bmx bandits
...cause boys will be boys!
This image was shot using a LOMO Action Sampler and 400 ASA Superia Fuji Film hence the slight grain.
other shots using the lomo action sampler
One-second has been neatly dissected into four composite parts and lined up in perfect order to give you one shaky piece of 2×2 sampled action.
Tis more than a photograph and not quite a movie, you’ve got a permanent documentation of a snippet taken from your very own existence somewhere in the time-space continuum.
Tis also one wacky piece of photographic equipment, tis a real camera which consists of a tacky plastic box with four lenses strapped to the front, and inside are a few springs and cogs that reluctantly turn a full circle when you press the shutter release.
By some strange coincidence a standard boring old 35 mm film fits neatly into this box. Each time you hit the shutter release, despite the inferior quality of the lenses, light actually exposes the film at quarter-of-a-second intervals.
As soon as it’s bright enough the Action Sampler’s lenses go into action, giving you unexpected colours, haze and blur and a whole new world of shapes that’ll blow your mind.
The Action Sampler is not a finely tuned piece of apparatus made only of the finest in hand-crafted modern materials, it’s made of plastic. It is not a precision instrument with settings for the slightest nuance in aperture and lighting, it won’t even take a flash and the lenses are moody little beasties, reluctant to let any light get to the film at all.
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blamo, about 1 month ago
Hats off to you A1 you are allways exploring ….......... new ideas
PJ Ryan, about 1 month ago
So cool !! love it .. everything about it .. the movements, the treatment, the mad magical chemistry thing you do with it … your perspective .. the distance .. everything xx
aglaia b, about 1 month ago
thanks so much my two little lovelies up ☝. ♥ ☺ ….. x
jemimalovesbigted, about 1 month ago
I really, really want one of these! its on my wish list along with some of that cool new red toned negative film! Oh what fun that combo will be! Very cool chick!
aglaia b in reply to jemimalovesbigted’s comment, about 1 month ago
unreal girl!
when are we getting together?
they are so not expensive. you can borrow mine to see if you like it. just don’t drop it cause it will break! hahaha
thanks for comment chic-a-dee! ;-) xox
jemimalovesbigted, about 1 month ago
Well I finish uni in a couple of weeks and will have some more free time! We should meet at the Raincoat for a glass of vino or two (or coffee if you don’t like wine)
I would love to have a go on your Lomo! Never fear I am very good with equipment since the time I was 19 and was working at my great uncles photography studio (training as an assistant) and dropped one of his most beautiful and very expensive Hasselblads I cried for about an hour I felt so bad!
aglaia b in reply to jemimalovesbigted’s comment, about 1 month ago
oh noooo, holy shit you can’t borrow it! lol
only kidding, of course you can!
sounds like a good plan and yes i’m both good with coffee and wine! ;
) xox) xoxps training as an assistant like that at the age of 19. wow, you are a purist! ;
JenniferB, about 1 month ago
What a fantastic way of capturing a moment in time! Love how you explain the process too, you’re so talented!!! :-) xox
aglaia b in reply to JenniferB’s comment, about 1 month ago
and so are you my darling and so are you!
thanks so much. ;-) xox ♥
JimFilmer, about 1 month ago
great work…as usual Aglaia, and an exceptional explanation. By the sounds of it you also have great patience and probably also a born optimist.
people/are/str..., about 1 month ago
great compositions and the colors especial
Paul Vanzella
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about 1 month ago
nicely worked… love the way this has come up!
andreasphoto, about 1 month ago
the colors together with the unexpected (sorry, just using your words ;-)) distribution of sharpness and blurs creates a very matching feeling for the carelessness and freedom of youth
aglaia b in reply to JimFilmer’s comment, about 1 month ago
jim you make me laugh. LOL, that’s me, a born optimist, most of the time.
thanks so much for your comment! ;-) xox
aglaia b in reply to people/are/stran9e /’s comment, about 1 month ago
thanks so much victor! ;-) xox
aglaia b in reply to Paul Vanzella’s comment, about 1 month ago
awww, thanks so much paul! ;-) xox
aglaia b in reply to andreasphoto’s comment, about 1 month ago
lol, surely they are not my words andreas!!!
however, i love your comment.
THANK YOU! ;-) xox
flower68, about 1 month ago
you and your toys and the magic you do.More evidence of your artistic brilliance x
carlein, about 1 month ago
plastic fantastic, but you really now how to work with it!!!
as i am leaving for a few days to Texel, a dutch island, and seeing this great lomo… my action sampler will be travelling with me!!!
aglaia b in reply to flower68’s comment, about 1 month ago
thanks my darling! ;-) xox
aglaia b in reply to carlein’s comment, about 1 month ago
unreal! that’s great.
have a good time and i can’t wait to see the results! ;-) xox
pbworks, about 1 month ago
great capture & love the “sequence” ! ;-)
aglaia b in reply to pbworks’s comment, about 1 month ago
thank you lovely lady! ;-) xox
Ian James, about 1 month ago
Cool shot I have one of these action camera must give it another run.
Helen Chierego, about 1 month ago
Wow! You are teaching me so much ms aglaia b with your wonderful and educational descriptions of your workflow. You are the master of lomo etc. etc. etc!!!!
aglaia b in reply to Ian James’s comment, about 1 month ago
thank you ian, yes they are heaps of fun! ;-)
aglaia b in reply to Helen Chierego’s comment, about 1 month ago
LOL awww helen. i’d love to be a master, however, i’m normally the slave! lol
THANKS HELEN! ;-) xox
Steve Chapple, about 1 month ago
The grainy effect achieved using the film creates a real mood here. I think we’ll just give up and I’ll drop in once a week because you still don’t always pop on the activity monitor!!!!!
aglaia b in reply to Steve Chapple’s comment, about 1 month ago
LOL, you poor thing stephen, is that naughty redbubble trying to keep you away from me! hehe
be sure to drop in whenever you feel like it and of course thanks so much for dropping in.
ps. i did try and take a photograph of a ladybird today, only one though, and i did think of you because of this ;-) xox
Athena Leonti, about 1 month ago
Very nice! Well done!
RebeccaT, about 1 month ago
Just love your LOMO shots! – cool capture!
Christian Hartung, about 1 month ago
nice little series, well done and well edited
aglaia b in reply to Athena Leonti’s comment, about 1 month ago
thanks so much athena! ;-) xox
aglaia b in reply to RebeccaT’s comment, about 1 month ago
rebecca, i keep missing you! lol
thank you gorgeous girl! ;-) xox
aglaia b in reply to Christian Hartung’s comment, about 1 month ago
cheers christian, thank you! ;-)
TextureoftheSin, about 1 month ago
Love this treatment!
aglaia b in reply to TextureoftheSin’s comment, about 1 month ago
thank you my dear! ;-) xox