The Lomo Diana F+ Project- Part 1

So I recently purchased a Lomo Diana F+ after losing a heated ebay bid on a Nikon F2 35mm. As you might have noticed I have taken up a film hobby. I wouldn't say this is new to me, I have always enjoyed photography and I remember as a kid I always asked my mom for disposable cameras so that I could take photos of my dolls. As a little kid I had a severely crossed  eye and NONE of my photos ever really turned out because my aim was off. Even though my eye is still a little wonky I have somehow figured out how to take a straight photo. This is called adaptation bitches. So anyway, I was very upset that I lost the ebay war and decided to go buy some new film for my Polaroid. I found this awesome camera store called "Samy's Cameras" and there they had a ton of wonderful  cameras (all of which I want). I had honestly wanted a Diana for a long time but I thought they were too expensive, but seeing as how I was about to drop a bit on the Nikon that I lost out on I decided that $99.00 wasn't all that bad. I bought the Mr. Pink version of the Diana F+ and immediately began taking photos. The Diana takes 120 film and they have several different kinds to choose from.

The day after I bought my camera I wanted to take pictures of the dogs and I went through an entire roll of film (12 photos) when I went to load my camera again I realized that the entire time my new Diana had been set on it's pinhole setting. I think it is awesome that this camera will double as a pinhole by the way. I wasn't sure how they would turn out and I only got a couple of pictures from that roll. The rest just didn't turn out at all. Eventually I will take a whole roll again on the pinhole setting but I will do it the right way. The Diana is a fickle little gal. She needs to be treated right and you have to really pay attention to what setting you have it on  in order for the photos to turn out the way you want them. I had watched a few tutorials on youtube about it. This guy had done a whole series about loading and unloading and so on and so forth. I guess I should have paid closer attention.

I picked up my prints today and I was majorly disappointed. I thought I had captured so much more, luckily the lady who developed my photos gave me some words of encouragement. She reminded me that it was my first time EVER working with that kind of camera and film and she assured me that eventually I will get the hang of it. I also dropped off another roll today so I look forward to receiving those in a couple of days. Anyway these are the ones that turned out the best, just a few but I hope you enjoy them. Check back in soon to see how I have progressed. Just remember practice makes perfect.. or something along those lines.

  (The first photo is the only one that turned out while it was accidentally on the pinhole setting)

(Pilot)

                                                             (Anne)

                                                              (Chef's Gavin, Mario and Kirk)

                                                                           (Chef Kirk)

(Andy and Pilot)

 (Chef Gavin)

 (Onion Rings)

(Andy and Harvey)