Orange Apple Tree - Holga (Photography)

Using a Hoya orange filter with Holga and Fuji Superia 400 film.

Must try more filters :o)

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[PHOTO] Orange Apple Tree - Holga FN, Fuji Superia 400, orange filter

I have a universal holga mount from lomography and then a step down ring (second hand off ebay) from it’s 55mm to 52mm so I can use the same filters on my Holga as I do for my Nikon D40. A bit of an investment as the universal mount is around £15 (and as much as the camera cost me).

You could buy a step up ring to screw directly into the lens barrel of the Holga (it being plastic and all) but I didn’t want to anything that permanent.

Or - just hold the filter in front of the lens!  Cheap and effective ;o)

Oh another word of warning - the universal mount (it being made of metal) makes the Holga front heavy. If you sit it down it falls to the front. I know it sounds obvious but I always forget!

This Way To Blank (Drawing)

[IMAGE] This Way To Blank - Ink and watercolour. A6.

TSC (Drawing)

[IMAGE] TSC - Ink and watercolour. A6.

Fine In My Own World (Drawing)

[IMAGE] Fine In My Own World - Ink and watercolour. A6.

A little drawing of my conclusion to the confusion and brow beating which followed after watching the BBC’s Culture Show TV programme about the Royal Academy’s Summer Open Exhibition 2008.

I was distraught that I’m not a proper artist.  Here I saw so much fantastic art.  Proper art.  Not like mine. I was so upset (again) that I don’t have the physical resources to fulfill my potential, to do the work I want to do, to develop my practice - to grow at anything more than a snails pace.  That what I do is I tinker and play but I’m not a real artist.

I concluded by the next day that whilst I am in my own world I am fine.  I can cope with the limitations of my illness, of my life.  As soon as I compare myself to others it does tend to send me into turmoil.

Out there is so … well … much.  So many opportunites and complexities and layers and life.  It all moves along at what now, to me, seems like a fast pace.  It passes me by as I struggle to live within this simple existence of mine shaped by the limits brought by my illness.

I think the trick is to tap into the outside world and adapt it to my needs.  But not to try and measure myself against anyone else.  Nuture, tend, grow, learn - but don’t pressure or kick myself for not measuring up.

I wanted to suggest a world outside of mine which is complex and confusing - but also full of beauty and potential and light.

Of course there isn’t really a distinct “my world” and “external world”.  But sometimes it just feels a bit like my happy yet plodding life is in a bubble and when it touches the “real world” I can feel a bit inadequate.

Oh.  That’s a lot of words.  I don’t usually like to use this many words explaining a drawing.  Hmmm.  I think I want to expand on the background but try and assure you that I am fundamentally happy but sometimes struggling with how I fit into the bigger picture.  THIS is why I don’t use lots of words normally!

Genre Missing Painting Blank Canvas (Drawing)

[IMAGE] Part One: Genre Missing Painting - Ink and watercolour. A6.

[IMAGE] Part Two: Blank Canvas - Ink and watercolour. A6.

Questions Without Certainty (Drawing)

[IMAGE] Questions Without Certainty - Ink. A6.

Fist Hand Thumb (Drawing)

[IMAGE] Fist Hand Thumb. Ink and watercolour

Huh? (Drawing)

Huh?

Whilst I was drawing this my husband said it looked like him - it wasn’t in my mind when I started but I added his hair to it.  So this is sort of what Paul looks like without his glasses when he’s a bit confused.  Sort of.

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[IMAGE] Huh? Ink - brush pen (Copic Multiliner). A5.

See this on Flickr.

Really I was trying out one one my new Copic Multiliner pens - this one the brush pen.  Very nice pen indeed!

No Nose Is Good Nose (Drawing)

[IMAGE] No Nose Is Good Nose. Ink (Copic Multiliner).

Drawn whilst thinking about the comment conversation on Longneck

My Nib Wears Down (Drawing)

[IMAGE] My Nib Wears Down. Ink (PITT). A6.

I’ve been using Faber Castell PITT artist pens this last year or more for the majority of my drawings.  Starting a new pen can often kickstart more stylised drawing for me.  But with a fine and superfine pen it’s so easy for me to wear the nib down quickly because of my style of drawing.  My lovely round tipped nib becomes chisel shaped and it impedes the flow of ink.

My pens are busted long before the ink runs out :o(

I’ve just bought some Copic Multiliners to try which you can also replace the nibs on and refill.