I know many will frown when they hear this. I am sure there will be questions like ‘Why not shoot in normal color mode and then Photoshop them later?’. Really. Hahaha! Strange but true … I love that ‘Grainy Black & White’ mode in the Olympus E-P1/E-PL1. I decided to try travel a little lighter and brought my friend’s E-PL1 for this trip and perhaps I’ll just buy it from him when I get back home (I’m sure he’s grinning now). This little camera is way better for street photography than my white E-P1. I can go around holding it without a strap and even able to take photos while carrying Fitzand in my other arm.
Oh … I think I went off topic. Back to the Grainy B&W art filter. I decided to shoot all the photos (except those of Fitzand and some shots to document stuffs like yummies) and so these are the results … some many photos from the streets. These photos are all straight out from the camera and just resized. I hate spending time on Photoshop and this is the only way out. 😛 I paired the E-PL1 with the Lumix 20mm lens and that’s like 40mm focal length. My old habit of liking the thrill to go real close to the subjects was still possible since 40mm still is pretty wide.
I do have my film cameras with me but that ain’t too good for tons of crazy snaps in a day. These are just the first set of street photos out of the many I took. More to come later the next few days (if I can find internet access). I have enjoyed taking these snapshots lots … even much more than those days when I tried to take some perfect digital photos and work them in post-process later. 😀
eh.. auntie florence asked me why I didn’t want to consider the E-PL1….arrrgghhhh….
@nelly : Oh you haven’t decided? Hahahaha! Well … tell auntie that E-P1 is way prettier lah! But if you want something light and easy to handle with 1 hand … the E-PL1 is pretty good.
tough decision…. 🙁
@nelly : I thought you’ve groped them both? Let your heart tell you which one to go for. 😀
Beautiful expression of japan 🙂 lovely! we should have a shooting session next time instead of just looking at cameras.. 🙂
Awww~ these streets are so nice! Keep them coming…
@Mijonju : Well I suspect we will be shooting like 5 frames before ending up in the next cam shop. LOL
@irorus : Thanks. At least it ain’t the kind of response I thought I’d get. Hahaha! Or were you just being nice? I know lots of people will go … ‘WTF? Why let it be so grainy and all over there are lost details?!’. Hahaha!
Grains are awesome! shots are awesome! Japan looks awesome!
Damn! tempted to travel to Japan now.
@sumlom : Thanks. Now go grab the next ticket here. I’ll be waiting here for you with Mickey and gang.
So it rained in Japan…not just in England (or spain)
🙂
Love the grainy film too…and I stll love my E-P1…
I want to go to Japan.
@Ta : Yeah it drizzled a little on the first two days. That didn’t stop us from walking to the cammie shops. Hahaha! It was sunny but cold after that. I love cold days and now I have a bit of fear going back to Singapore. Hahaha! Go Japan! Go! Go find Mijonju! I think the Japan Tourism Board is gonna pay him for all these soon. 😀