Self indulgence is better than no indulgence at all

Collaborated with a friend for a short photo job today and rewarded myself with the money I made by getting a CZ Planar 50mm lens as a partner for my Nikon FA. I’ve yet to really try the lens out but my first impression was the built quality seems really …

Test roll on the Nikon FG

Coupled with a roll of Ilford XP2 and an el-cheapo 50mm f1.8 E series lens, I did this test run around the Raffles hotel. I’m now addicted to black & white!

Saturday at Chijmes

Had some lots of beer yesterday afternoon at Chjmes with friends and managed some shots before my eyeballs turned fuzzy. Got the scans from the lab and was shocked to see lots of dust on them … damn … the guy at the lab must have droppped my negatives in …

Postage-free Holga

Finally! After some effort, I finally got my 2nd Holga all dressed up! Introducing … the ‘Postage-free’ Holga! It wasn’t my original plan to decorate it with stamps. I had another idea but it seemed way too difficult (impossible?) so I settled for this instead. The stamps were from an …

Time out

I’ve decided to take a short break and probably won’t be posting new photos for a while. Not that I’m giving up photography, but to concentrate working on a personal project which I’ve always wanted to do. Apart from that, I’m gonna spend more time with my boy as well …

Ricoh 35R test roll : My el-cheapo Lomo LC-A wannabe

Some shots using a roll of Agfa Precisa cross-processed. These taken in Malaysia at a relative’s place during the Chinese New Year

How to : Redscale film photography

All you’ve to do is load the film into a canister with the wrong side facing up. This means that the wrong side will get exposed instead. The result … weird and funky colored photos like this …  Here are some simple steps which I learned from some guys online …

Redscale experiment

Got back my 1st redscale roll from the lab. Quite relived to find that they turned out pretty okay with the red and orange color madness in them …  

Random shots – Lunar New Year 2008

A week later … finally found some time to dig out some random photos taken to kill time during the Lunar New Year. I used a G7 for these as well as the earlier Mudpie & Crystal series. “Dammit! I think there’s a spy amongst us!”

Polaroid SX-70 modification test

Few test shots after I successfully modified my SX-70 Sonar to use Polaroid 600 film.