lomo on lomo
Ideally, my weapon of choice should have been an LCA or Diana or something like that. The shocking truth is, I don't own any camera from Lomography at all [I know right? What kind of hipster am I anyway?]. I do however own an original Smena 8m, which was one of the cameras that kicked this whole 'Lomo' thing off back in the day. Had I used that camera for this shoot, I'd have had to re-title the post 'lomo on lomo on lomo'. Or lomo ménage à trois - but this is a family show. I ran out of amo just as I arrived at the junction of Commercial Street and Lamb Street which, serendipitously enough, is the location of Lomography's east London shop. I popped in for some film, and a geeky chat with the kind staff as one does. It was a sunny day, yet I opted for the Lomography CN 800 for 2 reasons. Firstly, I had never used that film, and secondly, I intended to finally take some photos inside the shop following a comment on her blog...