Inspired

One of my contacts on Linkedin is Owen Martin a Photographer and Director of Creu Media. On his profile he has some 35mm images that he says

"for this project I have been going through my 35mm and scanning any images that had gone wrong in some way, either in the camera or during processing. I digitised the images using a dedicated film scanner."


Here is a link to Owen's Photography website
 http://www.owenmartinphotography.com/index.html#.UiBbRTY3uSo

Owen inspired me to look at some images I'd shot on 35mm and 120mm that had "gone wrong" or had in some way been "happy accidents." Its one of the reasons I find using film so much more interesting than using a Digital camera. With film you never quite know what your going to get. Its a wait and see process and hoping that some shots will be effective, and in my case, show the intuitive and emotional response to the landscape, or in whatever genre I'm photographing. My favourite images are those that are a bit quirky or abstract.

Here are some images that "went wrong" at some stage ... shot on 120mm film

This is a view of the coastline in my home village in West Wales. I like the fact that it is out of focus and that in the developing stage it has resulted in an uneven texture. It was shot in the early evening so the colours have a brownish red hue.

This is a shot of branches reflected in water, underexposure resulted in a deep blue colour and the line of "bubbles" on the right of the image was repeated on the whole film so was either light getting into the camera or an error when developing, I'm not sure. 

An image of the sunset that I've underexposed and unintentially shot out of focus. The rainbow effect of the light enters the camera at an unusual angle. 

I haven't used any of these images to show before, and I have many that "didn't work" for the projects they were intended for. But Owen inspired me to look again at the many images that for one reason or another didn't work or weren't good enough to use. But I do like them, its the beauty of film. Sometimes images that don't work are the most interesting ... at least to me!