Sunday, January 10, 2021

Polaroid Supercolor 645 - My new "Kraftwerk" camera from the 1980s

 

I have been bad again - could not resist this camera at un auction - I been looking for this black and red "Kraftwerk" camera last year - Polaroid Supercolor 645.

It´s the best colors and it will be cool to play with then winter is over or indoors. Next week its time to buy Polaroid 600 film at Brunos Bildverkstad to test this camera.


Polaroid 600 - Camera Guide





Saturday, January 9, 2021

52 Weeks Photography Challenge 2021 - Study

 

Week 1 - Study (no photograph)
The goal for this challenge is that instead of just looking at a photo for 1sec, you’ll have to take time to really study the photo. To identify what you like about the photo, and what you don’t like.

Perfect with photography books when it snows outside..





Friday, January 8, 2021

Last chance "The Darkroom" Tom of Finland at Fotografiska!

 

Last chance to see Tom of Finland at Fotografiska in Stockholm.

Swelling muscles and genitals, extremely masculine and erotically confident men who enjoy sex together – Tom of Finland's drawings leave no-one unaffected. The photographs he took of friends and partners, to use as inspiration and reference-pictures for his world-famous homoerotic drawings, are now exhibited for the first time at Fotografiska. Curated by Berndt Arell, in cooperation with Fotografiska's exhibition producer Jessica Jarl, The Darkroom is an exciting study in artist Tom of Finland's (born Touko Laaksonen) life and work-process – something that originally took place in dark rooms. This year it's 100 years since he was born, and once again there are forces trying to relegate homosexual desire into dark closets.



Boy Harsher - Come Closer



Wednesday, January 6, 2021

52 Weeks Photography Challenge 2021 – Improve Your Photography!

So this is not a joke! I never ever ends a challange I know that.. but for now I cant start with my project so I need to play around with my new camera. Why not a new challenge that I found online?

Welcome to the 52 Weeks Photography Challenge! 

/Kevin Mercier

Each week of the coming year – 2021 – you will be presented with a photography challenge. The challenge will be either based on composition, on a theme, or on a feeling. You will have to take one photo to fulfill the challenge.

During this Photography Challenge, you will make good use of composition rules, tell compelling stories, and convey emotions. If you stick to this challenge through the end, you will undoubtedly be a far better photographer than when you started.

Composition: The challenges in the Composition categories are challenges that will make you work on your composition. A powerful composition is the key to a powerful photo; with 10 photography challenges on Composition, you’ll greatly improve your skills.

Theme: This category is the broadest of the 3. In the weekly challenges, a broad theme will be given. The theme is open to interpretations, and while restricting you to a specific theme, it will still give you the freedom to create as you wish. There are 30 challenges based on Themes.

Feeling: The last category of the 3, Feeling is also the hardest. In this category, the challenges will be based on Feelings. The goal is to convey a specific feeling through a photograph, the ultimate goal for most photographers. There are 11 photography challenges around Feeling, and they are mostly in the last weeks of the 52 weeks challenge. This will give you time to improve your photography with the other challenges before being ready to tackle these ones.

You will find below the complete list of the 52 photography challenges, ordered from week number 1 to week number 52.

If you want to read more about each challenge. Link :kevmrc 52-weeks-photography-challenge

1. Study

2. Sunrise

3. Nature

4. Architecture

5. Wildlife

6. Sunset

7. Love

8. Light

9. Night

10. Happiness

11. Leading Lines

12. Spring

13. Portrait

14. Laugh

15. Rule of Thirds

16. Power of Elements

17. Sky

18. No Sky

19. Jump shot

20. Symmetry

21. No face portrait

22. Black and white

23. Details

24. Negative Space

25. Summer

26. Reflection

27. Silhouette

28. Framing

29. Movement

30. Immobility

31. Color

32. Immensity

33. Panorama

34. Shadows

35. Fleeting moment

36. Top-down

37. Adventure

38. Perspective

39. Fall

40. Water

41. Levitation

42. Cold

43. Warmth

44. Fear

45. Double exposure

46. Anticipation

47. Contradiction

48. Void

49. Oddity

50. Mystery

51. Winter

52. Christmas

Nouvelle Vague - Dance With Me 


Tuesday, January 5, 2021

Shutter button and nail polish?

 

I lost 2 shutter button with beautiful skull from Danish Cam-in and now I have a new third one. Got the tip from the store "Kamera Doktorn" to use a little nail polish but not much. Keep fingers krossed that this will be the last that I need. 


She Past Away - Rituel




Monday, January 4, 2021

Street art and EBM music from Finland


Some days you should just stay in bed all day. Today I had one of those days. Did not start good at all.. I found out that someone did not like my photographs and that is ok but I took it hard and I usually don't care at all.
This week can only getting better from now on and why not with some music from Finland?

 

OLDSCHOOL UNION - Perkele



Sunday, January 3, 2021

100 most influential photographers - Corinne Day # 50


50. Corinne Day, British 1965- 2010. Influenced by Goldin and Clark and a close friend of Kate Moss, Corinne Day’s fashion images and personal reportage create controversy and commercial praise. www.corinneday.co.uk

Today I will learn more abote Corinne Day, a self-taught British fashion photographer, documentary photographer and former fashion model who helped to define the image of her generation.  
It was not easy to find picturs by Corinne but I found some videos on youtube. See below.

CORINNE DAY / FIB 5 Minute Web-Doco - Masters of Photography Vol 11 'Immortals'