Diana F+ « DailyOxford

And speaking of my obsession with trees and light, I took these photos last week, when the sun decided to pop out for a few days. These are with my iPhone but, this coming week, my beloved Nikon D40 and I will be practicing. I use a Sigma 18-2oomm f3.5-6.3 DC OS lens, which I think is an amazing piece of glass. I like Sigma lenses better than Nikkor lenses. The Nikon D40 has been discontinued but I love its flexibility and ease of use. It’s travelled all over the world with me and never let me down. It came with an 18-55mm kit lens but I declined to get that, preferring to go with the Sigma lens.

I also love to use lomography cameras and have quite a few: the Diana F+, Holga 120S, a Russian Smena 8M and the Superheadz Pink Dress. I haven’t shot much in film since arriving in New Zealand but, now that I’ve found a place in Rangiora where they can cross-process 120 and 135m film, I should get going.

You can check out more of my photos on my photography blog, ChinchillaBluePhotography. Or you can check out my Flickr stream. On Flickr, I’m known as Victoria Evans. No, I haven’t stolen someone’s identity – these are my two middle names. I have some lomo shots on my Flickr stream if you don’t know what lomography is.

Anyway. For today’s post – some shots with the iPhone.

My sis, Lalida, sent me a whole bunch of jelly lenses from Thailand. They are special effects lenses for mobile/cell phone cameras. She sent them to me in June but it’s only now that I’ve had the time to get them out and experiment.

There are all sorts of lenses: starburst, antique, heart frame, sparks, wide angle, close-up, three or six images, soft lens and so on. You simply stick the jelly lens on your mobile/cell phone lens and start snapping.

For these photos, I used the following lenses: sparks, six images, soft focus, antique, blue filter. I just shot stuff around the property and house but plan to see what I can do with these lenses as I quite like the fun effects. Some of the shots remind me of photos my Diana F+ is capable of taking. You don’t know to expect; light can leak into the camera/lens; and you get vibrant colours.

My next aim is to get a Lensbaby – maybe that’ll be my Christmas present.