My friend Aldus (vox/guitar for The Purplechickens) asked if he may pitch my photo "Chiyomi" to the rest of the group as one of the album cover options for Girls, Et Cetera.

Of course I said yes (thrilled!).



"Chiyomi" got approved. It got some nifty elements added to it. It got printed. And here it is.



I shot their band photo for the album as well (using my Holga again). I got a lot of shots wrong because the switch was on B mode grrr. Good thing I was able to get a good enough shot. This is it:






I am thrilled and a half. =) Thanks to the manox for making me part of their second album.

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Got a bunch of rolls processed yesterday. This shot was taken (Holga 120N with expired Kodak T400CN) in Baguio during our Kantabataan shoot there. I really like the crackin' pattern on the tree bark.

I also finished the film (Natura 1600) in my Vivitar Ultra Wide & Slim. Just got the camera last weekend - a very light plastic camera, very unassuming, very very sneaky. Read up on it and snapped away. Here are my favorites from the roll:

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...and the livin' is easy.

Ang init na! All traces of cool weather have completely gone. It should be an interesting summer, with reports going round that it's going to be a real scorcher.

I'm glad we were able to finish our Tolkien photoshoot before it got too hot.



The Holga shots from that shoot have been added to my Tolkien costumers flickr set.

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Holy! Here's a wicked double-exposure shot of Chiyomi taken with my Holga. It looks like she's floating out of herself with malignant intent! This fits right into our "eerie enchantment" theme.

This double-x was unintended. I forgot to advance the film after taking a shot (a common thing when using a Holga). There's one frame in roll that was completely blank, which means that I advanced the film thinking that I'd already taken a shot. :-P But that is part of the fun of using this camera. There's the element of surprise with every roll.

 
Che the pixie and Nerisa

I got five decent Holga shots but I think my LCA shots have more character. I feel a little bad also because I have two shots in my contact sheet that would've qualified as good and publishable if only I didn't click just as a photographer walked behind my subject. There were a lot of us shooting, so I guess it couldn't be helped. I feel so bad cos one of these shots was my only decent one of Cosette using my Holga. Sigh. I will just have to try again next time.

But all in all, I'm happy with my Holga session. It's about time I learned how to use it better.

Bong and I have another idea for a shoot that we're cooking up. When it comes to pass, it should be...rockin.

All my Witch Project shots (LCA and Holga) HERE. Do look =) Thanks!

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I'm still on a high from last Saturday's Witch Project shoot with my Lomomanila groupmates. I couldn't wait til the weekend to get my bws done, so I joined Lianne today and we went to Studio 58 in Makati to get our bw rolls processed (2 rolls from her LC-A; and 2 rolls from my Holga). I also had my slide film cross-processed while we were there.

We turned in our rolls at 10:30 and the lab guy told us our bw negs and contact prints will be ready for pickup by 4pm. But my xpro would be ready in a few minutes, so he told us we could wait for it. (left: Chiyomi and I -- photo by Lianne)

After 15 or so minutes, he came out with a strip of green negative. Haha. Looks like I'm getting reddish shots again, I told Lianne. We excitedly went to Glorietta to get my xpros scanned to a cd while we had lunch at A Veneto.

After an hour, we picked up my cd. I got a peek at some of the shots when the Fuji girl checked if the data burned correctly. I saw one shot I instantly liked and was relieved.

We checked all the shots as soon as we got into Lianne's car. Fortunately, I had my laptop with me! I couldn't contain my excitement.

We had several models that day, but my mind was set to shoot a lot of shots of Chiyomi. I'm glad I have shots of her that I really like.

CHIYOMI
 
 

Of course, there were other models, too. I'd have loved to shoot all of them but there were more than fifteen of us taking photos, it was a little hard to get model time.

I like this shot of Che, the pixie model.

 
LOMO LC-A with Fuji Sensia 100 (expired 2005) cross-processed.

I hope to God that I get some nice shots from my Holga. I'm so anxious. I'll find out tonight when Lianne picks them up for me. She's supposed to send me a message after she checks my contact sheet. I hope she'll say, "Ian, they're nice!" instead of "Ian, puro black."

Hahaha. Stay tuned.

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I love Petrie my Lomo LCA. But lately I've been devoting a bit of time to Tilda, my Holga.

I haven't been using the Holga as much as the LCA because it's not as convenient. It uses 120 film and not a lot of places sell it or process it. So you really have to go out of your way to get your shots done.

But, I really love the look of Holga shots. I know that, as in every kind of photography, that it's more of the shooter than the shooting tool. It's how you use the camera's quirks that make the photo. So, I figured it's time I devoted some energy to the Holga.

Timing couldn't have been more perfect for lomomanila's activity: The Holga Witch Project. Hehe. It's a late Halloween activity which took place today. We asked some of our friends to model for us and we all went around UP to take shots.

It was a purely toy camera affair. Everyone was prepared to glare at whoever brings a digital camera. Hehe. I was soooo tempted to sneak mine in but thought better of it. Besides, I didn't want to have to lug around a heavy (with guilt) bag.

My 5 and Up kid Chiyomi joined the shoot as one of the models. So did Karen's boyfriend's daughter. They were the only kids in the shoot, although Chiyomi's hardly a kid anymore at 20. But, you wouldn't be able to tell with how she looks :) The other kid thought Chiyomi was only 12!

I can't wait to get my film processed. I have to go all the way to Makati to have it done. And I hope my shots are worth all that trouble!

I'll just have to wait and see.

I'm going to push for our next activity to be the one proposed by whitemumu. He said he and another member are thinking of holding a workshop on processing film.

Maybe it's time I did my own bw processing. Here's hoping to get this organized soon.

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Bagay ang Holga sa UST main building.
Taken 24 October 2006. More of my Holga shots in my flickr set.

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I'm back from the beach.

I recommend playing disc at low-tide (huge sand area), riding a paraw at sunset, buying beads from the manang in front of Party House/English Bakery, and taking sunny photos.

Holga

Lomo LCA

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Updated my photoblog with my Holga shots from last Saturday's impromptu Intramuros shoot.

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Packed weekend.
Got new holga prints done; shopping and lunch with family; hunted for expired c41 bw film (got 9 rolls!); impromptu Intramuros shoot with oneal; watched holga_queen's Act Now show; got drunk; and had a 7-hour moot. *yawn*

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Not bad for my first two rolls with Tilda (my Holga).

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Happy days are here. And it's not even summer! :)

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Spent friday night with a bunch of people i'd just met (and a few that i've known for a bit) screwing hooks into the walls of Penguin Cafe in Malate, to hang the hundred plus framed lomographs. The exhibit is tonight. It's a nice mix of punkphotos, highartsy-photos in huge frames, and medium size ones.

One big disappointment though, is that Raymond has run out of Holgas W/O Flash!!! So i have to wait around 3 weeks to get one. Crap! I had been looking forward to today to get one. So now I'm sorely tempted to buy that Holga starter kit which includes a Holga WITH flash, a roll of 120 film, and a cool cool Holga photo book. But it costs almost 3x the flashless Holga. I know I should restrain myself because that purchase isn't in my budget. And what with my unexpected expenses from getting sick last week.

So, practice patience ian, and save yourself a couple of thousand clams.

But, but, that book!!! And just browsing thru the microsite again reveals the other goodies in that kit.

Stuff I DEFINITELY do NOT need. DO NOT NEED...

Do you detect a note of desperation in this post? Me too...

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