adetorrent; photography, lifestyle.

Just returned (in one piece) from West Africa and immediately I've got colour withdrawals. Everything out there is so colourful that it at times becomes overwhelming for anyone that lives in a relatively monochrome city.  At least in London we have red brick buildings that help to break up the shades of grey. I think until I re-adjust, I'm going to be spending a lot of time in areas of town with lots of graffiti. That shouldn't be too difficult.  We have loads those here.

One extremely busy day on Brick Lane, thousands of feet walking the streets, there was suddenly a moment of eery emptiness, and I was ready.

Such is the epic cult following of this camera that I doubt there’s any GAS infected photographer/classic camera collector that doesn’t own one, hasn’t owned one, or will not soon own one or at least desire one, or a variant thereof.   By ‘variant’ I am referring to the various iterations of the Yashica Electro 35 – GT, GS, GTN, GSN, GX, and so on. Read all about this camera and its sisters (yes female. They create life), from the internet’s number one Yashica fan – The Yashica Guy . I spotted mine at pop-up antique store in London’s Shoreditch and very quickly grabbed it, while parting with a reasonable amount of money.   I actually knew what it was for a change, as I had read all about it in the forums – it came very highly recommended, especially by and for street photographers.   So, I knew I was getting good value (if it worked that is).   The merchant was ever so kind to include a roll of extremely cheap film in the ‘deal’.   We both sha...

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