Thursday, August 19, 2010

new experiences

 the mister found this awesome 1940-1950's ciro-flex tlr camera the other day. its a new type of vintage camera for us and i have to say it is pretty cool. he bought it last week and since he is a clever man he found this website where it shows you how to use the lens of any camera, a cardboard tube and another camera to use to take a picture. basically a camera sandwich and the 2 cameras serve as the pieces of bread and the cardboard is the meat of the sandwich.... here is a picture he took with the cameras...
 i thought the whole idea was pretty cool and the picture came out with a vintage feel....and it isn't even film! he used our crappy digital camera...amazing right?

so after he took this picture we were both really excited about the new camera so we went to urban outfitters because they sell the 120 film needed for the camera. they only had black and white film which is a first for us so it will be even more exciting to use the camera with film we have never used before...double whammy!!!

the mister had been wanting to take me to this japanese garden he had discovered awhile back while on a bike journey. it is near our house so we went on a mini date and played with our new camera. here are some shots with our digital camera...





it is so beautiful and peaceful there, i could have been there all day. some of the koi fish were enormous and brilliant orange...you can kinda see one of large ones...his tail is under the dock a bit... i also loved the trees which reminded me of dr. seuss  illustrations...made me wonder if japanese gardens were an inspiration to him...anyone know?
using our new camera was really fun but it will take some getting used to because when you look through the lens the image is reversed and i am already bad with my left and right...all i have to say is the mister was very patient while i took his picture!

can't wait to share with you the results of our new camera!! if anyone has experience using one of these bad boys i would love to see and hear about it!!

xo,
cb


11 comments:

  1. What a great looking camera and I can't wait to see your pictures! The gardens look amazing :)

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  2. Very cool camera and love the "vaseline" feel of the pic, sure you'll have fun with it. The Japanese gardens look gorgeous (I'm a sucker for anything oriental) it reminds me of the Chinese Garden of Friendship we visited in Sydney Australia. Wish we had something like that here. x

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  3. Beautiful camera!
    lovely photos,the first of plant is great.

    I love your blog,you have a beautiful pics.

    /Fashion Bowie

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  4. that garden is awesome! it's so much fun to find little hidden places, or places that are new to you. Also props to your mister for finding that camera. i love that he was able to adapt it to use a digital camera with it, now i can't wait to see your black and white photos!

    www.anchoringgemini.blogspot.com

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  5. Wow! Awesome camera! I am a new follower.. return the favor?

    Hope we can be friends :)

    love, polly :D

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  6. Ooh, such camera awesomeness! Also, I love your dress, it's so cute.

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  7. hi, thanks for stopping by my blog :)
    that camera looks so cool. we have a similar one but i've never tried to use it.
    and congrats on the new kitty coming soon! post photos for sure, i love cats!

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  8. That sounds extremely cool! The whole camera sandwich thing is a great idea. I bet you guys are going to have a blast with this thing. The shots you got with your "crappy digital camera" are very pretty as well.

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  9. thanks for all your wonderful comments! we dropped off the film yesterday so we will have them this weekend! yay!!

    xo,
    cb

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  10. SWEET camera. can't wait to see what else develops. thanks for reading! we think you're swell, too!

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  11. hey so excited to have found your blog. i love how you and your mister go on mini dates. that sounds so sweet.

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xo,
cb