i’d say U.O.X. was awesome. that is, if i could remember half of it. didn’t have dinner and started chugging beer. was very tipsy very quick. sucks that i had to sober up to send someone’s car home. but then the buzz came back and eventually poor al had to send me home. a camwhore bimbo post if i ever saw one. *dance dance dance*
photos below stolen from khairul.
so, seeing as how easy it is to lomo-fy photos (tweak R,G & B curves respectively; contrast curves, overlay another solid; add noise) i guess it can’t be the look i’m in love with.
so what is it? the spontaneity? the breaking of traditional framing conventions? the indie street cred?
or is it a simple preference for warmer, not-so-super-sharp photos?
beats me.
i forgot to introduce the latest member of my family.
Vivitar Ultra Wide & Slim (as of today stil unnamed)
slightly geeky boring stuff:
lens: wide 22mm lens
shutter speed: 1/100
aperture: f8
Film type: 135 (35mm) film
got back my first roll (after some procrastination). success rate 1/3 since i overestimated the indoor/night capabilities and a good number of them are underexposed and pretty much unsavable.
i do like what did come out, but rather jealous that vignette-ing is more apparent in lovely’s perhentian set. oh well. photos are all still love.
p/s here’s a tutorial to add bulb mode to your beloved vivitar. (i’m not going to do it. chee sin meh cut my camera!)
had a major itch to get a trim. yes, i know i said i was growing it. yes, i know i said no more bleach. but really, did anyone (except for za) take me seriously?
called peekaboo, hairkunst, and raymond’s but none were good (peekaboo closes at 8pm, hairkunst was packed, raymond’s recommended stylist wasn’t around) so i went to jantzen again. ryan said four words, which is 4 times as many as the last time, and even he predicted i would not be able to grow it out. har har.
cut by ryan: RM48. DIY colour: approx RM40. photo by mr music: free.
[moon] pink is much harder to get even compared to the usual red, so i just spent some time multitasking like only a chick could – touching up my hair while having a threeway with the boys and watching the 24 season 7 finale.
ok, shoot at 10am later. noite.
JT introduced me to white lies. we think it’s a little joy division, a touch of duran duran and a hint of brandon flowers on the high points. lyrically, they’re a little dark but nowhere near as bleak as ian curtis’ brand of depression. also they’re more melodic, hence easier listening than joy division. really love his voice.
then there’s foals, which ah hiong chucked into my public folder. very dance-y indie. what really caught me was the irregular drumming and untreated sound. it’s so asking to be played at twilight action girl. (maybe they have already, haven’t been to zouk in 5 months so i wouldn’t know.)
i want to go dancing!
i used to process my film at any one of the mid valley photo shops (depending on whichever one was closest). they all charged ridiculous prices for scanning processed negatives. RM15 – RM20 a CD is just madness. so i just developed my rolls and got a friend to manually scan hundreds of them in for me. i am eternally grateful.
recently, mid valley stopped developing themselves. we suspect they got rid of their machines since they aren’t making enough moolah from film. say goodbye to one-day processing. it’ll now take 3-4 days before your get your photos back.
so the last LC-A+ roll was sent to USJ instead. RM5 processing + RM8 scanning was a steal.
i picked it up this morning and i’m ecstatic. 38 photos from a roll = 101% success rate. best of all, the pics are vibrant and the CD sleeve came with a contact sheet. loverly.
i’ve just found my new default photo shop. can’t wait to send the vivitar photos.
PP Foto Sdn Bhd
27, Jalan USJ2/2C,
Subang Jaya
Tel: 03-5633 6626 / 5633 5113
shop@ppfoto.com.my
the year is 1999. it’s hari keusahawanan at school and i meet this adorable trendy thing. her pants are awesome and i tell her so.
it’s 2004 and we’re sorting through your clothes ala bundle-style. i feel stylo just like you.
we meet under shitty circumstances in 2006 with cuntfaces and cheebyes over vietnamese coffee. but it’s ok. we have girl talk and each other.
it’s 2009 and we’ve had girls’ night and birthday kisses and shopping and partying and everything else in between. i love how you get me (the cynical nasty bitch) excited about everything. your company is a terribly clichéd shining beacon of light in my life. everything is somehow happier, better, fun-er and awesome-er when you’re around.
bestnya hidup aku because you’re in it.
happy 10th anniversary, echo(saya)punya.
