so i picked up my singapore rolls on the way to the doctor (yeah, sick on the fucking weekend. go fucking figure.) and while JT loves the cross processed look, i’m still not too sure how i feel about it. no doubt it’s interesting, but i think my money could be better spent on other [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
i’d noticed that, despite being the “automatic exposure dream machine”, the LC-A+ tends to underexpose shots even in bright daylight. so the cool hack (hehe) was a piece of black duct tape covering the light meter. a new problem arose – overexposing shots. these are from the latest batch, a mixture of kodak/fujifilm and ASA200/400. [...]
a not-terribly-flattering photo of ming. but i think it captures his spirit very well. :D
developed 3 rolls of LCA+ yumminess today. being the stingy teochew that i am and so smart that i am, got them developed without making prints. RM8 a pop + a lot of scanning. danke!
i’m still very much in an experimental stage, trying to waste as much film (am packing an ASA 400 today) as i can. a few frames from roll 1 came out un-scannable i.e. our digital saviour – photoshop – had to step in and save the day. i tried keeping the colours as close to [...]