Dutch flowers on film

When we were away this summer I decided to not bring my DSLR and only shoot on film. On my birthday we were in Amsterdam with no real plan, but after breakfast I remembered that I’ve always wanted to go to Museum Voorlinden, which is near the Hague. I hadn’t realised that the gardens were designed by Piet Oudolf, so this is where these are from. I was holding back on them with the intention of posting them in the middle of winter, for a little colour boost, but with our world so bleak at the moment, why wait?

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Last ones from the Pentax MX roll. I think I pushed the camera too hard on this particular roll; pretty much all of the indoor shots came out of focus and too warm. All three rolls where Fuji films, which in the old days of only shooting film, used to come out quite green and contrasty, but these came out really warm and a bit washed out. It’s a shame that most developers now use modern machines and print from the scans, rather than from the negatives. Maybe I just need to try out different films and see how they come out…

Time is slower on film

Finally developed three rolls of film that had been parked on a shelf since last summer. I was surprised to see that some pictures from one of the rolls was from 2016, and looking at them was like travelling in time. Love that in this day of instant gratification! This one is from almost exactly a year ago to the day; sunny mornings in the dining room like this one are the best.

What do we reckon happened here? Pavel probably didn't have someone’s number and waited for them for ages, and then had to leave? Or is it just really funny and polite (it’s written in pencil after all) graffiti? We’ll never know.

My girl Z, in the loos at Frenchie. She came over from Amsterdam for a few days in the summer, and it was frickin’ awesome - as usual. So happy we managed to meet up three times last year <3

Here she is walking through a very slim alley in Covent Garden.

Kudos to the lady with the unusually shaped straw hat. I got to a point in my cynical old age where I inwardly eyerolled when I saw people wearing “look at me!”-outfits, and now I’ve come out the other side, and think “Yeah!!! Why the hell not?!”. Still, you wouldn’t see me in a hat like that :)

At the Royal Academy. Pull his leg! Might need to explain the expression “you’re pulling my leg” here. It means “you’re lying to me” in insider English.

Yaas queen. The shade is where it’s at. Have a great weekend yo! I’ll be playing the new Tame Impala album to death - it’s been a very long four and half year wait, but by the sounds of it, totally worth it!