to my faithful readers (if there are any…), I have moved my photoblog into a new home at my own .net. if you have me on your links and all that please do update your blogrolls and bookmarks and whatnots into this new address :) :
http://www.wastefulspace.net/sidemirrorshooting
Thanks wordpress.com for being such a gracious host/hideaway for the past month. But now I use your very yummy wordpress publishing platform.
:) It’s time to fly.
canon av-1 + centuria 200 film
I took the blue sky with me that day, I saw this picture and it took my breath away. The hues and colors that infused on my mind, makes the clouds and the colors stand still in time…
This is from self-consideration, and the multitude of flickr comments. I tagged this my best photo because of the recognition it got at flickr. and I felt that I really thought about this well.
taken with the Canon IXY 60
Cebu Tops “Tunnel” a continuous oval of benches that serves as a picnic area…I reall didn’t know why people didn’t bother with such an amazing architecture.
Then I remembered, everybody was gaping at the view…
vivitar uw&s + expired kodak elitechrome + cross-processed
It was noon when we headed over to mines view to look at well, what else? the view. This place still stands as it is. I never saw the daredevil kids who would wave cups tied to sticks as people threw money over the ledge. Now it’s just a mess of souvenir stands, throngs of people and grilled eatables. I feel dejected.
I took the leave today to prowl photoworld once again for film hunting. I wanted to check what other film supplies are available within my reach and how I can get them without all them crazies running about and hoarding everything while I only wanted a roll or two.
Beside that, a dpp member asked me to inquire of some Ilford films in the event, which I obliged as I was looking for film as well. Moving on.
I didn’t have time in the morning since I left at around 10:30. I started my trek to meet with an old friend for lunch. The whole chit-chat of the program will remain on my personal blog. So I will just post pictures of the food :D
I had the pasta dish of golden crusted chicken, ham and cheese crepe, and angel hair pomodoro.
Jr had the Carbonara, he needed carbs for the Gym.
His treat for me. Nachos.
The lunch ended and I was back prowling film. I swung by Lucky and still no b&w, I bought one supercolor (roll #1).
I circled the whole mall 3 times looking for aperture and I finally found it (the tarp had their name on it at the bottom), I asked of their Ilfords (or the elusive Ilfords, if I may add) and Sir Frank was happy enough to make random babbles with me about film and photography and different techniques and methods while his friend and him ate peanuts and I talked about the crazies who hoard film :). I bought a roll of Ilford 100 which he gave me a sweet little discount which made me really happy.
But then something caught my eye…talk about the mother of old school cameras. It was one of those things that you haven’t seen much except for the old b&w films. Enticing. It was a large 5×7 panoramic camera…and boy was it good looking.
Tempting actually… :) I asked of the price, it seems reasonable enough, and…I had some monies…
Yummy
Uh-oh…(bai will kill me…)
Guess what I got a hold of bai…
I had to give myself kudos for applying the right DOF for this picture. Bai, Helen, and Atsi are all sharp and un-blurry. This was shot in Ayala Center Cebu while Helen and Bai were looking at how the frozen Bananas were made (I was innocently shooting at the background), Atsi was smiling like her cat-ate-the-canary grin. It was funny :)
This was one of the first few times I used the vivitar uw&s, and boy I was so happy when the pictures came out so grainy and happy looking. I remember Bai and I were so OA with that we brought most of his lenses and I just brought all my cameras down to the beach. :)
Well I was happy we did. Or I wouldn’t be getting something as pretty as that! ♥
No, this is not me obviously, but we have the same name. :) It made her really easy to remember me, and we became instant friends.
I asked permission to take her picture and I guess she was a bit shy about it because she got all flaky with the register. Hehe, which reminded me of my personal project which got a lot of people flustered when I was aiming and focusing with my camera (that took a really long time because of the manual focus. hihi). :)
Sounds like some horrible rendition of a video game. But I was able to go to Photoworld this afternoon despite me getting irked from not being able to go tomorrow for the b&w seminar.
I got there around 5:30 in the afternoon. And was greeted by a throng of people milling around the activity center. Here were the Bigger exhibitors : Canon, Nikon, Fuji, Kodak, Olympus, Hp, Panasonic, and others.
And yes, poor me was once again enticed by the sparkly, shining film and bought a couple of rolls of Max Versatility,som e Ekta/Elitechrome (eek, bai will spank me for that o_o), and 5 rolls of prophoto.
*blushes. Av-1 and Vivi would be very happy. So would be Smena if it gets home. :)
I was trying to look for the dpp booth and I eventually found it when I saw the other booths set up at the walkways of Glorietta.
I saw Nino talking up storm with a bunch of other people in the booth. I was trying to catch his eye and he finally did.
We exchanged hellos and French-style kisses, and introduced me to a whole lot of people whom I obviously didn’t catch any of their names, He broke away from our conversation to continue on chatting with his guests, while I looked at the back issues.
When I found out it was only 150, I bought the black is back issue (for the love of black and white).
When the crowd died down, Nino sat on the carpeted floor of the booth. I sat down as well and we chit-chatted for a bit while people came and went :) I took a pic of us at the booth, and here’s the crappy result. :)
I met up with frank and jas after and we looked around, since I was waiting for the 7pm shuttle back to the office, I had to bid them a goodbye and waited for it.
Since the Digiprint booth was near the SM exit, I went back and chitchatted with Nino before leaving.
I’ll go back to take pictures on Monday or Tuesday. :)
