The entryway hasn't changed – from 2005:

One strong memory is from when I bought my very first brand new film camera, in 2008 – a Bessa R4A with a 28mm lens – and my first photos with it were taken there after running into a couple of Flickr friends:

I since took other cameras there (2010):

But also took other lovely portraits outside other, nearby cafés – this one on Smith St in 2013:

In the process of digging, some other good café window views came up:

• from the northern edge of Thornbury in 2010:

• from South Preston with a pinhole camera in 2010:

• from Fremantle in 2009:

• from a long-gone café in Xi'an in 2013:

• and from South Preston in 2017:

Nothing beats the window at Captains of Industry in the heart of the city, though – I have countless photos of it:

#FilmPhotography

[ This is a #NowAndThen post, where I try to dig through my #photography #archives ]

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My lovely collection of film cameras, no matter how often I dipped into them to try a different one on each short trip, spent their time at the bottom of my bag while I walked and moped and struggled to find beauty in the everyday. When I did find a shot, my phone was just too convenient to avoid. Even when I recently travelled overseas – at last! – hoping for some inspiration in other places, the film shots didn’t come back looking that great, especially compared to the phone ones.

It feels like I’ve finally had a breakthrough, though, with a bunch of “keepers” from my first roll of JapanCameraHunter Streetpan 400. It’s enough to make me love black & white film again:

Wandering back in my archives, though, tells a slightly different story – there’s been a few more (film) winners in the last two years than I remembered, both from my much-loved Leica M6:

...and the medium format point-and-shoot Fuji GA645i that still occasionally surprises me after a decade:

But this is why I should be spending more time with my archives – it’s a great way to remind myself of what I have done, and helps challenge the devil on my shoulder that keeps telling me “meh. You’ve lost interest. It’s time to get rid of all that gear.”

#photography #travel #archives #film

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