Turns out the lomos don't work. I got them in a bulk of 3 on ebay.. the one my boyfriend retained does work, the two I got do not. Oh well I guess. The problem on the Smena Symbol is that the lever is supposed to raise to a 90 degree angle to advance the film. Then the Smena 8m just doesn't seem to work for some reason or another. It's a relatively old camera, so I'm sure that's a contributing factor. I've been taking them apart to try to see if I can fix it on my own, but it doesn't look like I'll be able to. RIP Los Smenadores.

Anyway, due to the loss of two things I've anxiously anticipated for over a month [the shipping from Russia to here took THAT long] I was a little too bummed out to take pictures. So I just decided to throw in two leftovers from this week. I hope you like them.

Jackson Pollock
self-portrait

Here are a few of my Lomo pics using a Lomo LC-A. Lomo Tunnel 1 Tunnel 2 Tunnel 3 Lomo Car Lomo Lamp
The last one I used my photoshop plug-in melancholytron to add some vignetting.

I've been watching the Lomo and Vignette pic's that have been posted lately.  So I had to try.  

Lomo attempts: 1 2 3

Vignette attempts:  1 2

I set out one day to practice taking shots with my built in flash (because the camera's still a bit new.) Stone Mountain has a nice "plantation" area with old buildings and antique furniture, which I guessed would make for half decent subject matter.

The rooms are pretty dark - in keeping with the Civil War'ish time period - so these shots are my attempt to balance the natural light coming through the windows with the flash to get a balanced shot. Here's a couple that I thought were worth sharing.

Sofa

Table

Dining Room

Then, all this LOMO talk got me thinking of giving them a more vintage look. So here are those.

Retro Sofa

Retro Table

Finally, a couple was sharing a romantic afternoon - so I shot 'em.

Couple

 
Bisbee, North Dakota

These were all shot, cept 1, at 10mm. Shot RAW, Converted to B & W in RAW and a Red Filter applied. The first two are what I call Shoe Tip Photos that sometimes work sometimes don't. I put the camera on Manual Focus and focus out about 2 ft. Then I place the camera on top of my shoe and just shoot. No framing, nothing, about 1 out of 20 come out but it's fun cause I don't know what I got till I get home.

TP1
TP2 Yes it's a repeat but no LOMO effect
TP3
TP4
TP5
TP6
TP7

I thought I would try my hand at this as well.

From an upcoming series of images: Broken Barn Lomo

As Moose pointed out, huge thanks go to lilbit for showing me this tip...

You know for about 7 Months now, I have been helping Lilbit out with her Photography. If she has a tech question, she asks me and I try to give her the right answer cause she is so willing to learn everything she can about photography. But it is not a one-way street. Lil has taught Me the other side of photography. The artistic side. I'm OK on the tech side but quite honestly I am weak on the art side and Lil has shown me so much about Art and about some Great Photographers and about some amazing artistic techniques when it comes to Photography.
One of them is LOMO. LOMO is named after a quirky Russian camera that has a bit of a cult following. It's is characterized by vignetting in the corners, Bold colors and soft focus toward the edges. It is done with a LOMO camera but can be reproduced using Photoshop as I have done here. So here is some LOMO for Lil
LOMO 1
LOMO 2
LOMO 3

Seen through a Lomo filter

After seeing Austinspaces supersampler I thought it would be a fun camera so I ordered it.  I had a little problem getting the film out and messed up most of the pictures, but my friend and I had some fun with it.  This is the best one of the bunch.  St. Louis Arch Hope to post more in the future. Thank you Austinspace!!!

Just for fun I bought a Lomo Supersampler because I saw some samples somewhere and thought it might be fun to have less control over what pictures I take. It has four lenses that fire one after the other. There's no viewfinder, the thing leaks light all over, and I couldn't even get it loaded very well...so half my pix didn't come out. And I can't wait to try the next roll!
campus event
tightrope walker
blinds and deck.

Raindrops on a windscreen. Used Lomo filter and Sharpen Mask! ^__^Fuxia Drops

This set of pictures was taken over the course of a few days this winter, and they are some of my favorite pictures. I took them while walking around and doing what I do every day, trying to notice new things.

Here is the gallery. It contains 11 images.

All of there photos were processed using my own variation on Redscreen.Net's Lomo Effect.

I just posted a few pictures from my trip to Chicago last October. Here are a few more from that same trip, except these ones have been made to look like they were taken by a Lomo. Let me know what you think, your feedback/comments are appreciated:

Lomo Chicago 1
Lomo Chicago 2
Lomo Chicago 3
Lomo Chicago 4
Lomo Chicago 5

My parents asked me what I wanted for my birthday, and I told them, "A lomo."

And that's what I got- a Lomo. A Cosmic Symbol lomo, direct from the Ukraine, circa 1982(?). It's 100% manual, no batteries needed. The viewfinder is a plastic window, so you can't tell if you're focusing properly or not.

Today I wandered around my backyard shooting a test roll, making careful notes of all the settings. Out of 40(!) shots on the 36 roll exposure, I thought the following were decent.

Beware of dog
Mountain view
Park view
Lawn furniture
Fruit tree

The manual focus generated some interesting effects. This banyan tree's branches look almost ghostly, due to the focus being set for the leaves. And this water lily, although out of focus (I wanted to see just how close I could get!) looks rather artistic.

Less than 4 hours after returning to my home town from a few months in a place with no culture or nightlife, I managed (despite numerous Martinis & countless beers) to hold my Lomo steady enough to get this shot.

Cars driving through a road in Stafford, England. Four exposures, one after another, with a Lomo Supersampler.

what do you do when you run out of paper in the darkroom...take pictures of course. lomo LCA

Here are some more pictures from my Lomo SuperSampler camera... I posted these on the Front Page as well, but I always thought Lomo SuperSampler pictures were cool so they're here too:

Police Chase

Bus Driving By

Walking By Hospital (Lens Flare)
Junction Box Abstract Movement
Rusty Fence

Fire Engine
Lorry Driving By
Lorry Driving By (2)
Lorry Driving By (3)

Person And Blue Sky
Lotus Carlton
Lotus Carlton 2
Lotus Carlton 3

Here are some more pictures from my Lomo SuperSampler camera:

Police Chase

Bus Driving By

Walking By Hospital (Lens Flare)
Junction Box Abstract Movement
Rusty Fence

Fire Engine
Lorry Driving By
Lorry Driving By (2)
Lorry Driving By (3)

Person And Blue Sky
Lotus Carlton
Lotus Carlton 2
Lotus Carlton 3