Fascinating history in the referred blog. I can imagine there must be wrenching stories from that post-war period. More recently, one can only wonder what was behind the recent RIP Sticky graffiti. Thanks for sharing this. And FWIW, I too have shot an entire roll of 36 without noting if the rewind lever was turning while I advanced. Indeed, it only took that once. Cheers!
Yeah, you don’t often find buildings vandalized with graffiti in Tokyo, but this place was covered in it! A very interesting place! And glad to hear I’m not alone 😅 my heart sank when I realized I hadn’t captured any of the photos thought I had… you live and learn 💪
Thank you, James, for the tour of this Lost Places area. Photographs of this type document the so-called 'aesthetics of decay'. I can understand how valuable every shot is when you take analogue photos. It even makes sense to think about whether or not to take a photo. And an accidentally unused negative film in the camera can be annoying ;-). I remember an episode of misadventure: Years ago (when I was still taking analogue photographs) my camera accidentally fell from my wrist into a shallow sand pond (during a stay in Mauritius). I was able to get it out again, but it was no longer functional. The trigger was blocked. I couldn't take any more photos. Later it was an adventurous undertaking to get the negative film out of the camera without exposing the photos that had already been taken. I had to hide under several blankets to get enough darkness to carefully rewind the film spool and remove it from the camera. And I managed it successfully, despite considerable breathing difficulties ;-). However, I still mourn the loss of the camera to this day because it couldn't be repaired even afterwards. Greets from afar - Monika
Yeah, I had to be a lot more selective about what to take photos of as with digital I would have just shot endlessly haha. And wow, that must have been heartbreaking. I fortunately have not experienced anything so bad as that yet… but I suppose it's only a matter of time 😅 At least you managed to get the negatives out safely!
YES, shooting blanks happened to me one time! I didn't have film in the camera at all! I tried to go back and shoot what I shot but couldn't remember all of what I shot!
Ah, that must have been disappointing… I was so disheartened when I realized what had happened hehe 😅. That is one nice thing about digital. There's never any doubt if you took the photo or not. You just have to live and learn. I still love shooting film though haha
Fascinating history in the referred blog. I can imagine there must be wrenching stories from that post-war period. More recently, one can only wonder what was behind the recent RIP Sticky graffiti. Thanks for sharing this. And FWIW, I too have shot an entire roll of 36 without noting if the rewind lever was turning while I advanced. Indeed, it only took that once. Cheers!
Yeah, you don’t often find buildings vandalized with graffiti in Tokyo, but this place was covered in it! A very interesting place!
And glad to hear I’m not alone 😅 my heart sank when I realized I hadn’t captured any of the photos thought I had… you live and learn 💪
cool area, nice relaxing video as always
It is! Glad you enjoyed it!
Thank you, James, for the tour of this Lost Places area. Photographs of this type document the so-called 'aesthetics of decay'.
I can understand how valuable every shot is when you take analogue photos. It even makes sense to think about whether or not to take a photo. And an accidentally unused negative film in the camera can be annoying ;-).
I remember an episode of misadventure: Years ago (when I was still taking analogue photographs) my camera accidentally fell from my wrist into a shallow sand pond (during a stay in Mauritius). I was able to get it out again, but it was no longer functional. The trigger was blocked. I couldn't take any more photos. Later it was an adventurous undertaking to get the negative film out of the camera without exposing the photos that had already been taken. I had to hide under several blankets to get enough darkness to carefully rewind the film spool and remove it from the camera. And I managed it successfully, despite considerable breathing difficulties ;-). However, I still mourn the loss of the camera to this day because it couldn't be repaired even afterwards. Greets from afar - Monika
Yeah, I had to be a lot more selective about what to take photos of as with digital I would have just shot endlessly haha.
And wow, that must have been heartbreaking. I fortunately have not experienced anything so bad as that yet… but I suppose it's only a matter of time 😅 At least you managed to get the negatives out safely!
YES, shooting blanks happened to me one time! I didn't have film in the camera at all! I tried to go back and shoot what I shot but couldn't remember all of what I shot!
Ah, that must have been disappointing…
I was so disheartened when I realized what had happened hehe 😅. That is one nice thing about digital. There's never any doubt if you took the photo or not. You just have to live and learn. I still love shooting film though haha
What’s the green line on the right hand side? At first I thought it was just a bit of CA from the first photo but it’s on all of them.🤔
You know… I’m honestly not sure 🤔