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December 9, 2011

Lomo and Behold!

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If you aren’t doing anything tonight, why don’t you pop on down to the cinema lobby of the Trinoma Mall in Quezon City for LOMO AND BEHOLD!, part exhibit opening and part product launch (LOMOKINO! Hello Kitty Fisheye 1! Metal and Pattern La Sardinas!). This is a Team Manila / Lomographic Embassy Manila shindig, of course. So sorry I can’t go myself, but I am sure a lot of the local shooters will be there.

And with very limited LOMOKINO stock available, I expect the thing to be sold out by the end of the night.

Have loads of fun, guys!

 

May 20, 2011

The LC-Wide is Launched

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Well, hello there.

After a series of hints and teasers, Lomography has finally unveiled their latest star performer, the LC-Wide, sending Lomo fans into epileptic shocks of lust.

I’m not sure who broke the news first, whether it was Gizmodo or Lomo UK, but Lomo’s US official launch event is still a few hours away, poor saps.

I won’t get into detail here, just follow the links above to get the skinny, but in short, the LC-Wide is a wide angle and multi aspect ratio (full frame, half frame, square frame) film camera that makes me rethink my camera budger for the year. Much as I don’t really buy this whole Lomography lifestyle hype (despite my blog’s name), I do feel that this is one product of theirs that I’d spend a premium on.

 

October 18, 2010

Developing Your Own Film

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One reason why most folks have shifted to digital from film is the cost associated with shooting analog. Film is expensive, and so is developing, scanning and printing. And while digital has its own set of costs, the perception is that shooting in digital is much cheaper. In most cases that is true.

What then can we, film lovers, do to mitigate the costs of our hobby? An obvious solution is to learn to process film on our own. If you shoot enough rolls to justify a small investment, learning to develop film is the logical next step. It works out cheaper in the long run.

If you’re like me, you’re just itching to learn this skill. Here’s your chance.

Jay Javier of Fotofabrik and Rangefinder Filipinas fame is organizing a 2-day film developing workshop starting on October 30. The workshop will cover film developing theory and practice, chemistry and equipment. Both color and black & white film processing will be taught, as well as elementary scanning. Will there be hands-on? The answer is yes.

Tuition fee for this rare workshop is P3,000 per head, which already includes the chemicals you’ll need for processing. check out the poster for registration details.

 

October 15, 2010

MUJI Opens First Store in Manila

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Just something quick and non-camera-related.

It’s finally here! MUJI, my favorite no-brand brand has finally opened its first store in the Philippines, and just a ten-minute walk from my condo, no less! Now I don’t need to fly to Hong Kong to get my essential supplies: recycled paper notebooks, minimalist bookends, frill-free shoes and quirky Japanese snacks. I spotted a small bag I can use as a camera pouch, just need to line it with padding. Must go back for it before my trip to Beijing next week.

Here are scenes from the press launch, shot with my ever-present Kodak Playsport. Photos from my Olympus UC35 to follow next week.

 

September 13, 2010

Flame On!

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Friday night at the Brasilipinas Street Party and I found myself testing the Olympus PEN W in low light conditions. With a Holga flash in hand, I used the same technique I use in light painting, aperture midway and speed on B. Press shutter, pop flash, depress shutter. This is the first time I’ve used that technique with film and I’m pretty pleased with the results, considering photographing fire dancers through a rowdy crowd isn’t the easiest thing in the world to do.

Again: Press > Pop > Depress

Get the timing right, and you’ll get your shot.

More photos on my Flickr.

Here’s a video for good measure.

 

August 15, 2010

Post Manila Design Week 2010

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And just like that, Manila Design Week 2010 is over. I was able to drop by four of the week’s events, a welcome distraction from the tedium of my day job. Hanging out with other creatives has the effect of energizing me, and I enter this week with a little more pep in my step.

Here are some scenes from the Cut&Paste design competition on Day 2.

 

August 8, 2010

Auto Half Animazing

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A few weeks back I happened upon a cosplay convention at one of the bigger malls here in Manila. I had with me my then-recently purchased Ricoh Auto Half E, loaded with Kodak 400CN film. Cute people in costume? How could I resist?

Danbo Amazon.co.jp and Mrs. Travelomo

More photos on my Flickr.

Oh, this was also the day when my brand spanking new Ricoh CX3 was stolen from our car while it was parked at the parking lot.

 

November 2, 2009

Terno Inferno Halloween 2009

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Our friends know this: my wife and I love Halloween. It’s one of the few times in the year when we can go crazy designing our costumes and makeup, go out as ghoulish as we want without being tossed in the clink for disturbing the peace. For the last few years, we’ve been going as zombies, including this year, when we went as a matching pair of maneki neko zombie cats.

We partied the night with our friends at the Terno Inferno Halloween party in Mag:net Cafe at Bonifacio High Street. Here are some photos.

Flick Off to Flickr!

 

October 31, 2009

Rock Ed Rocks the DSWD

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Rice Racers

Responding to ROCK ED‘s emergency call for volunteers, my wife and I, along with some friends and family, lent our Wednesday night to a bit of civic work, repacking relief goods to be distributed to victims  of last month’s terrible floods and landslides here in the Philippines.

While we were busy bagging rice and instant noodles, pork & beans and meat loaf, my camera was tasked to take time lapse photos of the frenetic action. That’s the great thing about the remote intervalometer: you couple it to the camera, set the shoot parameters, point the camera at your subject, then press START.

Here, then, are the results. Proof positive that, despite all the negative criticism that the Department of Social Welfare and Development is getting from bloggers, they aren’t all bad civil servants. Just woefully undermanned and ill-equipped.

The trick, then, is not to hurl stones at the government but rather see what we can do to help out. If you’ve got the time to blog, you’ve got the time to volunteer. What are you waiting for?

 

September 3, 2009

Hail to the Chief Part Deux

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Aquino Funeral Cortege Stereo Pair

I promised some of my readers that I’d post a 3D shot of the Aquino funeral cortege minus the epilepsy-inducing animation. So, I’ve prepared two versions of my favorite shot. The first (above this paragraph) is a stereo pair, which you can view using the cross-eyed technique or, if you print it out, with a stereo pair viewer. The second is a red-cyan anaglyph which you can view in 3D if you wear them funky 3D glasses.

Aquino Funeral Cortege Anaglyph

I actually prefer these two methods of rendering 2D photos into 3D over my sleight-of-eye animated shots. Using the proper gear or technique, your brain actually sees the image in stereo, just like you’d see in real life (if you have the use of both your eyes, that is).

 

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