The sun came out this afternoon (hooray) so I nipped out for a wander down to the old cemetery. I took my Lomography Diana F+ with the instant back. I love the effect it gives – it uses the mini instant fuji film, but unlike using the regular fujifilm cameras you don’t have to worry about the flash going off.

Plus you have the lovely soft, plastic lens (which of course you can change for one of the other Diana lenses available to buy).

Plus you can do multiple-exposures, so lots of fun to be had!

The only downside is it’s a bit of a big chunk of cumbersome plastic to carry around, but what is art without the suffering?

Hope you’ve been having a relaxing weekend too!

My traisping around the local cemetery is well documented on this blog (promise I’m not a goth. Not anymore).

It’s Victorian and not used any more but is beautifully overgrown and maintained in its ramshackle condition as a historic and beautiful site in its own right.

Amongst the dilapidated grave stones (so many stories we’ll never know) nature thrives and flourishes like nowhere else I’ve seen in a city. There was a mound of heather covered in at least 100 tiny butterflies and the noise of the crickets/grasshoppers was constant. There were bees and weird insects of every shape and size. Squirrels, Jays, magpies and so many other birds. We saw a squirrel and have heard tale of deer living deep, deep in the undergrowth.

Photos taken with Polaroid SX-70 + 600 film + ND filter

I like to hang around graveyards; spooky, derilct Victorian ones, full of hidden paths, secret tombs and overgrown ivy. I was a bit of a goth during my teenage years, that must be why.

Polaroid SX-70 + 600 film + ND filter on film pack

Canon 40d + 85mm f/1.8 lens

In other news, we had an unexpected vistor to the garden on Sunday. A very friendly racing pigeon who decided he needed a break on his flight back to Cheltenham (from goodness knows where – I googled his number). It was strange being able to get so close to a bird, but so sweet to have him eat food from our hands. After eating, drinking and having a little nap he decided to continue on his way – I hope he got home OK!

Canon 40d + 85mm f/1.8 lens