TexasGirl Photography

Since the summer of 2018, we have been fortunate enough to enjoy long summer camping road trips throughout the southwest and, last year, to the east coast too. Every one of them was epic, formative, memorable. They solidified the bond we have to one another, and provided creative fodder like nothing else!

With the advent of a couple of new furry family members, and with some big changes on the horizon, those days are over for the time being. So, enter the idea of little summer adventures. Little trips. Little moments, little treasures. And what could be better than a little bitty camera that makes little bitty negatives for this new little life?

The fact that the people at Lomography are marketing experts AND my instant attraction to a film size I’ve never used before certainly helped my decision to get one of their new 110 cameras. The fact that it came in wonderful, save-worthy packaging was a bonus; I love how it looked like an ice cream sandwich all wrapped in tissue paper.

I won’t leave you in suspense long, but I will first mention that I was delighted to discover my old favorite film lab in Austin (Austin Camera) does 110 processing, and process-only is reasonably priced! A certain teenager I know was able to get some good driving practice in hauling me there and back twice.

I snapped a roll (roll? cartridge, maybe?) of the Tiger 200 around the house and then another when we went to Fredericksburg for the Crawfish Festival Memorial Day weekend. And I have to say that the results are possibly the most lomo of any lomo I’ve tried so far but I also love them for exactly that reason. I seem to be having some trouble getting the frames to line up properly, and it keeps making double exposures without my permission, but I suspect that’s user error and anyway it’s a happy snappy little 110 camera the size of a stick of butter so who cares! I am having a great time with it. Also I’m really impressed with the quality of the color.

Around the house, the camera performed well – and I say that realizing that these are hardly perfect photographs. I’m not looking for perfection with the Lomomatic 110; I’m more interested in vibes. And vibes are something it offers in quantity!

The trip out to Fredericksburg yielded some road trippy photos that I’m very happy about.

On that day trip, we stopped at the LBJ Ranch and also Luckenbach. Also there was a rattlesnake show at the Crawfish Festival again.

So, friends, there you have it: my first foray into 110. I have a variety of films (all Lomography) to put through it this summer, so watch this space for more tiny adventures when they arrive! Thanks for looking. And if you have one of these cameras and can offer some user advice, I’m all ears.