Tried out my latest lomographic acquisition, the Action Sampler, at George’s Jamboree, a high-calibre monthly open mic night hosted by local performance poet George Chopping.
The Action Sampler is a fairly gimmicky multiple image film camera manufactured by Lomography.
It takes four sequential shots over a period of about half a second using four separate lenses that each cover a quarter of the standard 35 mm frame. Shutter speed is around 1/100th of a second and the aperture is fixed (more…)
More lomoghraphy: photosets are now on Flickr of the Catweazle open mic’s 16th anniversary on 21 October and the 5 November gig at the Port Mahon featuring Swindlestock, Rachel Ruscombe-King and Moogieman.
The Port Mahon photos are my first attempt at reverse cross-processing – developing a colour negative film in a colour slide process. This is tricky to get right, tending to result in very low contrast images, as these pictures demonstrate. However, I definitely want to try again as the slightly luminescent colours and bursting lights give a very interesting effect, when things turn out well.
Photos from last month’s Truck OX4 Festival and George’s Jamboree open mic night have now been uploaded to Flickr. They were taken with my Diana Mini using a variety of different films, including my first forray into black and white. (more…)
So, I’m getting into Lomography, about 20 years after Viennese pioneers invented it (or should that be rediscovered it).
My interest was sparked when a friend showed me his camera and directed me to a page on flickr. I clicked through a stream of photos that are, in conventional terms, largely unexceptional yet I found them strangely compelling. (more…)
New videos of moogieman playing at the Ragged Jack open mic in the Turks Head, Reading are now up on youtube. They include The Documentalist and Economy Of Love. Thanks to Mark Allan Barnes for filming and editing.
A video of me playing Complicated Gilrs at the Elder Stubbs festival, Oxford, is now available on youtube. You can also watch Snow Falls On Mars.
