Kodak 400 x2

London & Zurich – August 2011

I shot 2 rolls of Kodak 400 over the last few weeks.

(Nikon F3 – 50mm f1.8 – Kodak 400)

South London

Walking to the station in the morning – the usual signs of randomness.

Canary Wharf

I’m not used to shooting blindly; estimating distance isn’t my greatest strength.  This image could have been nice had I not got the focus on his shoe instead of his face : )

Limehouse is a lovely area.  Whenever I pass through it I don’t feel like I’m in London until the buildings in the distance remind me.

40 floors up

Hackney

Correct focusing (judging distance) + good composure + perfect timing = successfully shooting from the hip

The below has incorrect focusing and bad composure.  This method of shooting definitely isn’t my best.

Again, incorrectly focusing from the hip:

How much practice do I need?! At least you can see the fine detail in TFL’s Tube upholstery.

Kingsbury

Dhokla – a Gujarati speciality:

En route to Zurich

This is why I always insist on having a window seat:

I think I was the only female on the plane.  Only businessmen in suits take 7am flights, apparently.

Zurich

Finishing off the first roll with a self-portrait:

Haven’t done one of those in a while.

The Apple store:

I haven’t seen one of those phones in a while.  I can’t imagine using anything other than a smartphone now.

I’m surprised some of these shots came out so dark considering it was still fairly light and I was shooting at f1.8 with ISO 400.. hmm.

It was 30C every day while I was in Zurich and I spent most of the days indoors (in the office), so in the evenings I made the most of the weather and walked around the lake, which is stunning.

Teuscher – one of the best chocolate shops:

There is no excuse for getting the focus wrong here as I was looking through the view-finder:

They were playing chess. They noticed me as soon as I clicked, and they found it amusing that they had just been photographed.  Too bad I ruined the frame!

One to full-view:

I had to get a shot from the front.

He winked as soon as I took it, and then followed me slowly on his bike until I took the stairs down to the banks of the lake.  I saw him with his gf I assume maybe an hour later as I sat on a bench, and he slowed down and stared at me, but of course didn’t say anything in the presence of his gf.  It was a funny moment.

Awesome band playing by the lake – Asep Stone Experience:

That was the last frame.  By now it was around 8pm and too dark for Kodak 400, and I was gutted I’d left a roll of Neopan 1600 in the hotel.  It would have been dark by the time I would have fetched it, so I had no choice but to switch to my trusty digital.

Sausage and rosti at Zeughauskeller, a traditional Swiss restaurant:

Definitely recommend that!

1050 CHF for a Cartier lighter..

Only 15,900 CHF for this watch:

It’s a good job Switzerland doesn’t have looting – none of these shops had shutters.

Not sure why but I think these gave me bad dreams:

The shuttle train at the airport:

It had Swiss-related sounds playing like cows mooing, cow-bells and yodeling.

I need to get me some 1600 colour film.  I have never tried it, nor seen it sold anywhere.