Film Photography: Fuji Reala 100 in 120 Format
via Film Photography: Fuji Reala 100 in 120 Format.
It seems like the new Kodak Portra has been getting all the love lately in film circles and deservedly so. Film shooters were upset to lose the VC and NC designated film for an amalgamation of the two, but I can’t imagine anyone is complaining about the new Portra 400 formulation. It’s one of the best color negative films I’ve ever used. The 400 ISO version is pretty much perfect no matter how you shoot it, but I haven’t been as thrilled with the new (and much pricier) Portra 160 ISO version.
Enter Fuji Reala 100, which is a slower negative film that is supposed to give very realistic tones, hence the name “Reala.” After shooting a few rolls of Reala, I’ve learned that it’s a very forgiving, realistic tones film. And on a recent vacation it definitely outperformed the new Kodak Portra 400 when I shot several rolls from a boat out on the water. The Fuji film just seems to handle summer type shots really well, but I wondered how it would stand up to everyday shots in the city.
The following were all shot with my Hasselblad 501cm and an 80mm f2.8 Zeiss Planar lens.
Darth Vader Kisses Child Luke, Williamsburg, Brooklyn, Fuji Reala 100
American Flag on Rockaway Beach, Queens, Fuji Reala 100
Kate at Lorelei Biergarten, Williamsburg, Brooklyn, Fuji Reala 100
Plants on 22nd Street, Chelsea, Fuji Reala 100
I recently purchased an additional A12 back for the Hasselblad at the bargain price of $70. It does have a light leak between the first and second frame for some reason. Although it doesn’t happen every time, I like the effect it gave here.
Light Leak on Tonka Toy Truck, Brooklyn Flea, Willimasburg, Fuji Reala 100
Pot of Flowers, Lorelei Biergarten, Williamsburg, Brooklyn, Fuji Reala 100
A Stone Wave as Bus Stop Shelter, Rockaway Beach, Queens, Fuji Reala 100
Some corporate Logos
Intend to design a smart logo for this TLR site… my friend forwarded me some nice logo design which has successfully and nicely embedded some messages into it. this can be very good study materials. here you go.
Source: http://webdesignledger.com/inspiration/15-logos-with-hidden-messages
Amazon
The Amazon logo is an extremely simple logo and while the arrow may just look like a smile it actually points from a to z. This represents that Amazon sell everything from a to z and the smile on the customers face when they bought a product.
Baskin Robbins
The Baskin Robbins logo may look like it includes a simple BR above the name but if you take another look you will that it includes a pink number 31. This is a reference to the original 31 flavors.
Chick-fil-a
The Chick-fil-a logo incorporates a chicken into the C. Although this isn’t very hidden, it is still very clever.
Eighty20
The eighty20 logo is a bit of a geeky one to figure out, the two lines of squares represent a binary sequence with the blue squares being 1′s and the grey squares being 0′s. Which makes 1010000 which represents eighty and 0010100 which represents 20.
F1
The F1 logo is a fairly simple one to figure out. The negative space in the middle creates the 1.
Facebook Places
If you didn’t already know Facebook Places, is Facebooks new geolocational product. Which is in direct competition with the current leader in that area Foursquare. Now if you take another look at Facebook Places logo you will notice it is a 4 in a square now is this a coincidence or a dig at Foursquare?
Fedex
The FedEx logo look like a plain text based logo but if you take a second look between the E and the x you will see an arrows which represents the speed and accuracy of the companies deliveries.
Milwaukee Brewers
The old Milwaukee Brewers logo may look like a simple catchers mitt holding a ball, but if you take a second you will see the team’s initials M and B.
Museum of London
The Museum of London logo may look like a modern logo design but it actually represents the geographic area of london as it as grew over time.
NBC
The NBC logo has a hidden peacock above the above text which is looking to the right, this represents the companies motto to look forward and not back, and also that they are proud of the programs they broadcast.
Northwest Airlines
The old Northwest Airlines logo may look like a simple logo but if you take a closer look the symbol on the left actually represent both N and W and because it is enclosed within the circle it also represents a compass pointing northwest.
Piano Forest
The Piano Forest logo may look like a simple text logo with trees above it, but if you take another look you will see that the trees actually represent keys on a piano.
Toblerone
The Toblerone logo contains the image of a bear hidden in the Matterhorn mountain, which is where Toblerone originally came from.
Tostitos
The Tostitos logo includes two people sharing a chip and a bowl of salsa, this conveys an idea of people connecting with each other over a bowl of chips.
Treacy Shoes
The Treacy Shoes logo is very cute logo with a shoe hidden between the t and s.
Display your TLR Collection
Olsson at buy120film talks about 10 inspirational ways to display antique cameras. I am sure it is much more impressive for TLRs than any other type of cameras to be displayed.
Source: http://www.buy120film.com/blog/display-your-vintage-camera-collection/
It’s about time to get your pretty vintage cameras out the boxes and onto the shelves. Don’t only use them to take photos – use them to decorate your home as well! Here are ten awesome ideas to get you started.
Which one is your favourite?
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