Anything you can do, I can do better...

Rhana Griffin

Anything you can do, I can do better...

Minny has been avidly observing me practising my TtV technique lately and I think silently fuming that she has been left on the shelf. So today while I was experimenting with vaseline (oh yes, keep your eyes peeled for the journal to come on that little adventure) she absconded with my beautiful 1937 vintage Ikoflex!

Well…. she really did look kinda cute so I thought I would grab a snap for her portfolio ;)

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Anything you can do, I can do better... by Rhana Griffin
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  • Rosemary Scott

    Rosemary Scott

    Hope she got some great shots!!

  • Rhana GriffinRedbubbley Schweppervescence replied

    ssssh… don’t tell her… but there is no film in the camera ;)

  • Rosemary Scott

    Rosemary Scott

    Well she’s just going to feel really silly….

  • Rhana GriffinRedbubbley Schweppervescence replied

    but we will still love her anyways ;)

  • Juilee Pryor

    Juilee Pryor

    very cute Rhana… and vaseline hey… I’m channeling David Bailey… nice soft focus hey…. can’t wait

  • Rhana GriffinRedbubbley Schweppervescence replied

    Will you slap me if I say I haven’t the first clue who David Bailey is? Oh and I pretty much failed at the soft focus stuff… but I did get some cool effects happening! :))

  • Caroline Gorka

    Caroline Gorka

    Very cute !

    And David Bailey is a famous, or shall I say infamous, photographer of Royal and famous musicians and film stars in England.

  • Rhana GriffinRedbubbley Schweppervescence replied

    Ahhhh yes… I consulted our friend Mr Google. SOunds like an interesting chap!

  • Jan Timmons

    Jan Timmons

    Splendid setup. Great camera. Did you really put Vaseline on a lens? A friend shoots through wax paper and bottles. Were you this imaginative and creative as a child?

  • Rhana GriffinRedbubbley Schweppervescence replied

    Thanks Jan, and yes, it really is a beautiful camera. I am sorely tempted to try and hunt down some film for it just to see what kind o image it produces. It appears to be in fully working condition and I think I can just remember how to work with film ;)

    I didn’t put vaseline on a lens exactly, but I did put it on a clear filter ;) Here is a little sneak peek for you…

    As for being imaginative and creative as a child? Well, you would have to ask my Mum :))

  • Juilee Pryor

    Juilee Pryor

    hey sounds like Caroline knows who I mean… liberal slatherings of vaseline on his lens and lots of very soft focus very soft porn type of pictures of very young girls… it became his trademark although he did lots of other things as well… he was big in the seventies I think

  • Rhana GriffinRedbubbley Schweppervescence replied

    He maybe knew John Holmes then ;) So I don’t feel as bad not knowing who he was, however I do remember a time not so long ago in the grand scheme of things where I had to google Ansel Adams.

    Now that was embarassing!!

  • Jan Timmons

    Jan Timmons

    How fun! Have you tried portraits with that? Not porn on very young girls, of course.

  • Rhana GriffinRedbubbley Schweppervescence replied

    I don’t do people very well sadly… and I have a distinct lack of models that are willing to let me experiment on them ;)

  • Juilee Pryor

    Juilee Pryor

    you had to google Ansel Adams .... now that really is embarassing….LOL… you make me smile….:)

  • Rhana GriffinRedbubbley Schweppervescence replied

    What can I say Juilee… I really am not the most cultured of people ;) But at least now I can name two famous photographers!

  • John Robb

    John Robb

    hehehe

  • Rhana GriffinRedbubbley Schweppervescence replied

    Are you laughing at Minny or the fact that I had to google Ansel Adams?

  • Vicki Ferrari

    Vicki Ferrari

    Wooden Eye love to see her Minny’s photos!!!! Great thinking there Rhana!! :)) I bet she Wooden “ear of it though!!! :))))

  • Rhana GriffinRedbubbley Schweppervescence replied

    You crack me up woman ;)

  • Tracey Mac

    Tracey Mac

    Well she’s an inquisitive little thing that Minny!! She looks very cute too and I think you should organise a shoot for her with some vaseline on the lens and get some pretend lensbaby shots, like Mel does with Miss Berty….......kinda like Miss Minny instead! ;)

  • Rhana GriffinRedbubbley Schweppervescence replied

    What a wicked mind you have! But I reckon she would love that… little poser that she is ;) You may have to keep Manny away from the computer screen though!

  • billyboy

    billyboy

    Diud you say Vaseline?
    Oh my…

  • Rhana GriffinRedbubbley Schweppervescence replied

    Ah hA! Now I know what to do when I haven’t heard from you in a coons age… just mention the word vaseline!!!

    And sure nuff, up you pop like a jack rabbit ;)

  • Rosemary Scott

    Rosemary Scott

    Love the Vaseline shot!!! hope it’s a challenge entry…..

  • Rhana GriffinRedbubbley Schweppervescence replied

    Sadly no :) There has to be some sort of tradeoff for having the best job in the world ;)

  • Lisa Jewell

    Lisa Jewell

    LOL babe, this is just too cool for school xox

  • Rhana GriffinRedbubbley Schweppervescence replied

    Thanks hunny :) Your support of my work always makes my heart sing xxxxx

  • Kim McClain

    Kim McClain

    Very cool! I like the preview!

  • Anna Shaw

    Anna Shaw

    Instant fave. Fabulous- witty, clever and so well crafted.
    xx

  • Matt Penfold

    Matt Penfold

    Minny’s a little kleptomaniac, but she looks so attached to the Ikoflex… does she ever get any toys of her own?

  • Rhana GriffinRedbubbley Schweppervescence replied

    Well now… not as yet but, Christmas is just around the corner ;)

  • April Webb

    April Webb

    I like this one and I like the tittle. It’s funny as well as a great image.

  • Clare Colins

    Clare Colins

    ha ha….great concept…well done!

  • traveller

    traveller

    Fun image Rhana, but what is the message? Are you saying that only wooden heads still use film twin lens reflex cameras?

  • Rhana GriffinRedbubbley Schweppervescence replied

    Hell no! In fact, I wish I had the know how to actually be able to use one of these gorgeous camera’s with film instead of just TtV :))

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