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.