1996-2010

My last Semester

My final semester at Queens College has started and is going well. I'm taking Drawing 2, Comparative Analysis, Senior Project, and Modern Art History.

For Senior Project, we are given studio space, which is AWESOME! I lucked out with 3rd choice in the random lottery and was able to have my first choice of rooms. I think it's one of the nicer rooms, plus it has a window (not all of them do).




I'm not exactly sure what I want to do for my senior project, but I would like to explore medium format (with my Yashica-C) and multi-panel images. As a side project (not sure if I can include it as a "senior project") I will be working on a Final Fantasy XIII cosplay of Hope Estheim (woohoo wood shop access for his boomerang). This will be the first time I have attempted a completely matching outfit from mostly scratch.

My name is Suzy, and I am a camera Addict

Say Hello to my new (used) Yashica-C TLR from ebay. Aint he cute. I just got done shooting and developing my first roll with him. I used the Lomo film from the previous post.


So far so good. It doesn't have a light meter so I used my digital camera as one. The negs looks really sharp, but I'll see after I get to scanning them. I've been looking around for camera shops that do servicing to give him a good cleaning and tuning.


I posted the negative scans over at my Flickr

Developed my FIRST EVER ROLL of 120 film

Mystery 100 iso Lomography film too. I searched for development times, but ended up using a guesstimate based on Kodak 100 at 9.5 mins with D-76 1:1.

Observances: Film is too slow for my Holga on normal, sky shots are over and Ajax shots are under. Loading 120 onto reels is way easier than I thought it was going to be.

I have 2 more rolls left of the Lomo film, after those are done I don't think I'll ever use them again. First its totally overpriced. I was desperate to try my Holga with 120 film and it was a Friday (all main camera/film stores are closed Friday afternoons and all day Saturdays). Second I searched and asked around for development times. I mainly use the Massive Development Chart for times when I lose packaging. Third, I like using Illford.

Spring semester needs to start soon so I can go back in the darkroom and get printing.

Artsy Fartsy

I decided to make a photo album/journal/sketchbook using my Holga. I'm having a lot of fun trying things out with it, I figured I should just document it.

I got this perfect camera bag the other day at the Army Navy store on 8th Street. Fits my Holga, film, phone, pen and paper (oh and No Brain and Ajax the Doggy pins) perfectly .

Newest Craving a TLR camera

I first came in contact with a TLR camera last semester in Photo 3 at school. One of my class mates was using one. It's a medium format camera using 120 film. I've been keeping my eyes out for used ones lately, so far I've seen them sell for anywhere between 10 buck to hundreds of dollars.

Over the weekend I bought my first rolls of 120 film to try with the Holga, fingers crossed ^.^

YAY I'm going to be...

"Friday Featured Poet" over at Provocative Haiku on Friday Jan 8th.