Analogue and Squares...two of my favorite things.

I’ve always enjoyed photography. I have photo albums dating back to the early 80’s with pictures my family and I have taken and always enjoy going back and flipping through the pages. However, like many of us I got caught up in the digital age and all my pictures were being snapped either from my phone or from my Cannon PowerShot SD 780. While I enjoyed taking pictures and having them immediately available to share, it wasn’t the same as the photography I grew up with and first sparked my love of the medium.

A couple of years ago I stumbled across some quirky looking square pictures. I was immediately intrigued, but assumed they were just some new filter for a phone app or something similar. To my surprise, they turned out to be taken with a Diana Mini and I knew right then and there I HAD to get one…and as luck would have it I stumbled across and purchased my first camera shortly there after, a Diana Mini.

I immediately bought a ton of film and started shooting shooting shooting. I shot multiples. I shot with colored gels. I shot at night.

As I expected, some images were better than others. It was cool. I was really trying hard to take to heart The Ten Golden Rules

Not long after I got my Diana Mini, my employer sent me to La Ciotat, France for a five week stint. By this time I had been taking pictures for almost a year and was jonesing for a medium format camera…specifically the El Torro had caught my eye. So the first thing I did (after recovering from the jet lag) was book a weekend trip to Paris and head straight to the Lomo Gallery Store Paris I contacted the store and made sure they had an El Torro in stock and asked if they hold it for me…which they did!!

First thing I did was head straight to the store and pick up my new camera. Up to this point I had always shot 35mm and had to ask the cat in the shop to show me how to load my it properly. With my new camera loaded, my Diana Mini loaded and hung around my neck I took off to explore the city.

I know I looked like a tourist, but I didn’t care. I was off in my own world and absolutely loving it!

I shot people. I shot street scenes. I shot accidental multiples. I shot obligatory pictures. I shot the places, people, and things I was seeing and experiencing.

Since returning home from that trip my love of lomography has not subsided even if I have gone through periods of shooting less than at others.

The one thing I know is, the analogue life and squares are for me!!

written by texasredd on 2012-06-15