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.

SHOOTIN' EVERYWHERE

 I've been pretty busy because of finals week and so far, this has been THE WORST FINALS WEEK I'VE HAD. Proj sucked the life out of me and doing all my other works are just soo...blegh. The best thing this term is my Black and White Photography class.

We were running out of time for Photog class so my prof told us we could use his studio for free. Luckily for me, his studio was very near my house. Here's what the place looks like:

My prof's DIY Lighting. He loves to do DIYs I dunno why :))

Check out his old school camera! He's a fan of film cameras and his place has loads of camera porn. Totes amaze. Oh, and yes, that camera still works and takes amazing photos.

My partner in crime, Lee..oh yeahhh.

Lee borrowed Sir Jay's camera. It was actually fun to use. I got to use it to take photos of Lee. He wanted me to shoot him using that camera so I obliged. 

AND FINALLY, AFTER ALL THIS TIME OF DREAMING OF A TLR, I actually got to hold AND use one! It's a dream. Totally ignited my search for MY very own TLR. I hope I get one soon...maybe Imma ask one for my birthday or when I go to Hong Kong. :D

This is also one of my prof's cameras. It looks like a 35mm camera but it's actually a 120. The lens pops up to reveal the "screen" just like a TLR. Pretty cool, huh?

Lee gettin' ready for his shoot.

My prof LOVES cats and he's got like 4 or 5 of them there.

Down here you'll see cat porn and her name is Milkshake. Milkshake does bring all the boys (and girls) to her yard because she's just fuckin' gorgeous...check her out:

She was totally modelling and my friend just went apeshit crazy on the camera sooo...yeah. You can't touch Milkshake tho because prof said she's a bitch. Lol, ironic but yeah, she scratches and for a moment there I thought she was giving me the finger/paw :))) Nonetheless, she's totes adorbs. 

AND THAT'S US RIGHT THERE!

Postin' the pictures of the results from the film shoots next. :D

After Lee.

After seeing the shoot I had with Lee, my friends wanted to join in so I took their photos.

KIND OF reminds me of Abbey Road, maybe coz they're walking in the same direction? :))

This is Kakoy, we tease him a lot coz he looks like a girl....and I look more of a guy than he is. He's not cool with it as you can see from the photo below...

But he doesn't really get THAT mad, ya know what I mean? :))

Then we left.

Lee 2.

My friend Lee got a cool new hair cut. I wanted to take a photo of it so we agreed to have a shoot yesterday. It was quite an impromptu shoot as we used the lights my friend borrowed for his Concept Photo shoot. The shoot was held in the Green Room and color wasn't really working. Luckily, I tried on using black and white and it was perfect with one lighting only. It's really sublime.

I left my memory card back at home so I used my friend Jp's Nikon. It was the first time for me to use a Nikon in a shoot so I was still kind of confused and some shots were blurry. Though some of them were blurry, I still loved them anyways.

My friends said the shoot reminded them of the Iron music video I recently posted and it actually does kind of remind me of it, check it here.

Thanks to JP for the lights and camera and thanks to Lee for being patient with me at the shoot! :D