In & Around the Office

Quick set of photos taken in & around my office today... I'm going to take photos at the Yelp Fantasea event at the Shedd Aquarium tonight but probably won't be home in time to blog them (so they'll be up tomorrow). For some reason this set kind of reminds me of the movie Office Space...

Empty School Halls

During winter break (yep, it's still break, we get 6 weeks!) several floors of our various school buildings are pretty abandoned, including the floor just below my office. As the womens bathroom is on that floor, I've had ample time to discover that NO ONE has been around for quite a while and that several of the offices are even abandoned/been re-located to other spaces. Today during my break I decided to wander around and take a few photos with my iphone.

I decided to use the Camerabag app to give the images a 'Holga' look. Not sure how I feel about the results... there's something odd about using new technology to imitate the look of film. Back in undergrad I used to love using the Holga camera, I started using it to get away from the 'perfect' look of digital... there was something rather romantic about the colours and lighting effects (heavy vignetting) and the sheer unpredictability of the results that appealed to me. What do you think? I know there are still tons of devoted toy camera users out there...