13 Aug 2012

Croatia Part the First

Or, how to take the perfect set of hipster holiday snaps...
Marjan Forest is a lovely place for a walk.
 
All the leaves are shaped like hearts.
 
And there's some rusty training equipment in the trees.
 
We ate a LOT of sladoled (ice-cream).
None of it looked like this guy though.
Split's a bit gritty.
Ex-communist relics hanging about.

1. Buy some expired rolls of film at the market for a pound a pop. (You will later find out that two of them are covered in scratches and dirty streaks of chemicals but don't worry, this is all part of the master plan).

2. Only carry your old Russian camera around with you. Make sure the strap breaks at some point, plunging your camera to the uncarpeted floor of your bedroom and ensuring the already dodge winding mechanism will remain that way forever. 

3. Forget what ISO the film in your camera is, meaning your usually pretty-accurate use of the sunny f16 rule falls by the wayside and half the roll will be wildly underexposed. 

4. Don't be bothered to clone stamp all the dust off your images.

5. Write an ironic blogpost about your pictures, and love them anyway.

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