After building my new TLR Camera last month I am now back with the results of the first roll of film. I wasn’t even sure any images were going to turn out, and this first roll was really a test to see how this camera acted. So I was surprised to find all of the images were able to be printed.
However, I have some learning to do with the quirks of the camera. I knew that there would be come kind of focus vignette from what I read before hand. I was ok with that, it gives a nice ethereal feel to the images. This is the first time I have had to hold a camera at my waist and focus through a plastic screen. It wasn’t so easy. Many times it was hard to tell when I would be in focus. As you’ll see in the pictures, I didn’t always get it right. I think this is also because in pressing the shutter down it is almost impossible to not shake the camera. I will be trying again, and next time I will use a tripod, which should help.
*the only editing I’ve done is to the color/contrast although all images were shot in black and white*
Me and Serendipity 