Cheap Camera Still A Camera...

Recesky $50

Cheap but still Good

To be frank, I got this "Cheap" Lomo / Pinhole camera during the mist of a lecture.

All because of Gian : The need to buy something out of the yearn for one.

I blame it on a photo enthusiast classmate of mine that was sitting beside me.

After traveling over the China Seas and Three weeks of waiting, I finally saw the light of the camera.

Using a Lomo Slide 50-200

I wanted to give this TLR (Twin Lens Reflex) a try.

My goodess, 5mins with this I had a sore thumb trying to move the focusing lens.

Bring this film for developing, I really hoped to get an image out that I would be satisfied with. 

Who would know, that it turns out to also be my first film double exposure shot!

I standing at the void deck of a High Rise watching the birds fly pass.

Wanting to attempt a double exposure, I took a simple shot a building at the corner of the building.

Then I positioned the corner of the building at the bottom and waited for the bird.

THANK GOD, after a long wait one finally came by and WA LA. 

Using a TLR for the first time, it was definately not an easy task. 

The idea of having to compose from the mirror heads down and the movement took a while to get used to. However, the softness and somewhat unexpected  "Feeling" it creates is something that kept the shot  "Alive". All in all, its definately something that I would continue to explore. 

Thanks for reading :)

36 Frames

Moving Back to Move Forward.
After So many months of yearning and procrastinating, finally gotten my hand on a Manual SLR. And my I've to say I'm loving every part of it.


While what seems to be the whole world moving towards the Digital Era, I choose to move a little back into the 1970s.


I'm not an old middle age man and neither am I a Hipster. I can't fit in skinnies anyways for that matter of fact. But, a good man/photographer once said, 36 frames forces you to focus on the necessary and shoot only the best. Besides that, $7.50 per roll and $6 developing fee also does the job of making sure I have only the best shots possible in that 36 frames.

Previously shooting on a Canon N series I had the ease of Auto Focus to ensure my shots are sharp. With this Manual SLR, its a WHOLE other story. 


Working on a film makes you respect all those photographers pre-DSLR. All the amazing street photographers that truly had to frame, compose and make changes within seconds to get the shot they wanted. 

With reference to one of my favorite Vietnam War photojournalist Nick Ut who shot one of the most famous photos that is iconic to the War. "The Napalm Girl " It really makes you shiver at the thought of "what if he didn't frame it well." The whole world wouldn't have seem the painful innocence of a civilian casualty. 


Then again, with the whole idea of film comes the problems.
Nothing hurts more then have a roll of film accidentally exposed or damaged.....
Its hurts just as much as realising that your CF card is corrupted after an amazing photo shoot.


Time to return to my Susan Sontag.
My goodness, they should give her articles as "A" Level examination scripts. 
Surely, there will be a uprising of disgruntled students. Then "Ways of Seeing" the next year. That would scare the living day lights of students....

New and Developed...

Like weapons, the evolution of cameras is just as quick and lethal.

From the old school FM and FEs to the multi-numbered camera series ,the technological improvements never seems to seize. The use of digital photography has definitely eased the increasing fascination in photography. With the cheaper availability of cameras, more has come forth to present their talents as photographers and artist. At the sometime,for some cameras have been cheapen to that of an accessory.

As much as I enjoy the cheap trills of owning a trigger happy digital camera.

Sometimes the need to return to the roots of film photography is needed. 

After all, for $7 you only get Thirty Six frames.

Each frames hurts.