Processed films

Today I went to pick up my films from my documentary photography of the continental market. As i mentioned previously on my blog I have not shot using Edith 120mm film of a Diana f+ before. The square format is also something that I am unfamiliar with.
After I received the films back I had a mixture of emotions, firstly I was pleased that the films had been processed and that they were not ruined. Secondly I was glad to see that the images turned out. I did however feel a little sad that they were not as bright as I thought they would be. This obviously is down to my error when exposing the film, but as you may appreciate there are only three settings on the very basic camera.
If I could re-do this project, I think I would have tried to order the camera and films a little earlier and had a practice session with the Saturday market. It was relatively close to the deadline (2 weeks) that I decided I wanted to look at shooting my images this way and with the camera having to be shipped and the weeks processing time for my films, it did not leave me much time to practice. Practising may have been able to prevent slight issues with things such as exposure as I mentioned earlier.
Film photography is expensive. It cost me £55 to have one black and white film and two colour films processed. As there are only 12-14 shots on a roll of 120 mm film it meant that I did not have the budget to be testing, processing and printing a lot of films. I am sure that in time my technique will improve as I continue to practice the art of Lomography in my spare time as it really is something that I have become passionate about.
I will be posting some of the images on my blog soon once I can scan them in.