Caotun Township Lo-Fi

Lo-Fi Caotun

Lantern Sky

I recently found a plastic toy camera. The camera is of unknown make and model but was a part of some sort of promotional giveaway from yesteryear. I loaded it with a roll of Fujicolor Superia 200 [as various speeds of Superia are the only film available in the greater Jhongsing Village-area] and walked around town with it during a few lunch breaks over the past couple of months. Here are a handful of those shots.

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Alien Skin Exposure 4 – Preset Examples and First Impressions

Landscape
Kodak Ektachrome EIR [Washed Out] and Cross Processed Slide Film

During the long weekend I downloaded and experimented with a trial version of Exposure 4 by Alien Skin. Exposure 4 is a plug-in for Adobe Lightroom and Photoshop. The program is an easy to use film simulator filled to the brim with presets mimicking discontinued films, dark room tricks, and lo-fi camera idiosyncrasies.

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