saying goodbye to wordpress

going into the new horizon :D

canon ixy 910 is

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.

on film : the blue sky

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…

my best photo of 2007

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…

photoworld the sequel

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…

on film : frozen bananas anyone?

canon av-1 + kodak professional t400cn

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 :)

on film : donna

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.

canon av-1 + konika minolta vx100

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). :)

on film : jp rizal

canon av-1+konika minolta vx100

It was the usual Sunday affair at Powerplant. I was driving and noticed the clouds were pretty over up north and gray and gloomy over at the south. Which meant the JP rizal side would be pretty.

I was right.

When I got separated with the folks and my sister and told them I was going to the bookstore, I sneaked out went to JP Rizal overlooking the Pasig River.

Nobody minded me when I was taking shots, but there was a dude who asked if I was Korean. Lesigh.

a personal project

when I was walking along the office halls last night, a thought struck me for a great photo project. I will not expound on the details very much until i get a preview of what it’s supposed to be, but I started on it today. this is the only hint i can give for the curious ones for now. and a list of names that I have “conquered”. :P

canon av-1 + kodak professional t400cn

1. Dino
2. Harmony
3. Metz
4. Ate Weng
5. Rissa
6. Cheche
7. Marc
8. Dom
9. Joy
10. Marc Glenn
11. Helen
12. Ate May //added 01/31/2008 12:19 pm
13. Eigen
14. Edixon //added 02/01/2008 10:33 am

Days left to shoot : 13

the american war memorial

I was determined to go to the American War Memorial (AWM) for a shoot of sorts and today I did. I picked a time where the sun was high and rising, and since it was a war memorial, I dressed up to pay respects for the dead, but still comfortable enough for shooting (meaning jeans, a collared shirt, a loose shirt, tie, and my chucks).

I drove there at around 12, missed a turn and wasted a good 5-10 minutes for the detour, talking to the guard, and parking. I hopped out of the car and into the hot, hot sun. I carried my messenger bag with Vivi, Av-1, and renault a notepad and pen and studied the area.

Mostly I gaped. I was greeted with vast plains of greens, a sea of whites, and a field of deep blue. I feel like I want to pull apart and do everything in that precious span of 30 minutes I have.

I have never been in such a vast landscape of crosses in my life. They seem to stretch out from a far distance and when you think they’re all in a straight line, think again as when you change angles they seem to go in curves..

God bless those who rest here…

New Films loaded as of date specified

Canon AV-1 : Fuji Neopan ss 36 exp (expired 01/2007)
Vivitar uw&s : Kodak T400 CN 36 exp

I didn’t know what I was thinking really when I loaded the T400CN into Vivi, but  its a private experiment that I wanted to try when I got into black and white.