS expired film
shared by roaringtree on 2023-04-26 · 5 Photos 4 152 -
Album: Eclectic Mix - one offs from a strange mix of cameras
shared by roaringtree on 2023-04-15 · 19 Photos 28 783
My Metas
- Tags:
- 126 camera sprockets
- 127 half frame camera
- 35mm film in 126 camera
- 828 camera
- APS Minolta Vectis
- Acetate Lumen
- Agfa Isoly III
- Arti 6
- Cyyanolumen
- Cyyanotype
- Empire Junior 6x6
- Empire Junior 6x6 camera
- Ensign 1930's box camera
- Foth 105
- Kodal Junior 1A
- Lumen photogram
- Minolta Vectis APS
- Recesky TLR Vision 500T
- Recesky TLR with Empire Junior lenses Vision 250D
- Receskyy TLR
- Smena expired film
- Vision 250D Recesky TLR
- acetate negative lumen
- coronet commander 120 half frame camera
- cyanolumen
- cyanotype
- cyanotype from acetate negative
- diana mini
- expired film
- half frame
- half frame 127 camera
- half frame camera
- in camera cyanotype
- in camera lumen
- in camera lumen photo
- lumen
- lumen from acetate
- magic lantern condenser lens
- pinhole
- pinhole camera
- pinhole photo
- pinhole photography
- recesky
- recesky tlr
- sprockets
- turmeric Anthotype
- unbranded camera
- very expired film
- wet cyanotype
- xp2
- Cameras:
- 1935 VP Twin half frame 127 camera
- 1950's Bolco VP Twin 127 Half Frame camera
- 3x3 DIY box camera
- 4"x4" DIY box camera
- Agfa Isoly III
- Braun Paxina 29
- Converted 1960's Empire Junior 6X6 camera which had a defective lens.
- Coronet F20 6x6 box camera
- Coronet Viscount 828
- DIY 5x5 box camera
- DIY box camera
- Kodak Vest Pocket 127 camera circa 1918
- Lomography Supersampler
- Minolta Vectis S-1
- Photo Magic 126
- Recesky TLR
- Recesky TLR Camera
- Recesky TLR modified with Empire Junior lenses
- Sunpet 826
- unknown antique camera
- Films:
- 20 year expired Jessops glossy photo paper
- 40+ years expired Kodak photo paper
- Fomapan 100
- Fuji Industrial 100 35mm
- Fuji Superia 200 (35mm)
- Fuji Superia 200 APS film expired 2012
- Ilford FP4+ ISO 125
- Ilford XP2
- KODAK VISION3 500T
- KODAK Vision 250D Film
- Kodabrome 40 year plus expired paper
- Kodacolor 200 35mm expired 2001
- Kodak Color Plus 200 (35mm)
- Kodak Ektar 100
- Kodak Ultramax 400 (35mm)
- Kodak Vision 3 500T
- Kodak Vision 3 50D
- ORWO 100 B&W expired 2005
- cyanotype paper negative
- long expired Kodak Polycontrast paper