It's a tie

During our visit to Las Vegas, I shot two rolls of film (on my half-frame Olympus so really it's like four rolls) - one in colour and one in black and white. I ended up shooting some similar images in both colour and black & white - mostly by accident I think. For some of the images I have a clear preference for either the black & white or the colour.
But we these photos, it's a complete tie. I love them equally for different reasons. They also happen to be some of the pictures that I am most proud of from all the photos I took.

Poppies in the garden at the Bellagio. And here is where my new found obsession with poppies began.

Not the exact same chandelier and skylight, but very similar in structure and photo composition. I think both were in the Bellagio though.

Colour photos taken with my Olympus Pen F & fuji colorsuperia film
Black & White photos taken with my Olympus PenF and Kodak TMAX 400 film.

Sitting in a Bellagio Garden

I posted a few pictures from the garden at the Bellagio Hotel as part of the Film26 project that I am participating in (F for Flowers and J for Jumbo) but haven't posted all of them yet. It was such an amazing space, I could have spent a whole afternoon (and several rolls of film) just snapping away in there!
But of course, there was also so much going on that it was hard to get photos that were really focused and had interest. I would be interested to see what it looks like now, as the elaborate displays change with the seasons
I took photos in colour and in black and white - sometimes of the exact same object. I honestly don't think it was intentional, I just think that my eye was often drawn to the same things and I couldn't remember from one day to the next what I had actually photographed.

A reproduction of a painting made entirely of plants!

Giant flowers attract giant bees!

The ceiling art installation in the lobby - I couldn't get my hand steady enough

Colour photos taken with my Olympus Pen F & fuji colorsuperia film
Black & White photos taken with my Olympus PenF and Kodak TMAX 400 film.

The Paris

It's funny because I thought that I would be horrified by the characterization of Paris in Las Vegas. Determined to be a purist - only the real Eiffel Tower will do! I know - Quel snob!
But really the Paris Hotel just made me nostalgic, and made me want to go back to Paris. Don't get me wrong, it is a far cry from the atmosphere of the city of love - with it's slot machines and giant drink cups, but those little Parisien icons were just enough to make me smile and start snapping away.

Sign, sign, everwhere a sign...

...blockin' out the scenery, breakin' my mind, do this, don't do that, can't you read the sign?

I have decided that Las Vegas is either a nightmare or a wet dream for those Font Fanatics out there. I am almost certain that this is where the majority of new fonts are created as it seems that no one font can possibly be used twice in this city. I'll let you decide... eyesore or eye candy?

Vegas has it's fair share of puns too for the word fanatics in the crowd

At least there aren't any Upside Down N's in these shots!

All photos taken with my Olympus Pen F. Colour photos taken with Fuji Colour Superia Film. Black & White photos taken with Kodak TMAX 400 film.

We built this city...

We built this city on rock & roll!!!

I finally got back my second roll of film from our trip to Las Vegas (oh so long ago now). The second roll was black & white so I needed to wait for some more rolls of black & white to take a bunch of them together to be developed (it's slightly cheaper that way).
Anyway, I have spent the morning organizing and grouping the two rolls into "postable themes". The first theme... the buildings of Las Vegas! They are truly impressive in sheer size, number and replication of already exsisting buildings in the world. I think I spent half my time there with my neck craned up to look at all the buildings.

Doesn't this look like a movie set or something??

Palm Trees and the Chrysler Building??

Ceasar's Palace

New York New York

I love the b&w tones in this shot

The Eiffel Tower at the Paris Hotel

All photos taken with my Olympus Pen F. Colour photos taken with Fuji Colour Superia Film. Black & White photos taken with Kodak TMAX 400 film.

J is for Jeffrey & Jumbo

Ok, I'm caught up... no more late assignments (at least not this week!). I have a few new rolls that were recently developed and am in the process of sorting through them to post here.

For now, my Film26 submissions for the letter J

J is for Jeffrey (like you didn't see that one coming!)

 Taken with Olympus Pen F, Kodak Portra Film.

J is for Jumbo! (I swear they were less scary in real life)

Taken with my Olympus PenF and Kodak TMAX 400 film.

'I' is for Ikon & Incongruent

I am late on my Film26 project... again. But to my defense, I was waiting on Jeffrey to finish a roll of black & white so that we could get 3 rolls all developed at once in order to save a little on the scanned digital versions (only paying for one disc rather than 2 or more). We really do need to consider investing in a film scanner...

At any rate, 'I' is a super tough letter to shoot. I found it much more difficult to find words that fit than previous letters.

I is for Ikon (Zeiss Ikon Nettar 515/2)

Ikon refers to our Zeiss Ikon Nettar 515/2 which was given to us by a family member over the Christmas holidays. It was our first time getting out to use it because it requires 120mm film (which is more difficult to get your hands on than regular 35mm film), and because we wanted to wait for good lighting conditions for the first run. More on this cool little camera to come.
This photo is of Vancouver, taken from the top of Queen Elizabeth Park.
Taken with our Zeiss Ikon Nettar 515/2 and Kodak Tri-X 400 B&W 120mm film.

I is for Incongruent

When we were in Las Vegas, I just couldn't get over the incongruency of the New York "Chrysler Building" surrounded by palm trees. That city just baffles the mind, and the mish-mash of cultural references all crammed together in such a dense area is like a crazy caricature of the world on steroids.
Taken with my Olympus PenF and Kodak TMAX B&W 400 film.