resurrection

The few of you who follow my blog/flickr might have been thinking that I haven’t been doing much photography lately, and it’s true: I’ve been focused more on lazing around doing nothing and my music/noise over the past months. But that’s going to change.

I got myself a pro account on flickr with some cash I came into recently, which means that you stalker-types can now browse my photostream from the first ever photo I uploaded (some 4 years ago, I think) up ’till now. I think you’ll find that there’s been positive development in my skills. At least that’s what I think.

I’m using a Nikon FM right now due to my trusty OM-1 being out of commission for the moment with a mirror that tends to lock up randomly. If it was a digital it’d be alright, but it’s not. If I’m going to waste a few shots, I want to do it on my own accord and not at the whim of the OM-1. The FM is also in black, and while it doesn’t look as worn as the OM-1 (a look I have grown to love, particularly due to the brassing) I have a feeling that it’ll get a few scars of its own now that it’s in my service.

No prizes for guessing what film I have loaded in the FM, of course. Good old Neopan 400.

I’ve been uploading some never-before seen photos from the vaults onto my flickr recently, and will probably continue to do so. So check out my photostream. Or, if you’re lazy:

And, before I forget: I’m going to be at the upcoming Art for Grabs next weekend, selling some photos. Not sure who I’ll be sharing the booth with (or even if I’m going to be), as my friend was forced to balik kampung and won’t be there. Thus his photos probably won’t be there either. We’ll see.

kitteh redux

pig in a blanket

after a long absence

power

I love how these turned out, I really do. Especially the second one. The clouds are wonderful, if I do say so myself, and the cross-processing really made both of these photos, I feel. Love the almost surreal-ness of both. Man, it’s rare that I gush about my own photos, but I do like both of these. A lot. Prints? Oh yes. Oh yes.

grain

a light

I think it’s time I crossed a book or two off of my “to buy/to read” list. Maybe tomorrow. Yeah, tomorrow. Sure, KLCC will be a bit packed but I’m not driving so yeah, traffic won’t be a problem. I should look a bit harder, too, and find some nice city shots to capture on Velvia 100F that will be cross-processed. Trippy city shots, oh yeah.

I’ve been trying to turn quite nearly everyone I meet onto Grant Morrison’s run on Doom Patrol, but I haven’t really been successful. Haven’t encountered much success when it comes to All-Star Superman, either (even less, in fact). I don’t blame them, of course: just the mere mention of “comics” still brings to mind some particularly boring and by-the-numbers superhero tripe, so hesitation is understandable. Of course, it’s not like I’m any good at trying to turn people onto shit, so yeah.

cross purposes

I like cross-processing for one of the same reasons I like b&w photography, namely the… utter “wrong”-ness of it. We, as humans, generally do not visually see the world in just black and white, just as how we generally don’t see the world with hugely saturated colours and funky colour shifts, and that’s why I find myself drawn towards shooting b&w film and cross-processing slide film. Exceptions abound, obviously, but this is just generally speaking.

Or not. I’m dead tired and a bit hard of hearing right now.

mood

lemon pepper

Only here, ladies and gentlemen: only here will you find cross-processed photos of apartment buldings and blurry, out-of-focus photos of Central Market in the same post.