As I mentioned in my Barcelona outfit post, I LOVE vintage photography. Quite a few bloggers (including me) fiddle with their photos in photoshop to create a retro look but in my opinion there's nothing like the real thing! I bought an Olympus Xa2 and it's amazing. I love ever aspect of it - picking up the film from the developers is awesome - sort of akin to receiving a written letter in the post! The Olympus creatures similar shots to a lomo camera (the ones you can pick up in Urban Outfitters for £50) but it's much cheaper. I bought mine for around £15. They have gone up in price a bit on eBay since then (it pays to be a little ahead of the curve with camera trends) but you should still be able to pick one up way cheaper than £50.
You can find out more about the camera here. I bought it because I grew tired of buying disposable cameras, which didn't really give me the sharp quality I wanted. Also one of our friends told us that she used to work in a developers and they hated disposable cameras because they always gave them electric shocks when they took the cardboard case off!
Here are a few snaps I took in Barcelona during my trip (including the one above):
I'm going to feature more retro snaps in my blog in the coming months. I'd love to get my paws on a Yaschina T4 but a the moment they're selling for about £75 on eBay which is just too pricey for me. Sad face. My boyfriend Louis picked up an old camera at the Barcelona flea market we went to. It's pretty grotty but we thought we might be able to clean it up and take a few interesting pics. That's the fun thing about buying a vintage camera, you never quite know what you're going to get out of them! If you're using one for the first time it's a good idea to take a back up camera that you know works (just incase!). Incidentally, flea markets are THE place to pick up new cameras, we got this one for 8 euros. We're having a few problems finding out much about this camera (other than it's a Welisa Star, which it says on the front!). If anyone has any info we'd be really interested to hear!
Finally, a little fashion! I didn't post about Mia's hen party at all (bad me). You can read about it in Mia's 1960s bride blog. But here's a photo of the AMAZING vintage dress Mia was wearing for the Mad Men theme. It reminds me of the one Kate Moss designed for Topshop except it's a vintage original! She picked it up at a car boot sale for next to nothing:
Also, check out this cute lil' badge I had made for her by Hetty And Dave to let everyone know she is a bride to be! It beats the crap out of a pink satin sash!
Corinne x
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