Esta ha sido la mateada de hoy; con una mate uruguayo, yerba brasileña, bombilla argentina, agua andaluza, termo chino y una lomo LC-A rusa. Si lo de la aldea global va a ser verdad, verás.

Mi amiga Claudia -argentina ella- dice que tomar mate solo es muy aburrido, pero yo soy de los que creen que el mate es lo contrario a la televisión porque te hace pensar cuando estás solo, y conversar cuando estás acompañado.

Tiene también su punto zen esto del mate... sacudir la yerba, humedecerla un poco, dejar reposar, calentar el termo, colocar la bombilla... una liturgia vamos, pero merece la pena el quedarte un rato a ver pasar la vida fumándote lo que te mandó el médico, tomar unas fotos o unas notas... lo que sea.

Un enlace:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3be44-xOVWU

Saludos, Colectivo Improvisa

Lomo Lubitel 166 B

I told a friend of mine I had got a LC-A+ and he told me that he had a Lomo Lubitel 166 B collecting dust somewhere. He bought the camera back in the 80s when he was an art student.

Next day, he brought the camera and gave it to me as a present! (I also gave him a present, but that's another story). I've had the camera for two months, but I haven't got my first rolls developed until today.

The Lubitel doesn't have a photometer, so you should use a hand held one, another camera or just guessing which is what I did in most of the pics (I used the photometer in my Leica D-Lux4 in a couple of them IIRC).

There's something unique in using a medium format-double lens camera. Sure, you'll get the funny looks, but... anything for a nice shot.

  This camera is a joy to use, I'll shoot some more rolls soon; here are the first ones.

Fisheye

How warped, wicked, twisted can you get? Try a fisheye lens! Get a Fishseye 2 (or one)! It may seem like a one-trick pony, but I think it's full of posibilities. Add to it a multicolor ringflash, and you'll find yourself looking for that lava lamp and playing White Rabbit. 

True to the spirit of the Colectivo Improvisa, I had to learn from scratch and figure out things since it was my first with such a lens, and being reluctant to the use of flashes.

Ah, the ringflash is a total blast... makes you feel like the coolest lomoslinger in many miles.

Ok, enough talking tonight; here some of my first pics:

Lomographies

Sorry, here are the pics

They Keep on Coming!!

Boy, this Lomo LC-A is addictive. One of the most funny things you can do with your clothes on. Sure, some pics are crap, but some of those are so bad, that they're good; sort of a nice B movie.

Then there is also the ocasional "good pic"; you know, the one you expected to be taken, although most times they are nice surprises.

And Now... in Colour!!

This is kinda fun.

My First Lomographies

Here they are