I'm in love with colour.
I take pictures because I like to create stuff.
I like taking pretty pictures of ordinary things.
I shoot mainly with a Canon Digital Rebel XTi/EOS 400D, a Hasselblad 500 C/M, Great Wall DF, Canon AE-1 Program, Polaroid SX-70 and various other film cameras, including Diana, Holga, and Brownie Hawkeye.
I'm a camera collector.
I like to experiment with ground glass, pinhole, and peephole photography.
I shoot expired film exclusively because I'm poor and I'm cheap.
I do my own colour and b&w film development and scan the negatives with an Epson Perfection 4490. It makes film photography affordable to me.
I have had my work published in Lightleaks Magazine, Photosho Magazine, Octane Magazine, and File Magazine.

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Prints are available through Imagekind.
Contacts (105)
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PaulaRussell
Paula Russell
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IrenaS
Irene Suchocki
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*Sakura*
さくら / Sakura
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sweet distin
No real name given
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Jeremy75
No real name given
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Zeb Andrews
Zeb Andrews
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-stacey-
Stacey
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qviri
Jarek Piórkowski
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anderspace
Mark Anderson
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:lynn:
Lynn Elliott
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Indy Charlie
Carolynn Eva
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UtataBot
No real name given
Groups (50)
- Polaroid Land Camera 22147 photos, 2311 members
- Agfa Clack Pinhole Photography 10 photos, 12 members
- Diana & her clones (no Diana+ or F+.) 1010 photos, 124 members
- Kodak Expired Film 3154 photos, 927 members
- This is why I love Film 11960 photos, 935 members
- The Photo Playground 237 photos, 39 members
- Cross Processing - FILM ONLY 105635 photos, 8332 members
- XPRO CROSS PROCESSING 39059 photos, 3302 members
- HasselbladFans台灣哈蘇迷同好會 9830 photos, 579 members
- Bleach Bypass 100 photos, 101 members
- Getty Images on Flickr 0 photos, 6668 members
- Caffenol 883 photos, 453 members
- Guelph Photography Film Club 45 photos, 8 members
- Do It Yourself Color 6564 photos, 756 members
- efke / ADOX 4009 photos, 582 members
- 127 Format 2035 photos, 426 members
- Summer vacation - medium format 23 photos, 36 members
- Monochrome Monday 1764 photos, 321 members
- Old Film Project 382 photos, 97 members
- : A Sense of Place : 83 photos, 96 members
- Colour Chart 3854 photos, 2373 members
- Worldnomads.com 2009 Travel Photography Scholarship 3600 photos, 1139 members
- UBCBG Botany Photo of the Day 10630 photos, 522 members
- 'Roid Week 2009 6154 photos, 1593 members
- Flickr 5.25 1248 photos, 1587 members
- Apartment Therapy Home Cure 3239 photos, 589 members
- By Accident 2761 photos, 1397 members
- Softies 36428 photos, 3594 members
- get crafty! 133270 photos, 7624 members
- Great Lake Swimmers 375 photos, 42 members
- Hillside Inside 116 photos, 12 members
- Shutter Sisters 94976 photos, 5112 members
- Natural Light Child Photography 180535 photos, 18352 members
- Quirky Sock Critters 1694 photos, 236 members
- Great Wall Camera 1113 photos, 186 members
- be Poladroid ! 61075 photos, 14568 members
- FlickrCentral 2488347 photos, 109266 members
- ☆ ♪ ♡ Shaped Bokeh 596 photos, 562 members
- Artistic Photography 559286 photos, 29630 members
- AE-1 22023 photos, 1671 members
- Diptychs 8160 photos, 1075 members
- Fergus and Elora 1119 photos, 105 members
- Hasselblad Users Group 38057 photos, 2352 members
- bokeh 116463 photos, 10369 members
- Toy Camera Day 2008 41 photos, 72 members
- Film is not Dead!! 390743 photos, 12526 members
- 6x6 -COLOR- *120Film ONLY* NO Toycamera, NO X-Processed 46179 photos, 2619 members
- Medium Format Nature and Landscape 4111 photos, 481 members
- Empty Seats 17845 photos, 4280 members
- Analog Photography 372259 photos, 9159 members
Testimonials (2)
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Forestpirate says:
"Fantastic photos. Beautiful scenery. Pictures of me. What can I say? She's my wife and I love her work. :)"
1st May, 2006
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Boggy says:
"Before looking at Firda's photostream I didn't realise how much you can tell about a person from the pictures that they capture on their camera. But as you immerse yourself in Firda's photos you get a picture of the person behind the lens.
Firda loves vibrant colours. Time and time again your eye is drawn to a bright yellow or red or green or blue - whether it's from nature or from an everyday object. All the colours of the rainbow are represented in Firda's stream.
Firda loves the world in which she lives. Whether it's rolling plains or forests, seascapes or mountain vistas that you want - you'll find them all in her photostream. And you'll find every season of the year represented as well - the youthfulness of spring, the brightness of summer, the reds and browns of autumn, and the starkness of winter.
And, most importantly of all, Firda has a great sense of humour. Catch a glimpse of Finnegan the Galactic Wonder Fish. Marvel at the Cookie Monster sitting on a sofa. Look at the discarded umbrella in the rubbish bin. Find the rubber ducks in the bath. Meet MetaDuck and Quack the Duck who obviously played an important part in her wedding ceremony. And who is that under the spotlight? Yes, it's another toy duck - and this one is wearing a blue skirt. You'll find yourself smiling as you view Firda's photos. Go on, try it!
Firda's photos make me want to visit the places that she has visited, and they encourage me to look at the world in a new way, through her eyes rather than my own. I ask, what are the things that I miss seeing that Firda would photograph in the world I inhabit? Where would her eyes turn? What views would her cameras capture?
Firda's photos, taken with a variety of cameras (a number of them old indeed), are well worth a visit. Spend some time with them, for many of them will become friends that you'll visit over and over again."9th January, 2006