overlooking the horizon where the sky meets the sea

pagudpud, ilocos norte
holga 135bc

alone

pagudpud, ilocos norte
holga 135bc

highy, up, fly

High, up, fly,
into the cloudy sky.

massive photo update

my titos from the meat shop opening.


HAHA! project kung project. Pero candid 'to haha.

this is my favorite from the LCA batch. =)


LOOK AT MY EYES! PARANG BANLAG YUNG ISA. HAHAHAHA! SCARRRYYYY.



I stopped shooting film for a while because over 10 rolls of film were accumulated from november to january and I'm also running out of slide film. I dropped of the 10 rolls at Digiprint three days ago and this morning I woke up extra early (THINK 6AM!) because I woke up from my deep sleep and remembered that the LBC guy was scheduled to deliver my processed film and CDS (Digiprint processes them, scans them to CD, and then delivers it to your doorstep via LBC). At 7AM the LBC delivery guy called and said that he was going to drop off the packages at 7.30AM so I didn't go back to sleep. I WAITED...AND WAITED...AND WAITED...until 8AM. Then YEY!!! My processed film and CDS have arrived!

But it took me about 30 minutes to figure out why my DVD/CD drive won't read my CDs. I was so frustrated that I searhed the internet for troubleshooting a problem such as this. But LO AND BEHOLD! I decided to clean the CD drive-- wiped the CD tray and the laser thing that reads CDs and VOILA! It started spinning. AHHH...the sound was music to my ears.

Here are snippets:


Pagudpud Lovin'











Looking at these photos and feeling happy again made me remember why I exert so much time, energy, and MONEY for this hobby-- lo-fi photography, better known as, LOMOGRAPHHY-- there are no words to explain how good it is to have the power to freeze time and make ART with such a cheap plastic camera and a roll of film.

More photos over at my Multiply:
1. The Great LCA Tryout (Russian LCA)
2. Pagudpud Part 1 (Holga 135bc)
3. Pagudpud Part 2 (Vivitar PNE2011)
4. Holga Lovin' (Holga CFN 120)
5. First Track Day @ Subic International Raceway, SBMA (Vivitar PNE2011 and Holga 135bc)

Boo, nag-expire na Flickr Pro account ko. =/

The Newest Baby

So it was false alarm afterall. The second false alarm. :( My LCA Refurb hasn't arrived yet because it's out of stock at the LSI, I think. But it always pays to be patient so I'm going to practice that now. Good thing I have a new toy to divert my attention to: the HOLGA 135BC!

What is it?
- It's a 35mm Holga. Meaning, you use ordinary 35mm film to feed it.
- It has B Setting for long exposure shots
- It has a tripod mount
- It has a plug for cable release
- It has a multiple exposure capability!
- It has a hotshoe! (good thing I have an external Vivitar flash and a Colorsplash flash coming up)
- Lastly, IT HAS MEAN VIGNETTING LIKE THE LCA!!!
- MORE? It costs way way less than the LCA (but lets not get carried away, the LCA is still the Queen Lomo haha!)

This is a controversial Holga model because according to the few owners who have this kind of Holga, they think it's an illegitimate model because the LSI isn't marketing it. They're not marketing it because it's a good LCA alternative for a low price or it's an upcoming model. I don't know, I'm not sure. It's either a "Frankenstein" Holga or a model that is still in the testing phase and someone leaked it to the market so ta-da! Ebay has it. But I don't know...Frankenstein or not, legal or illegal, I still like it because of it's LCA-ish photos (THE MAD VIGNETTING!) and the capabilities of this fantastic little plastic camera.

So yeahhh...here it is:










I'm so excited to finish my test roll so I can see the photos. But lately I've been confined to the house and there's nothing much to take photos of here. I'll share photos once I get the test roll processed and scanned.

Here are sample photos from the camera from Flickr users. Like I said, there aren't many Holga 135bc users yet so there are only a few photos on Flickr.