Back in November last year, I attended the Kosmonauts Photowalk in Hampstead which was organised by @londoncameraproject
At that time, I had recently purchased the Leica M6 TTL so was looking forward to taking it out on it’s first photowalk.
I also knew that I wanted to take some instant photos on this photowalk so also took my Leica Sofort camera since it’s a nice compact instant camera that doesn’t take up a lot of room in my bag.
I was looking forward to visiting Hampstead since I had never been there before.
It was very easy for me to get to by train from Brighton and I met everyone at the station in Hampstead.
The @londoncameraproject photowalks have become very popular with film photographers and this was no exception. A nice group of people turned up so it was great to meet new people who also had a love of film camera’s.
Considering it was November, the weather was fairly nice and Hampstead does have some really pretty streets with some nice shops. We initially started our photowalk around those where I took some photos using my Leica M6 TTL, the Leica 50mm Summicron lens and Kodak Portra 400 colour film:
I was really drawn to this OXO tin I found inside a vintage market we visited in Hampstead so took a photo of it:
There was a lovely Florist next door to the vintage market so I took a picture of some of the nice flowers for sale:
Next we went for a walk around some of the local streets and I took a couple of photos:
During the photowalk, we also visited a pub. It turns out that the pubs are extremely busy in Hampstead on a Saturday afternoon and we were a fairly large group, so we had to kind of spread ourselves out where we could in the pub we decided to stop at.
Whilst at the pub, I took some photos on my Leica Sofort of some of the group. I gave most of them away but managed to keep a couple. I also took one outside whilst walking around the streets in Hampstead:
After the pub stop, we headed to the woods but since it was November, the daylight started to fade in the late afternoon and I didn’t manage to get any shots using my Leica M6 TTL camera. I tried to take some using my Leica Sofort but they unfortunately came out took dark, even with the flash.
After the woodland walk, I had a knitting shop in London that I needed to visit for my Knitwear Designer job before it closed plus I still had the journey of heading back to Brighton ahead of me so I said farewell to the others whilst they headed off to another pub for some further drinks.
I’m so pleased I got to visit Hampstead as it really was a pretty place and I would definitely go back there another time to perhaps visit some of the beautiful shops that the town has.
Natalie Smart Film Photography 