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PhotographyDianaphoto.com is an online community for photographers, designers, stylists, make-up artists, writers, illustrators, web developers, art directors, editors, musicians, producers, et al. to share information and shopping deals for photography, design, travel, beauty, and media products. Our contributors have a serious collective passion for photography and glamour and welcome your suggestions, so be sure to convo through our blog page. Read about the fascinating Polaroid reissue journey here: http://www.the-impossible-project.com/ and the new nyc destination http://shop.the-impossible-project.com/offline/ny Also check out the show that all plastic camera enthusiasts can get excited about: the Krappy Kamera® Competition from Soho Photo The Diana mystiqueDigital photography has been super for business. Aside from all that extra time spent moving around pixels and staring at a computer screen, the instant gratification of downloading a shoot right away and the ease of sharing images online is still incredible for those of us who used to stay up all night and slosh around in the darkroom. But the precision and conformity of the digital world has also created a new space for artwork created with traditional film cameras and alternative processes. The toy plastic cameras from the 1960's like the Diana and the Holga are in particular enjoying an increasingly popular following among photographers. Their dreamy soft vignettes are instantly recognizable, and every model is unique - the infamous light leaks and convex square frames give plastic camera enthusiasts miles and miles of happy mishaps.
Wine Country, Santa Ynez Valley, CA © 2009 dianaphoto.com (all rights reserved) The Diana camera photograph above suffers from the cool overlapping frame effect, or defect, either way creating a nice surprise when getting the film back from the lab. To create this look intentionally, mark the film advance and make up to a full roll of panoramic images. Experimenting is really the key to creating images with the diana, and is of course a big part of the allure of shooting with them. Sometimes even slicing up the film for scanning can create an unexpected edit, and the pleasure of actually handling the negatives has become a treasured activity....once upon a time the stacks of film piled up waiting to be arranged was just another drag in the analog workflow.
Front and top of vintage diana camera © 2009 dianaphoto.com all rights reserved The above retro diana camera is lovingly taped with black paper tape to eliminate most of the light leaks that occur. The older diana camera models sometimes need the tape just to keep all of their parts together...like the diana logo plate on the top of the diana camera in the figure on the right. While some light leaks really add to the diana photos, too much overexposure on the negative can wipe out an entire frame. Most diana cameras use 120 film, and a negative film of 400 ASA works well in general. The diana camera images shown on this site were produced using Kodak Portra 400 ASA negative film, in VC vivid color or NC natural color. The colors appear vibrant and consistent with these films, and scans from the negatives are typically high quality and easy to work with. Supplies Photography in the digital age requires cameras, computers, software, and lots of backup! Use the special offers below to shop for photography supplies, photo gear, diana cameras, digital cameras, photo software, computers, web services, portfolio galleries, photo prints, scans, remote backup, photo sharing, greeting cards, photo books, fine art gallery images, and collectibles. |
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