the FIND Lab

I wanted to try something, I wanted to trust the Aussie postal system (hard to do!) pop my film into a mailer and post it to America to be scanned, crazy? Maybe!

I've been a big fan of Jonathan Canlas for a while now - chances are if you're into film then you are as well.   Mr Canlas only shoots film, coined the phrase "film is not dead" and does a lot to promote the artform and keep it alive, he also has started (I believe or had some involvement with) the Find Lab. Speaking of which, FIND becomes the awesome acronym for "film is not dead" :)

I shot my very first roll of slide film, some Agfa CT Precisa 100 that I wanted to cross process and knew it would be in great hands if I sent it to the FIND lab (and it was!). Cross processing, simply refers to processing a film in different chemicals then what's intended for the film stock.   In this case I had my slide film processed in normal colour film chemicals. You may ask why and the simple answer is because you can get some interested results by doing so, crazy colours, contrasts, all slightly unpredictable but hopefully all awesome :)

I have to give mad props to the FIND lab, I will say upfront it is more expensive then when I was sending my film a state away through the lomography website (but not that much more) and much more expensive then dropping it off your local drugstore but I can honestly say it's worth it to do so. The Find lab's customer service is outstanding, not only did they do a killer job on the scans but they took the time to give feedback and offer some other film/suggestions to try :) I appreciate the communication and felt free to ask questions, something I'm not use to and took me pleasantly by surprise :)

Okay onward to the photos, they're a hodge podge of photos from Biggenden, Byron and Fraser.  There's also a few non-slide photos in the mix, like the cactus shot and the black white one (portra 160 and lady grey 400, respectively) but other than that it's all cross processed goodness shot on my Canon 1000f :)

I definitely want to play with slide film and cross processing more in the future - I love the unpredictable nature!

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Byron Bay Street Art

Despite being able to fill this entry with lots of street art radness we did have to hunt it out, it's not that Byron bay doesn't have a street art culture it's just a lot of it has an advertising spin. It seems like a welcoming place for expression but I think it could be taken even further on an artistic level :) I'll let the photos do the talking and perhaps they tell a different tale!

And that concludes the byron posts!

Thanks Byron for showing us a good time - we'll definitely be back again :)

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