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RIGHT THIS WAY, FOLKS.

Developing Time.

YEAAAHHHH!!! My chemicals to develop and process my own black and white photos at home have arrived. I can't wait to use them~~

duguduguduguduuuuggg~

Tenennnn! Bought them from Sir Jackson Sy somewhere in the internet. Actually, my prof recommended this. We used this in school, far cheaper and more reusable than the other branded developers and fixers out there. It's my first time doing it ALONE and AT HOME so I'm still nervous (and cautious) about the steps. Hope I don't screw it up. I'll develop my photos once I feel 100% better but for now, I'll work on my thesis first.
#priorities #what

ps. my table is forever a mess. sighhhh. forever inking. sighhhh.

Betty Go's Fortress

I just really like to call it a fortress but it's not. It's just an old dilapidated building that has become a home to some squatters and has served as a canvas for different Graffiti artists in town. The story was that the owner was not able to sustain the building's fee and through the years it ended up as it is today.My friend Lee and I have been itching to have a shoot of our own because we have new film cameras we'd like to use. We thought that the building was a perfect place.

A friend told me that we could have a shoot inside as long as we pay a little fee for the caretaker who lives there. She was really nice and the "fee" was just right. Kids were roaming around but they posed no harm  and knew not to get in the way of your shoot.

I used a Yashica Mat 124G for those shots. It was super fun and enthralling to shoot film and I get why people still ask the question, "Why use film when you can go digital now and edit it to look like film later?" but there's just this magical thing/moment where you click the shutter and cock the film, you know? And and, it feels more reaaallll (and not poser-y) and more effort has been put into it and the suspense you get when you wait for your films to get processed is just soooo fascinating. 

There are a lot of misconceptions about film nowadays but people tend to forget that photographers back then had to use these film cameras and was able to create iconic images with JUST A FILM and a film camera. No editing from Photoshop or whatever software there is. So even though there are insanely good digital cameras out there these days, I still wouldn't neglect my film cameras because they were the real deal back then and it still (actually is) today (Also, I can use film cameras even without batteries hehehe).

Anyways, here are some digital pics I took (because I don't discriminate hehehe):

 

 

The place is really good and I don't mind going back to it because there are a lot of places/corners where a shoot can take place. I just need a model, hehehe. Anyone willing? Lawl.

Anyways, if you want to see MORE photos that I took, check here and here.

Processed Films for Finals

Here are some of the results from my shoot with Lee. Super lucky that Adi tagged along :D

Adi Amor

Louise Egea

Lee Caces

Thanks guys for being awesome models for my project!
To check out more of the results, check out my Tumblr right over here.

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! :)))

Walk.

Before I end my day, here's a little thing I did with my recently purchased Lomokino.

Walk from Nikki Tuason on Vimeo.

I got these developed right after the holidays. Speaking of holidays, a New Year's Resolution is in tow. I am going to spread the S.H.R.T stickers, learn how to use acrylic paints once again, and I've decided to talk to strangers!!! Not in a way that would get me killed...but in a Scott Schuman kind of approach, sumthin like dis:



I dunno how I'm gonna do it because I am not a people person but whatevs, I want to take some cool photos so I have to do it. Btw, did you know there's a tutorial for talking to strangers?
Click here to know how to approach them carefully! =))))

Also, I don't JUST want to take photos, I'm planning on using my Lomokino more and I have a project in mind using the Lomo and it's something like this:

Japan from Edwin Europe on Vimeo.

I can't wait to have the balls to talk to strangers and start this (sorta expensive) project of mine but I'm pretty excited. Sooo here's to a New Year! WOOOOOO!!!


PS. I am also hoping that this year, I would be allowed to go to a foreign llaaaannddd~~~ I can't tell what the place is yet...but for now...



BYEEE!!! :D

Monday Moments.

Not a lot I tell you but I did get a cake from my friends. That was cool. We had to finish it coz no one wants to take it home :))

Marie Antoinette said "LET THEM EAT CAKE!" and eat cake we did. :)))

I got attracted to Kakoy's vintage-looking tee.

It's got the vintage feel too! I'm assuming 50/50s? :> (How To Make It In America reference, hahaha)

And this dude who had this freakin' awesome LEATHER SUSPENDERS!!! Soooo glad he passed by.

Life is dull these days, even the finals incoming is not putting a LOT of pressure to make something happen in my life. But then that usually happens since I tend to "chill first and panic later". DULL LIFE IS DULL. SHitz.

PS. Manual encoding tomorrow. I have a feeling it won't be dull..maybe stressed? We'll see. We'll see. :|

A Week's Worth of Photos

I'm so back-logged on the things I need to post so I decided I need to catch up tonight just so my files don't get clogged or sumthin. So here's a week's worth of photos from the things that inspire me to the people I care about.

White and brown are the colors of my life right now aside from red bricks that is.

Cool typography in Banana Republic.

Cool graphic print in People's Palace restaurant in Greenbelt. It's an okay restaurant but I'd choose Fely J's any time over People's.

BRICKS!!!

Bricks-ish in EDSA. I was on my way to internship when I took a photo of this.

Bikes are also the love of my life. I wish I can remember how to ride them. I know people say it's impossible to forget how to ride a bike, but somehow I did...or maybe it's just because my brother's bike is bigger than what I can handle? :))

My socks! Navajo-inspired from Forever 21.

This man is always there when I was going to work (past tense because I finished my internship there because school is catching up on me). He's pretty good. I donated some cash for him after work that day.

Navajo prints! I want one for a shirt. :))

Canon went in SDA and had a talk/seminar whatevs one day and my friend Trixie told me to drop by because it was fashion photography na. This dude was the last speaker he was pretty cool.

Of course this dude is Doc Marlon Pecjo. He was cool and all but I wish he made a little visual presentation and talked a little better instead of being TOO casual about it (I think the very POOR audio quality of the venue also made his "talk" look or rather, sound bad). Nevertheless, he was kind enough to let me shoot one of the ginormous cameras they had there and he taught me some stuff to on how to "talk" to a model. Sadly, my model was a bitchy prof who intended to be sarcastic the whole time because I had a feeling that she wanted Doc Marlon to shoot her. Psh.

Doc Marlon asked a lot of questions and (proudly, in some way) I said some of my answers out loud. The room was pretty quiet eh. :))

Here, he's being photographed by my friend and he was pretty much happy to be the model. He did a gazillion pose that the light had to stop functioning because my friend kept on shooting the camera :)) He's a cool dude. Might I add that I love his pants and shoes?

He asked questions about famous photographers and magazines and I realized I knew a lot na ah, in-fairness. :))

Down here are some of the installations of the students in SDA:

An airplane crashing.

A bike made out of different objects like a shovelk, hydraulics, springs, etc. This one has got to be my fave!

Steampunk-inspired, I'm guessing? :))

Some(deadly?) Sins below:

My awesome ninang wearing this pretty awesome dress!

It's pretty much inspired by an art movement but I forgot what it's called. Is it Bauhaus ba? =)) I forgot na talaga.

My Aztec print socks!

And last but not the least, my friend's test paper for our one and only VIDPROD2 QUIZ! =)))))) Everyone was laughing because no one really studied for it (no one studies like that in SDA anymore once you get through the general studies, hahaha). I got a 2 which was pretty lucky. That was a pretty hilarious Monday morning since everyone was clueless in the exam. Luckily it's the last. :))

Welp, that's it. A week's worth of photos and look at the time! I just turned 20. Very overwhelmed right now. Feels the same but there's a twang of sadness that I feel and yet I get to see these photos and realize that I shouldn't be sad. I should just keep on going because life has to move on and there's still so much left to uncover and take photos of.

ps. the photos are blurry because I used an old digicam :)) Sorry, nakaktamad mag-dslr lately :P