Toronto Lomo Shots

cyKey · 16 Jul 2006 at 15:10

All taken with my Lomo LC-A film camera. The only edits done are the conversions to black and white in Photoshop. Other than that I don't edit my Lomo shots. The whole point is to simply capture life. The normal rules go out the window and all you're left with is simple fun.

cyKey · 16 Jul 2006 at 15:10

cyKey · 16 Jul 2006 at 15:10

yak.h'cir · 16 Jul 2006 at 15:20

Great shots! Particularly like the one taken from the floor of the train. Everytime I see your LOMO shots it gets me looking on ebay at one of those cameras!

TerraS · 16 Jul 2006 at 15:32

Great shots.

The water fountain ones almost look like fire.

cyKey · 16 Jul 2006 at 15:40

yak.h'cir said:
Great shots! Particularly like the one taken from the floor of the train. Everytime I see your LOMO shots it gets me looking on ebay at one of those cameras!

Exactly how I felt a year or so ago

Screw photoshop, real film is where its at

TerraS said:
Great shots.

The water fountain ones almost look like fire.

Fruity lomo / film white balance

mrgubby · 16 Jul 2006 at 16:36

cyKey said:
Exactly how I felt a year or so ago Screw photoshop, real film is where its at
Fruity lomo / film white balance

And so we come to what both appeals and repulses the owners of this totemic, frustratingly appealing little ****. Because let's not mix metaphors here -- the LC-A is a piece of ****. Sure, there are unique benefits or I wouldn't be jamming my foot in your door, but remember that no matter the self-sucking PR schlurp, this is an inferior, poorly assembled piece of Perestroika kitsch. That said, it is still kinda' cool.

ps . Not criticising your shots , just the Lomo hype

cyKey · 16 Jul 2006 at 16:50

mrgubby said:
ps . Not criticising your shots , just the Lomo hype

I'm well aware of people who hate lomography. I really think they've clearly got issues and forgotton what photography is. I've seen images exposed onto cloth and turned into a dress. Thats still photography. Hell it was amazing really. I've seen a van turned into a pin hole camera. Thats just amazing. I love what people do and this is why I love my Lomo. Its freedom from Canon L glass tack sharp nice bokeh tech heads. They can all bite my shiny metal 100-400

dod · 16 Jul 2006 at 16:56

my favourite in those is actually thje one of your foot, or at least I assume it's yours

Abstract and well thought out

I think the lomo things fine as long as it's done well, it's just using it for the sake of using it which gets me, same as HDR. When done well it's effective, when used for the sake of it it's not worth it.

hoodmeister · 16 Jul 2006 at 17:08

I love 9, 10 & 14 - really like those ones.
The others are interesting, but don't grab me nearly as much as those three

What film did you use?

cyKey · 16 Jul 2006 at 17:09

dod said:
my favourite in those is actually thje one of your foot, or at least I assume it's yours Abstract and well thought out

I think the lomo things fine as long as it's done well, it's just using it for the sake of using it which gets me, same as HDR. When done well it's effective, when used for the sake of it it's not worth it.

HDR is a technique, lomo is a camera. Its as real as the photos from any other film camera. Oh and it was my foot

hoodmeister said:
I love 9, 10 & 14 - really like those ones.
The others are interesting, but don't grab me nearly as much as those three

What film did you use?

You know I can't remember

It was ISO200 stuff bought from a local store.

hoodmeister · 16 Jul 2006 at 17:14

Haha, cool

Can you set the ISO manually on the LC-A? I'm just wondering how stuff would look pull processed :>

cyKey · 16 Jul 2006 at 17:17

hoodmeister said:
Haha, cool
Can you set the ISO manually on the LC-A? I'm just wondering how stuff would look pull processed :>

Yeah you can. I've never tried it though, well not on purpose

dod · 16 Jul 2006 at 17:25

cyKey said:
HDR is a technique, lomo is a camera. Its as real as the photos from any other film camera. Oh and it was my foot

yeah, I was meaning the spell we had with all the fake lomo's with PS

cyKey · 16 Jul 2006 at 17:34

dod said:
yeah, I was meaning the spell we had with all the fake lomo's with PS

Ah yeah. Thats the beauty of the camera, its real.

mrmoose · 16 Jul 2006 at 18:05

thinking of getting one of these beasts. Wheres the best place to gfet film from and will a highstreet developer develop the shots? ill prob be buying the camera off the bay.

cyKey · 16 Jul 2006 at 18:08

mrmoose said:
thinking of getting one of these beasts. Wheres the best place to gfet film from and will a highstreet developer develop the shots? ill prob be buying the camera off the bay.

You can use any normal 35mm film in them. As for high street developers, Boots is best. I get mine with a photo cd to save scanning time. As long as the film is a C41 film they can do it.

mrgubby · 16 Jul 2006 at 19:09

cyKey said:
I'm well aware of people who hate lomography.
*snip*
Its freedom from Canon L glass tack sharp nice bokeh tech heads. They can all bite my shiny metal 100-400

I don't hate Lomo , just wary of the hype

and I sure as **** agree with you on the 2nd bit

cyKey · 16 Jul 2006 at 19:11

mrgubby said:
I don't hate Lomo , just wary of the hype and I sure as **** agree with you on the 2nd bit

Yeah I wasn't ranting at you, just the general haters. As much hype as there is theres also the haters of it. Its like Nikon vs Canon, Apple vs PC, Xbox vs PS etc.

matty · 16 Jul 2006 at 21:28

#5 and #10 stand out, all good though Pete.