Through the Viewfinder

Oh wow. I need to take this up as a hobby. It's calling me like it was them sy-reens which might otherwise turn me into a horny toad*. I know I know, I have a lot of hobbies (I refrain from using the phrase "too many hobbies" as hobbies are fun and great and I firmly believe they are good for the soul!)

Just a month ago I sat down and thought about my hobbies and tried to make myself streamline and specialise. I broke it down to:

Things to work on, love, and do well!: crochet, lomography/photography, print gocco, sewing

Other things I would like to be good at: French, Japanese, belly dancing, playing the keyboard, playing the cello, making things out of resin

Things I've kind of started but am going to cut away, for the sake of the greater good: knitting, paper craft, cross stitch, felting

So, I've started looking into TtV (that's what the cool people call it, y'know). It's fabulous. And from what I can ascertain, it is essentially taking a picture on a new digital camera through the viewfinder of an old dual lens camera. You set up a crazy contraption to guide the light and then voila - an awesome dreamy picture through the crusty viewfinder of the other camera. Who thinks up this stuff? Someone clearly F-A-B-U-L-O-U-S. And don't worry, there's no sugar - I am just going to bundle it up with my lomography/photography existing hobby, as surely the concepts of photo composition and light etc can still be somewhat applied? So it's really only an extension of an existing hobby, which is really a very good thing. It really is.

Here are some TtV pictures I found online:


photo 1 from Gingerpixel and photos 2 and 3 from Jenny Cisney

And lastly, Harriet from Brissie. I have mentioned her in a previous post, and in fact this whole TtV adventure started when I had a light bulb moment last night that I would ask if she does wedding photography!!! Like, hello, she is clearly awesome, her photos are mad, she is based in Brissie - perfect!!! She sells these photos and more at her Etsy shop. Legend.

*Oh yeah, the star, forgot about that little love! O Brother Where Art Thou has got to be right up there with best movies ever. It's bonafide.