Shoot 3 - Vian Maier using a TLR camera

This is my third shoot it was taken on holiday in devon, in and around sea side towns. I shot 2 rolls of 120 film with a TLR camera. I was shooting in the style of Vivian Maier which was to get candid pictures of people in the streets living there life. I got a few good pictures that worked well with the candid look, but I struggled with the focus point on the camera. This was due to how hard it is to quickly focus the camera. I was using a Lubitel 166 
 which is a old TLR camera make in the USSR. It was one of the better cheap TLR cameras that didnt cost a fortune. Like my first shoot I was suing Maiers idea of documenting her life as she goes. I found that using the Lubitel, it was hard to accurately focus the lens accurately when trying to get pictures of people. I found that guessing the distances was a far easier option. 
On the contact sheet there is a few scratches which is due to the glass cover on the frame when you are making the contact sheet, hence it is also on the other 120 film contact sheet.
Over the week I was taking pictures there was a mix of weather, I used my phone as a light meter so could get the aperture and speed on the camera right as I have not quite yet got the hang of guessing the settings for the camera, which is what Maier would have done. I found that using the camera to had to hold it at your stomach hight to use the view finder, It made it less obvious that I was taking pictures as I was walking. Which meant it would be easier to take pictures. They mention this in the documentary about Maier, and how probably the reason she used a TLR. 
I think that over all It was a very good shoot. The negatives look very good, although the prints were not as I thought they would be. Due to the size of the negative being 6 x 6 It meant I had to crop them. I found this harder to do than I thought. This didn't stop me but I found that I will have to think about my composure next time I use this camera. 
My favourite picture that came out well as a negative and in print was a picture of the harbour, In the picture the clouds are really defined and look very real.  It  was taken at a speed of 1/60 with an aperture of f 18  Due to the sun being behind the cloud giving a lot of light into the lens. I like that it is in black and white as I was able to print it myself, which adds to the excitement of a good picture coming out. 

This is a strange picture, It came out like this as when I placed it in the developer I put it upside-down and it came out very different to how I thought it would. I found that when the face of the picture scrapes against the side it with rub at the chemicals and wont come out as planned. It was a picture of 2 people walking off a boat. It came out a bit darker in the negative than I would have liked but I gave up with printing this picture.

We went to a wild life reserve and the penguins were apart of the enclosure. I wanted to get a contrast between the black and white penguins, It was harder than I thought to get the contrast. In hindsight I am now a lot better at making the white on the pictures white. I may try this again. I found it hard to take this picture as to use the view finder I had to be looking down. This was hard as there was a rail around the enclosure the same hight my camera was at.

This is my best print. I haven't done any post production, But the picture looks far better physically, the scanner quality doesn't do it justice. I like the picture a lot. I like how its done in 3rds and how the clouds look alive. I used a high f stop with this picture which would around for the wide range of detail in the picture. I think the focus was also in inmate setting so that would also add to the depth of field in the picture.