Tried the 1:1 image aspect today.

[alfredo]

This kind of takes me back to the days of my old Twin Lens Reflex, a Yashica D. It took 120 film, a 1:1 image aspect. That is the only camera I regret selling. I liked the images it produced.

We had heavy rain last night so I passed by McConnell Springs to check out the creek. The first image is smaller than the rest on purpose.

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4:3 image aspect

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[Solly Mack]

1. I like where you live.

Nice photos.

[alfredo]

2. This is a nice region. Spring is beautiful here, but the pollen is brutal.

[Stevenmarc]

3. I'm particularly fond of 1:1

and the funny thing is that technology is pushing that ratio again considering that Instagram uses a square format and quite a few apps shoot in it.

[alfredo]

4. I don't have a smart phone and my iPad has not camera, so I never contracted the

instagram disease. For me it is a mix of nostalgia for my TLR and a challenge to see things in a different way.

[Stevenmarc]

5. But thats the point

I've shot my fair share of 120 in the past and I've always had a warm fuzzy feeling for it but now with new technology everything old is new again.

It's the upswing of square format in social media and mobile photography that moved a lot of camera manufactures to put a 1:1 setting on their cameras so you can have your nostalgic moment. Not only that but there has been renewed for shooting with 120 film, we have a store near NYU called Lomography that sells 120 film and the cameras to shoot with it so even if you aren't a fan of Instagram or Hipstamatic they played a roll in resurrecting 1:1.