TexasGirl Photography

While we were at Big Bend in March, I loaded a roll of Cinestill’s Redrum into my Diana camera and decided to go for 16 exposures rather than 12. I did this with a roll of black and white film too, and neglected to realize exactly how this would work without having the 16-exposures mask in place. (I hadn’t bothered to bring that mask along.)

Here (above) you can see an example of the overlap that resulted from my not using the mask. I have to admit that I don’t mind it; in fact, I wish I could claim that I did that on purpose.

Fast forward in time and I decided to treat myself to some color film processing by theFINDlab. I was sending in a roll of XP2 (I’ll talk about that another time) that had come in a mystery box from them, and I figured it was worth it to include the other rolls of C41 I’d used while I was at Big Bend. I couldn’t recall which rolls had gone in which camera, and by the time I got the box posted and the negatives back, I couldn’t recall what all I had sent them, either. (I don’t consider certain details worth long-term brain-space I guess!)

I was delighted when I scanned the Redrum negatives! They are wild and wonderfully wonky. Some of them are panoramic in nature, although I can’t remember if I meant to make them that way or not. It was a interesting scanning experience (and cutting – I agonized over where to snip).

I know that redscale film varies depending on how you expose it. When I have a bit more control, I try to go for a sepia look by overexposing it like crazy. Diana doesn’t give you that but then again that’s kinda the whole point of Diana. She is a temperamental princess.

Apparently I had a good time photographing various flowering cacti. These were made, along with the ones below, near Boquillas Canyon.

I find myself realizing that the Diana deserves more use, and maybe I will even splurge and get her the glass lens that Lomography sells. The below photos are among my favorites from this roll, but really I would be hard pressed if I had to pick just one. It’s interesting how I can look at these photographs now and not have much personal attachment to them, since I barely remember pressing the shutter button for any of them.

Thank you for looking!