This is from my first ever attempt at double-exposure. Collab with F. The frames didn't align, but I like how some of the images can be spliced together; they flow into each other sort of. Here's one that I like. =) Yey. I think I might try this again!

Lomo LC-A + Velvia50 + double-exposed and cross-processed to death; and then spliced in Photoshop:

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I participated (thru Lomomanila) in a double-exposure collab with some members of Lomotion Singapore. I got a roll of exposed slide film from ian (aka thycursed) and shot over it. It's the Ian+Ian roll! Here are my favorites:

Lomo LC-A, Kodak Elitechrome, double-exposed and crossprocessed



That's ian (thycursed), i suppose, in the mirror; silhouette of leaf-less tree mine.



Person walking shot thycursed's. Kolektib image mine.



I'm guessing that's his foot on some seriously floral tiles. My feet on the lower right on a surface with less personality.



Mental note: Tree silhouettes work well in doublex.



The right side of the frame with the flowers -- mine. Yey! A successful doublex venture, methinks.

The whole set is here:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/ulan25/sets/72157606214916216/

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Trying out my Flexaret VI.





I think I'm slowly getting the hang of it.

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For the past few weeks, my Lomomanila friends and I have been shooting around Bonifacio Global City for our biggest display of photos to date.

Last Friday, we put the display up: four panels (back-to-back) of vibrant and quirky snapshots, taken using various film cameras, arranged in a colorful mosaic.













So, friends, please drop by and see our work! The lomowalls are in the shaded walkway in front of T.G.I. Friday's.

The exhibit is called Lomovisions and it will be on display until the end of May. It features the photographs of the following Lomomanila members:

Jim Abao
Corn Agudera
Romer Aguirre
Tara Almario
Tin Ang
Ginomatic Arcinas
Jonas Asistio
Lianne Bacorro
Eric Belbis
Lawrence Bersales
Ian Calalang
Gabby Cantero
Chrissie Capicoy
Felice Capicoy
Christian Carolino
Jennie Castillo
Fozzy Castro
Gab Cheekee
Bam Cocjin
Bibay Cordero
Ron Cruz
Olive David
Angelo Gian De Mesa
Ruby De Vera
Joven dela Cruz
Chips Dayrit
Michelle Dellota
Mark Domingo
Charissa Dumaraos
Guiki Espina
Che Evangelista
Alex Ezequiel
Eugene Fabian
Patricia Faytaren
Marge Francia
Francis Gaerlan
JC Gepte
Maico Gravidez
Mon Guinto
Risa Halaguena
Jimmy Hilario
Francis Inton
Glai Jacinto
Jill Lejano
Renel Macapagal
Jason Magbanua
Bryan James Mandario
Jun Marcelino
Faye Marcos
Honey Marcos
Thea Napa
Liane Ng
Christiane Pagsisihan
Dennis Pagulayan
Pam Pastor
Jed Quiambao
Burton Raya
Cat Ramos
Richard Remulla
Giff Ricarte
Kitkat Rodrigo
Bong Rojales
Ian Roxas <-- me! hehe
Chino San Diego
Kharen Santia
Jolo Santos
Caloy Soliongco
Mariel Sunit
Oliever Talusan
Valerie Tenorio
Sherwin Tolentino
Rollie Valenzuela
Lorenz Visco
Rossy Yabut
Chris Yambing
Edgar Alan Zeta Yap
Ian Ysip
Zel Zalamea

(Lomovisions is part of The Passion Fest 2008 at Bonifacio Global City)

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Took forever to get the kid to warm up to me. When he finally let me photograph him, he just gave a small smile. His friends told me why he wouldn't smile wider.

Bungi.

Hehehe.


Bulacan. Lomo LC-A and Samsung 100.

Photos cheer me up.

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Shooter


Raymund


Kjwan


Tirso

A few more shots from the Karl Roy benefit. Krys says Karl's steadily getting better. There'll be other benefit shows coming up, I hear. Smaller ones in bars. Wanna catch Razorback again.

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Home dsl is still down. I'm cranky as hell.

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[Taken during the benefit concert for Karl Roy. ]

I'm home from my trip to Cagayan de Oro. My dsl at home is busted. Boo.

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It doesn't matter to me if I shoot film or digital, as long as I shoot. I guess it all depends on my mood. One of these days, I will give my film cameras a little rest and bring only The Moondog (my dslr) with only the 50mm lens.

And I will shoot casual portraits of my friends.

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Forgive the silly title. I couldn't think of anything better. :-P

It was a good call to leave The Moondog (my Canon 300D) and trust in all things lomo for this trip. I armed myself with more than 20 rolls of film (120s, 135s - negs and slides) and just winged it. Here I am at Bangui shooting the wind turbines, as taken by my new friend (our client, really) Char. With Petrie (Lomo LC-A) stuck to my face (yes, i look thru the viewfinder!), I snapped away.

I've been hoping to get at least one nice shot. I think this here is one nice shot. :) There are others, I'm just sifting thru the rolls now. Will upload later. Nanginginig pa ko sa saya. Hehehe.

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Goofing off with my best friend at my lola's house on a nondescript Sunday. =)




I'm going to Ilocos, La Union, Bulacan (in that order) next week. Then to Misamis the following week.

I plan to NOT bring my DSLR. Kasi mabigat. Pero kinakabahan ako na wala akong makuhang magandang shots. I plan to bring three cameras only. LC-A, Holga, and Supersampler. I predict that I'll be keeping to the LC-A and Holga most of the time, while firing a few shots on the Supersamp now and then.

If I bring a digital camera, malilito na ko eh. I'll end up not shooting much. Feeling ko.

Pero afraiiiiid. What if I don't get anything???

Bahala na.

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We made a magazine!

We = Lomofilipinas.
Magazine = LoFI, a free downloadable (or if you like, web-browseable) magazine about lofi images made by Pinoys.

We've had very positive feedback so far, so I think it's safe to say it was a good first effort!



These photos were taken during the last lomokapihan in Ortigas Center. It was really more of a LoFI meeting, where Jonas presented his awesome layout for the magazine. (Round of piggy points for Jonas!!) A big yahoo for everyone who worked on the issue! Saya! =)


Lomo LC-A | Lucky Color Film 200

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Lomomanila had a lomowall at the recent Photoworld Convention in Glorietta.

Lomo LC-A / Samsung 100 (photo by Zoe)

Hewlett Packard had a photodome! Turns out it's my friend TJ's concept. Galeeeng.
Lomo LC-A/ Samsung 100 (another "pretend you dropped something" ninja shot)

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What I like best about Makati is that it's pedestrian friendly. I enjoy having real sidewalks and underpasses and skywalks that let me get to the mall or my office on foot in relative safety from motorists.

Now that I live here, I like it.

So, here. This is my neighborhood.

(I love LUCKY film! Yummy saturation, yeah!)

Lomo LC-A / Lucky200

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It was one of those days when the universe conspired to make things happen -- the sun was out, Karen Kristie and Ava both were free, I was free, and we could all just hang out. We went to the mall where Ava bought lots of goodies. We caught the sunset by the bay. We checked out that carnival (we bought no-ride tickets). And I clicked the day away. Yahoo!

Saturday Fun. Lomo LCA + Samsung color film. Me likey the colors! Will get more. (sending sms to Jolengs...) =D



This image would look complete with alien spacecraft. Lomo LCA + Kodak Elitechrome (crossed)


Carousel. Lomo LCA + Fujicolor 200


View One Saturday set on Flickr =)

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Tita


Pol


Abbiedude

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Booklet with photo-cover. This is an old shot of mine (2006) printed on board (6x4 inches).

I folded it in the middle, inserted a bunch of paper the same size inside (folded in the middle also) and used staple wire to bind it.

This is a very small notebook. I don't know what I'd do with a notebook this size. This is just an experiment to see how the printing looks.





Notes for next time:
Bigger prints in color (something really vibrant, like a crossprocessed lomo shot)
Use different kinds of paper
Try another kind of binding (glue)

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Shots from the first two weeks of the year:

Lomo LCA, Fuji Astia cross-processed

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UP is 100 years old this year. Happy centennial, Peyups!


Sky jumpers displayed streamers bearing the names of the different units of the University of the Philippines System.


100-year-old torch-bearer.


A hundred torches.


UP naming mahal.

A few more shots here.

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Very cool propeller beanie from Tita Ruby (aka Dante's Mom).

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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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Abbie called to say she was in the area! So off I went to Greenbelt to pick her up, and she had dinner here. It's been a long while since I last saw her. Lomo'd during our walk here, then snapped a few shots after dinner.





It was nice to see her again! I miss hanging out with her, just sketching in our journals. This girl's an artist, she is!

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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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My TPTS friends and I had tea and cakes today to cap our Hobbit storytelling sessions. Will post the rest of the photos tomorrow. :)

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my photo was published in a Subic guidebook :)

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Tired, but generally ok. Didn't get to take a lot of photos (didn't even fill one 512MB CF card and finished only a roll of film). But we got good material for the show. And everyone's home safe. I'm almost completely recovered from my night of terror on the road from Baguio to Manila on Friday night.

Now to put episodes 5 to 8 together in two weeks.

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Just a couple of shots in the condo:

Me.




And my food -- hungarian sausage and pesto spaghetti. I just threw things I had together. Sliced the sausage into thin discs, sauteed it with garlic, added pesto from a jar, then mixed the cooked spaghetti in it. Added parmesan cheese for extra flavor :)

And that was my meal.

Lomo LCA + Colorsplash flash
Fuji Sensia, cross-processed

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The food-and-friends combo can't be beat!

Friday night with Gel and Danisha, dinner at Amici: We had more than gelato: margherita pizza, vongole, maccheroni al gorgonzola, italian sausages, then profiteroli for dessert and a cup of gelato each. We passed our cups around ala 1-2-3 pass so we could sample everyone's chosen flavor. Yummy.



After dinner, we decided to catch the 11pm screening of Ratatouille (yes, more food!).

Today: I had my first official visitor to the condo. Ava was a frequent visitor at my apartment in QC where we would have dinner in or out at a nearby resto. This morning, we bought food at Salcedo market. We got a huge serving of spinach lasagne (P270) and a pack of hungarian sausages (P200 for 4 pcs). Three people can share the lasagne, it's a really big serving, and very yummy.

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Louie's belle.

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Gelliebean.

She produces TV shows. She bakes.

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Just a quick post before I turn in. This was taken Monday night, during a break in the boys' TV guesting shoot. I have a lot of other shots of the taping, but they will have to wait. New shots from Strumms coming up, too. Perhaps this weekend I can get everything uploaded.

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"Move one step to your right, Lord Vader!" And Vader obeyed.

I giggled "I commanded Darth Vader!"

Hehehe :-P

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Uh, yeah.

Ayun. :-p

I submitted a photo for JPG magazine's "Are You Ready To Rock?" theme/issue. So, if you're signed up at JPGmag.com, if you like the photograph, please vote for it! If it gets enough votes, it'll be included in the issue. :)

I submitted this photo of The Bloomfields with their roadie, Marvin, in the foreground watching them finish the set with Little B.

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...is something i've really missed.

These are shots from early this evening (before they played at the PBA half-time). The whole set is here.

In other news, I'm dying for a tall ice cold glass of Coca-Cola.


Jay Jay on the Jaguar


Brothers


The Bloomfields

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Some shots I dug up from my photo box, after Melvin sent a message asking for photos of him on the job =) I had just the shots for him: an entire black and white roll of photographs from their very first story-shoot in 5 and Up.

These were taken in 1998, in Manila Bay where they met a dragonboat team and joined them on their early morning practice.

I remember this shoot very well. I rode my bike from my house to the office (same village) at 3:30am. It was cold! I had on a yellow jacket while I rode my bike. Got terribly startled by some dogs. Pedaled furiously to the office.

We arrived at the location ahead of the team, with enough time to fire a few shots of the two goofing around (as soon as it was light enough).

The negs were scratched. Nikon FM10 and some Kodak black and white film =) i forget what kind...







more here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/ulan25/sets/72157600075769289/

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My godson.

His mom is my very good friend Avie from high school. They're flying back home to the US after a two-week visit. Such a sweet boy.

They came over to my lola's house for lunch today.





It's nice to find real friendships that don't fade no matter how far apart life's paths have taken you. It means a great deal to me that when our paths do cross, there's no loss of warmth and affection. And an afternoon at my lola's house feels just like how we used to hang out 18 years ago.

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Three generations of Marios. My grandfather, Mario Sr. My uncle, Mario Jr. And his son, my cousin Mario III (or Mayo to us, cos that's how he pronounced his name when he was a kid).

This was taken during lunch today at my grandparents' home. Yummy food. Good company. What are Sundays for! =)

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Louie and Pepe of The Bloomfields.
Strumms, Jupiter Street, Makati
They play there Tuesdays. Catch them if you like rockn'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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I organized a photo shoot with some friends from Lomomanila and some cosplayers from the Philippine Tolkien Society. It wasn't a purely lomo activity, it was more of a shoot-with -whatever-you-want kind of thing. So, along with our film-based cameras, we took digital shots as well. Here are some of my digital shots.

These were post-processed in photoshop (levels adjustment and desaturated). As you will notice, I also added a glow effect to some of the shots.


My favorite shot from the whole digital set is this second one, a solo shot of Chiqui. She usually wears pointy prosthetic ears when she cosplays, but unfortunately, she didn't have them during the shoot. A pointy ear would've been striking in this shot. But, even without the ears, I still like it.

The rest of my digital shots are in this Flickr set.

And here are the picture-nerds:

I hope to get the shots from my Holga soon. Ahhh film.

It's such a challenge for the low-EQ'd.

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Kazzzztttttt.

My computer's power source blew up (sort of) last Saturday. I panicked for a little bit and even bugged my friend Bogue who's in Osaka. To cut a long story - I had to reinstall my OS because my files got fried. Or something like that.

So I did. I figured I'd just overwrite the files in the dedicated drive where my old OS was installed. But since I didn't have enough space in that drive, I had to reformat. No problem, my documents were on a separate drive.

The reformat and the reinstall were a success.

Except the drive I chose turned out to be my dedicated drive for 20 gigs worth of MP3s.

Whew. Most of my MP3s are in my Zen. Plus most of the files were ripped from my CDs anyway, so no real harm done.

It's a VERY good thing that it wasn't my documents drive that got formatted. The one with all my photo files. If it had been that drive, I'd have thrown up all over the keyboard in grief.

But, I guess my luck held here. And to celebrate, I made myself a grilled eggplant sandwich using my new grilling machine.



Crunch.

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Attended a kiddie party this afternoon and snapped a few photos (around 180 haha). Here are two of them -- munkees and a little girl:





I enjoyed the kiddie spaghetti and the hotdog on a stick (with a marshmallow!). The best part of all was the loot bag. I got stickers! Lots of em! Haha!

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