Shooting ILFORD XP2 SUPER single use camera in Sydney
Like many people in their mid-twenties these days, I have a hard time staying away from social media and information overload. Social media and everyone wanting to have more followers and the influences from all the online "influencer", life is becoming more complex and less-real in a sense of real-life experience. I noticed sometimes I would spend hours scrolling mindlessly through social media when an afternoon suddenly turns up out of nowhere.
I remember back in my high school days when I was still happy with my Motorola mobile phone and taking photos using a film camera or a digital camera, life was much simpler. I remember when I used to process my own negatives in the darkroom, waiting for the photo to develop, it was a period of time where happiness is simply "living your life without all the extra information that overloads your life and mind."
"A darkroom is a workshop used by photographers working with photographic film to make prints and carry out other associated tasks. It is a room that can be made completely dark to allow the processing of the light-sensitive photographic materials, including film and photographic paper.
In order to stay away from social media and all the hype of online influencers etc, I decided to pick up my film cameras again and shoot what is real in front of the eyes, without the filters, editing, and apps on your smartphone. One of my all-time favorite film back in high school was the ILFORD black and white film.
XP2 Super Single Use Camera is the one I used to shoot this time, with 27 exposures of black and white XP2 film and can be processed on the high street (in C41 chemistry). Below are the photos I shoot when I was on a 10 days trip in Sydney, Australia. The film is a little old therefore it may be expired, but I like the way these photos turned out.
Maybe it's time for us to step back and get away from the internet and social media once in a while, and appreciate the simpler life back in the older days.
I remember back in my high school days when I was still happy with my Motorola mobile phone and taking photos using a film camera or a digital camera, life was much simpler. I remember when I used to process my own negatives in the darkroom, waiting for the photo to develop, it was a period of time where happiness is simply "living your life without all the extra information that overloads your life and mind."
"A darkroom is a workshop used by photographers working with photographic film to make prints and carry out other associated tasks. It is a room that can be made completely dark to allow the processing of the light-sensitive photographic materials, including film and photographic paper.
In order to stay away from social media and all the hype of online influencers etc, I decided to pick up my film cameras again and shoot what is real in front of the eyes, without the filters, editing, and apps on your smartphone. One of my all-time favorite film back in high school was the ILFORD black and white film.
XP2 Super Single Use Camera is the one I used to shoot this time, with 27 exposures of black and white XP2 film and can be processed on the high street (in C41 chemistry). Below are the photos I shoot when I was on a 10 days trip in Sydney, Australia. The film is a little old therefore it may be expired, but I like the way these photos turned out.
Maybe it's time for us to step back and get away from the internet and social media once in a while, and appreciate the simpler life back in the older days.
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