bmx bandits

aglaia b

bmx bandits

...cause boys will be boys!

This image was shot using a LOMO Action Sampler and 400 ASA Superia Fuji Film hence the slight grain.

other shots using the lomo action sampler

One-second has been neatly dissected into four composite parts and lined up in perfect order to give you one shaky piece of 2×2 sampled action.
Tis more than a photograph and not quite a movie, you’ve got a permanent documentation of a snippet taken from your very own existence somewhere in the time-space continuum.
Tis also one wacky piece of photographic equipment, tis a real camera which consists of a tacky plastic box with four lenses strapped to the front, and inside are a few springs and cogs that reluctantly turn a full circle when you press the shutter release.
By some strange coincidence a standard boring old 35 mm film fits neatly into this box. Each time you hit the shutter release, despite the inferior quality of the lenses, light actually exposes the film at quarter-of-a-second intervals.
As soon as it’s bright enough the Action Sampler’s lenses go into action, giving you unexpected colours, haze and blur and a whole new world of shapes that’ll blow your mind.
The Action Sampler is not a finely tuned piece of apparatus made only of the finest in hand-crafted modern materials, it’s made of plastic. It is not a precision instrument with settings for the slightest nuance in aperture and lighting, it won’t even take a flash and the lenses are moody little beasties, reluctant to let any light get to the film at all.

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Greeting Cards, Matted Prints, Laminated Prints, Mounted Prints, Canvas Prints and Framed Prints
bmx bandits by aglaia b
bmx bandits by aglaia b
  • blamo

    blamo

    Hats off to you A1 you are allways exploring ….......... new ideas

  • PJ Ryan

    PJ Ryan

    So cool !! love it .. everything about it .. the movements, the treatment, the mad magical chemistry thing you do with it … your perspective .. the distance .. everything xx

  • aglaia b

    aglaia b

    thanks so much my two little lovelies up ☝. ♥ ☺ ….. x

  • jemimalovesbigted

    jemimalovesbigted

    I really, really want one of these! its on my wish list along with some of that cool new red toned negative film! Oh what fun that combo will be! Very cool chick!

  • aglaia b replied

    unreal girl!
    when are we getting together?
    they are so not expensive. you can borrow mine to see if you like it. just don’t drop it cause it will break! hahaha
    thanks for comment chic-a-dee! ;-) xox

  • jemimalovesbigted

    jemimalovesbigted

    Well I finish uni in a couple of weeks and will have some more free time! We should meet at the Raincoat for a glass of vino or two (or coffee if you don’t like wine)

    I would love to have a go on your Lomo! Never fear I am very good with equipment since the time I was 19 and was working at my great uncles photography studio (training as an assistant) and dropped one of his most beautiful and very expensive Hasselblads I cried for about an hour I felt so bad!

  • aglaia b replied

    oh noooo, holy shit you can’t borrow it! lol
    only kidding, of course you can!
    sounds like a good plan and yes i’m both good with coffee and wine! ;) xox
    ps training as an assistant like that at the age of 19. wow, you are a purist! ;    ) xox

  • JenniferB

    JenniferB

    What a fantastic way of capturing a moment in time! Love how you explain the process too, you’re so talented!!! :-) xox

  • aglaia b replied

    and so are you my darling and so are you!
    thanks so much. ;-) xox ♥

  • JimFilmer

    JimFilmer

    great work…as usual Aglaia, and an exceptional explanation. By the sounds of it you also have great patience and probably also a born optimist.

  • aglaia b replied

    jim you make me laugh. LOL, that’s me, a born optimist, most of the time.
    thanks so much for your comment! ;-) xox

  • waitin' for rain .

    waitin' for ra...

    great compositions and the colors especial

  • aglaia b replied

    thanks so much victor! ;-) xox

  • Paul Vanzella

    Paul Vanzellafounder

    nicely worked… love the way this has come up!

  • aglaia b replied

    awww, thanks so much paul! ;-) xox

  • andreasphoto

    andreasphoto

    the colors together with the unexpected (sorry, just using your words ;-)) distribution of sharpness and blurs creates a very matching feeling for the carelessness and freedom of youth

  • aglaia b replied

    lol, surely they are not my words andreas!!!
    however, i love your comment.
    THANK YOU! ;-) xox

  • flower68

    flower68

    you and your toys and the magic you do.More evidence of your artistic brilliance x

  • aglaia b replied

    thanks my darling! ;-) xox

  • carlein

    carlein

    plastic fantastic, but you really now how to work with it!!!
    as i am leaving for a few days to Texel, a dutch island, and seeing this great lomo… my action sampler will be travelling with me!!!

  • aglaia b replied

    unreal! that’s great.
    have a good time and i can’t wait to see the results! ;-) xox

  • Pascale Baud

    Pascale Baud

    great capture & love the “sequence” ! ;-)

  • aglaia b replied

    thank you lovely lady! ;-) xox

  • Ian James

    Ian James

    Cool shot I have one of these action camera must give it another run.

  • aglaia b replied

    thank you ian, yes they are heaps of fun! ;-)

  • Helen Chierego

    Helen Chierego

    Wow! You are teaching me so much ms aglaia b with your wonderful and educational descriptions of your workflow. You are the master of lomo etc. etc. etc!!!!

  • aglaia b replied

    LOL awww helen. i’d love to be a master, however, i’m normally the slave! lol
    THANKS HELEN! ;-) xox

  • Steve Chapple

    Steve Chapple

    The grainy effect achieved using the film creates a real mood here. I think we’ll just give up and I’ll drop in once a week because you still don’t always pop on the activity monitor!!!!!

  • aglaia b replied

    LOL, you poor thing stephen, is that naughty redbubble trying to keep you away from me! hehe
    be sure to drop in whenever you feel like it and of course thanks so much for dropping in.
    ps. i did try and take a photograph of a ladybird today, only one though, and i did think of you because of this ;-) xox

  • Athena Leonti

    Athena Leonti

    Very nice! Well done!

  • aglaia b replied

    thanks so much athena! ;-) xox

  • RebeccaT

    RebeccaT

    Just love your LOMO shots! – cool capture!

  • aglaia b replied

    rebecca, i keep missing you! lol
    thank you gorgeous girl! ;-) xox

  • Christian Hartung

    Christian Hartung

    nice little series, well done and well edited

  • aglaia b replied

    cheers christian, thank you! ;-)

  • TextureoftheSin

    TextureoftheSin

    Love this treatment!

  • aglaia b replied

    thank you my dear! ;-) xox

  • theyellowfury

    theyellowfury

    Aw thanks. Would you like another swirly thing?

  • aglaia b replied

    oh yes please! hehe
    THANKS lovely boy! ;-) xox

  • theyellowfury

    theyellowfury

    Enjoy

  • mikequigley

    mikequigley

    fabulous work – mq

  • aglaia b replied

    thanks mq. ;-) xox

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