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“Logic will get you from A to B. Imagination will take you everywhere.”
— Albert Einstein

Looking at Heaven through a plastic lens

June 26, 2017 in fine art photography, nature photography, Plastic camera
Yellowstone by Amy Kanka Valadarsky

I've always struggled with taking pictures while travelling. On one hand it is nice to have visual memories to look at, on the other hand ....at best the photos look like nice postcards. They may show the place but do not show how I felt when I was there, so why not just buy a postcard?? So this time, when we went to Yellowstone for a week, I tried a different tactic. I took the digital camera, for the "inside the safety zone" pictures. The analog Mamiya medium format one, to  work with and see what is it's "golden spot", where will it shine the most. And .... the Diana F+ camera that was gathering dust on the shelf after the 1st film I shot with it was a disaster. With the Diana, I decided to give up all caution and just play. Whenever something caught my eye - I captured it. Piling images one on top of the other, in the hope that the resulting image will not show "a thing" but the excitement and awe of being surrounded by such an abundance of life and beauty. We returned home, and scaredy cat that I am, I sent a few of the films to a lab for development (so I will not mess them all up...) and started to slowly develop the rest at home. Three done, three more to go. And trust me, the Diana will not gather dust on the shelf anymore ;)

Paradise ...

Paradise ...

Between heaven and earth

Between heaven and earth

Tags: yellowstone, Diana F+
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— Imogen Cunningham 1883 – 1976