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…

on lomo film : baguio mines 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.

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 lomo film : helen

Helen

vivitar uw&s + expired elitechrome +cross processed

The sun was shining brightly through the windows. Helen was just looking. 1 + 1 = 1 picture.

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.

on film : leaves

canon av-1 + konika minolta vx100

if there are things that I libke to shoot, it’s the inanimate. I have nothing against people, but sometimes they get all flustered and aware when you take photos. destroying the moment and ruining a nice shot. 

objects on the other hand, are well-behaved. except for the occasional gust of wind.  like this here. I remember the utmost patience I had for shooting this as the wind kept blowing and I had to adjust the lens bit by bit for each sway of the leaf.  Finally I was able to get it. And it turned out pretty ok.

on film : currency

taken with the canon av-1 + konika minolta vx100

Small depth of field in this photo. only the Republika ng Pilipinas and the serial number of the bill was sharp. Haha. Need to tweak that some more. I took this at the same time when I was at Chowking and the change was just on the table. That’s the twenty peso bill of the Philippines, plus some loose change and a receipt. Pretty bad focusing in my part..

on film : chairs

taken with the canon av-1 + konika minolta vx100

Chowking will always be one of my options for take-out when I’m lunchless or I want a little add-on to my lunch. Whenever I order I would sit in these familiar orange chairs at times with my cameras and look around for anything to shoot (and keeping watch for the FDBC guards prowling the area).

on film : metal railings

taken with the canon av-1, konika minolta vx100

Most of my extended breaks I would sit here and just space off in between puffs of smoke, sips of coffee or lines of manuals. It is true that anything and everything can be a subjec of photography. Take this everyday railings from the bench and gave it a little more attention than it use to have… :)