First Lomo Roll

So I got my first roll back taken with my new Lomo LCA+. I have mixed opinions about it and it's raising interesting questions in mind about what an image really is. That was the whole point of getting the camera in the first place. As an imagemaker I'm really trying to answer the question: "What makes an image?"

All the images posted below were processed at Black's Photography and are the images coming off digital files on a DVD. There has been no correction besides resizing. I also had proofs made. I'm not so pysched about the proofs but the digital files look a little better or at least have some "character" (i know that's such a lofty statement).

Like I said above I'm really starting to ask myself questions about the nature of images. Why do I feel mixed about the results? What if I took it to a different lab? What would different film stock do? What if I printed glossy over matte? Even things like printing with borders or not or the size of an image can have a very drastic influence on the perception of an image.

Does any of this even matter?

I'm definitely just at the beginning of exploring these questions...

The one thing I have to say is that operationally the camera is the best I've had with a point and shoot camera. The lens is the fastest I've worked with. Where I would normally expect the camera to hold its shutter open long to take in enough light, forcing you to really hold it steady to avoid motion blur, the LCA clicks open and shuts quick - and I shot in some pretty dim areas. The focus I'm getting used to also. Instead of an auto focus function the LCA has 4 focus settings - 0.8m, 1.5m, 3m and infinity which you toggle on the side depending on your shot. It's quick and the camera doesn't lag to find focus like most P&S cameras. You just have to remember to set it!

More to come...