Results from Yashica

Before, I thought using films were stupid because it's harder and expensive AND you can't see the results ASAP. Then I got this sudden interest with old school stuff and bought a lomo and got inspired by old school vibes... and that was it. I got hooked.

I now have a lomo camera that films like an old school movie camera for me and a film camera that I now love. I now know why film lovers LOVE film. It's the results that they give that makes us love 'em more. The "not-so-perfect" results make it more..."human". It gives off a nice vibe compared to the "perfect" photos we see in magazines.

Don't get me wrong, I'm not a hater of digital cameras, I have one myself (a dslr) but the results in film cams are just....ughhhh. I shall let some of my photos speak for itself :)) Here's some:

Taking photos of "random things" have always been my thing. People may not get it but I take their photos because I find something beautiful in them. Before, I used to think it was just me who took photos of random shinnanigans but then I discovered William Eggleston. He is now my God of Photography =))

Go google out his works guys, he is now my ultimate idol in photography and here's a link to more of my photos :P Hope you guys like it and...GO SUPPORT FILM PHOTOGRAPHY! WOOOO! :)))

Help Save This Heritage Building!

Heritage Buildings are far too important for us to demolish. :(

Urban Riders

Lee has a campaign for Urban Riders and in this video we see some fixed-gear riders in Manila. I'm pretty impressed that they biked in the middle of EDSA and at night pa! Also, Kiko Escora is derrr and I am a fannnn =))


PS. See their caps?! SOOO CUTE! Fixie caps is whatchu call 'em. *cough*I'msellingsomeofthoseifyou'reinterested*cough*

Japanese Ideas for An American Brand

New Balance: Japanese ideas in an American Company from STreething on Vimeo.

MMmmmmm, H710's....I want one.

Film Cameras

I feel depressed and lonely and uninspired. I'm stuck here at home and somehow even the blogs I follow are not doing anything to boost up this emotional dump that I'm in. To do something, I decided to blog about my recent purchase. I bought a film camera yesterday and I just want to share it with you guys.

Here's what the camera looks like (oh, and photo is not mine but that's exactly what I bought):


I've been into film cams lately, ever since I got the Lomokino, I've been using/purchasing films non-stop (I have neglected my DSLR and I feel sooo bad for it). I try to look for cheap films and I've decided to befriend one of the store owners in Hidalgo just to get a discount. He's kind of a strict Chinese dude so all I got from my recent film-splurge was a discount of 5 pesos. Jeezzz. Anyhoo, I'm pretty sure as I buy more films from him he'll give me a bigger discount next time. Let's cross our fingers to that!

I wasn't really going to buy the Yashica Electro 35 GS because I was really going to buy a Yashica TLR. Yep, those cameras that look like these:



But when we got there, the dude already sold it to someone else! UGH. I was soooo disappointed but I was determined not to go home without anything in hand. I scanned the streets out for another TLR with a cheap price but nothing was as good as the Yashica I wanted. :(

I went back to the dude selling the Yashica TLR and just bought one of his 35s instead. At first I wasn't as happy as I thought I would be but as I click the trigger of the Electro, I realize that it wasn't such a bad purchase after all. Maybe I'm also depressed because it's night time and I want to roam around manila and take pictures but I can't coz that would be suicidal. :))

There are two things I learned with purchasing the Electro 35 and that's
1.) when you find something you really want, you should NEVER let it go and 2.) Not everything is what it seems...

and I'm starting to fall in love with my Electro 35. :)


PS. I also got it at a cheaper price compared to the TLR and wear this shirt:


Woooo, support FILM! :D