Gorillaz – Rhinestone Eyes

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A few weeks ago a very generous friend gave me his old Mamiya m645 medium format film camera! I’ve wanted either a Hasselblad or a Mamiya for a while now and was thrilled to say the least when he gave me his Mamiya along with three lenses . . . what a perfect companion to my Holga! So far two of the three lenses are not working (not focusing properly), so I will have to look for a place to fix them at some point, but in the meantime at least I have a 55mm lens that’s working splendidly.

I tested out the camera with a roll of Kodak TMAX 400 film the other day while walking around DC. The tones are exactly what I have been craving and felt like I was lacking with my digital camera. I cannot get over how rich the blacks are in these photos. It was a bit tricky because there is no light meter in the camera, so I had to guess for all of my shots, but with the exception of a few slightly under/overexposed ones I am really happy with the results. What’s great is I didn’t have to do anything in Photoshop (except for clean up the dust that was scanned). Here are some of my favorites from that roll.

P.S. This new Gorillaz tune has been on repeat in my car and I just cannot help boppin’ to it. I am sure I looked a bit silly today at the coffee shop with my headphones attached to my laptop, trying not to dance in my seat, while easy listening played in the background.