t2lomo

If only....

2009-05-09T15:42:00.001+08:00

.... I can just fly off.. Escape from reality.... How good it could be....

Love Tinket

The evil clown and his car

2009-03-28T14:42:00.004+08:00

This is my neighbor, and I heard he eat kids for lunch.

His car. You don't want to know what it runs on.

协奏曲

2009-03-23T22:56:00.005+08:00

你感觉得到吗

那不祥的预感

当你发现我的存在时

你的故事已经结束了。。。

Along Clarke Quay

2009-02-06T13:38:00.003+08:00

Paint the town red

2009-01-19T15:58:00.005+08:00

Chinatown is getting ready for New Year.

The dance party

2008-12-26T19:21:00.006+08:00

The party at Chinatown.

The King of the dance floor.

The queen.

The King lives forever.

Beautiful martians

2008-12-26T18:53:00.003+08:00

Cycling at East Coast Park

2008-12-22T17:18:00.007+08:00

East Coast Park is one of our favorite hang out place, other than the library.

We love the place, even though the beach isn't too impressive, with all the oil tankers.

Our rented bike.

Try harder, you should be able to see Cindy in the picture.

Minor update on the East Coast bbq part 2

2008-12-16T21:57:00.005+08:00

I almost forgot we brought another camera to the bbq. So here comes the picture from Vivitar.

Our bbq pit. Clearer version.

Ants were invading our bbq pit whole day long. One of them were held by me as POW.

Lovely sunset.

Minor update on the East Coast bbq

2008-12-16T21:42:00.008+08:00

I am not too sure if it's the film or the cross-process, but the pictures I took on the bbq seems eerily green.

At least the sun set wasn't too bad.

East coast park Bbq - 29 Nov 08

2008-12-02T18:49:00.006+08:00

Camera: Supersampler

Date: 29 Nov 08 (Sat) 4pm onwards

Film type: Fujifilm Superia 200

Sand, Sea and Sun... What could have been better....

The sun set and lovely coconut trees..

A little boy playing...

Next up... Wen and Jason... The spontaneous...

Me playing happily.... I was thinking what am I up to actually...

This time round.. I am really running...

Can decipher the word??? It actually stands for LOVE...

Us playing... Love the happy faces on all of us.. Btw, I got cut off the photo... BUT.. Still fun anyway....

My idea... Wen really went all out for the photo... She had an unusual landing.. Qi and I cant stop but laugh.. I am so sorry, Wen... You are the best.

End of with a leap into the waters...

Diana 35mm backing

2008-12-02T10:42:00.003+08:00

Christmas is early for lomographyasia.

This is what Santa brought us, we had to pay him in advance though.

The 35mm backing with its different frames.

狂想曲

2008-11-12T23:35:00.002+08:00

一个秋意盈然的午后。

一只大嘴外星人。

喝了两杯。

带着醉意。

在百鬼夜行的巷子。

抢了女孩的零食。

Backdated entry - Supersampler @ Bugis Second part

2008-11-12T23:07:00.009+08:00

Performing a star jump outside the Thai eatery....

Love the flight of stairs just right along the back alley of one of the shophouses along Purvis Street.

Architecture @ Bugis...

Ho ho.. Someone is dancing...

Me with the typical Indian coconut stunt... I got the idea from Ed.. hehe.

It's Flying!!!

The harmonious blend of colours...

The bubble like effect...

Just right outside the Chinese temple...

Salomon X Terrain run

2008-11-12T14:24:00.018+08:00

It was a cold Sunday morning. The sky was dark and far away a group of cloud was waiting at our destination. The cloud was thick and heavy, a towering giant rising from the horizon to the tip of the sky. It scared me. It didn't seem like a good day to do a mud trail, or a walk in the park. But we payed 30 dollars each.

We reached there quite early, maybe too early, the crowd was very small compared to the other runs that we did.

Not much light around.

The run started in 2 waves. The men's open category started 20 minutes before the other categories. I started later as I wanted to run with Cindy.

Before the second wave started.

The sun suddenly decided to show his face and the giant went off for his tea break.

The run started with a pond, luckily we weren't running across it.

Dry mud trail. I was laughing before I stepped into a puddle of wet mud.

The trail quickly changed into some jungle trails with lots of tress and and uneven slope. I tried to take a few pictures but they all turned out underexposed.

Nice bridge, but we went the other way.

Cindy slacked after coming out from the jungle.

Warning sign before the mountain trail.

All the way up.

Cindy leading the pack by trail hogging.

Drinking water at the last part of the mountain trail.

Another run conquered.

Muddy shoes and legs after the run.

Vivitar @ Bugis

2008-10-28T14:11:00.013+08:00

This stop: Bugis Street
Date: 25 Oct 08 (Sat)
Time: 2pm - 5pm
Attendees: Ed and Cindy

2pm: First stop: Bugis Street

Purvis street... Love it! Nice food is lurking on this street too (e.g. Miss Clarity Cafe, Chicken Rice and Thai Food)... Located in the photo is my favourite chicken rice and bread . Go check it out when free. They too sell decent coffee...

Exteriors of the Thai Food restaurant along Purvis street. Another of our favourite haunt.

Exteriors of the national library.. The spiral effect...

Along the corridor of one of a posh restaurant. The reflection on the table is cool...

A star like sunlight... Credits to Ed... A church...

Started posing outside the church... We did not even realise there was a church near Bugis..

Posing in front of a shinning stone outside the church... Love it.. Has the fairy tale effect... Initally I was still afraid that there will be overexposure and photos will turn out blur.

A fire-like effect... It was actually just clouds above it.

HDB flats along Bugis...

Simply love it..

Colourful buildings. Love the clarity othe photos..

End: OG... Rather please that we managed to capture the bubbles which an Uncle was playing.. (One of the tactics of selling the bubble gun)

After the shoot, we chirply went to Triple D @ Burlington Square to process our photos... Rather pleased with Vivitar... Wonder where our next stop will be...

Diana on 35mm film

2008-10-28T13:25:00.003+08:00

Applause, Ed's method of loading the 35mm film works!

But our photos turned out to have quite severe light leakage.

Cause: Did not cover the red spot at the back and did not seal the backing of Diana
Point of action: To seal up the backing and the red spot with black masking tape.

Processing is also much more expensive.
Cost $15/roll as compared to $8/35mm roll and $13/120mm at Triple D.

Results
Anyway, a total of 15 photos has been developed and only 3 of them turn out to be likeable. Some are blurred, some are overexposed and some are just gone...

Taken at night at one of the Thai shops in Chinatown.

Double exposed photo in the night hours of Chinatown.

This photos turn out rather pretty.. Serenity. Ed was posing in front of a mirror.

Objectifs to the rescue..

2008-10-27T01:07:00.005+08:00

Our supersampler is alive and kicking well....
Thanks to Objectifs, who did a 1 for 1 exchange for our Supersampler...

Ed and I were so excited that we started supersampler rolling again. Now, I cant wait for the photos to be developed... Yesterday Ed and I went for lomo kicks at Bugis. After snapping for about 2.5 hours, we entrusted Triple D with 3 rolls of films (for processing).

Total Damage till date (since early Oct 08): A total of $500 spent and 7 rolls of film taken in just 2 weeks...

We definitely practice the spirit of lomo... "Dont think just shoot" .
Who can thus blame us for being so crazy over it... Oh ya, and did I mention that we have a total of 4 lomo cameras and have new ideas for our upcoming photos ??? Stay tuned...

Supersampler... Ruined...

2008-10-26T00:03:00.007+08:00

One word to describe my feeling... Disappointed!

Our whole roll of film has a scratch planted across all the photos.

Cause: Our supersampler is handicapped. A metal plate within the interior of SS has came off. We thus used our instinct and fix it. Naturally, we did not manage to fix it.. Sob...

My sis and mum lomo-ing too.. How hip can they be...

Me at the Real run.. Photo would have been nicer without the scratch. Love the vast road... Changi is one of my favourite route...

New Balance Real Run

2008-10-22T19:44:00.026+08:00

The ultimate cross terrain run! Being the avid event chasers, Cindy and I joined the 15km run which includes of 4km of mud, 10.4km of runway, and 0.6km of sands trail.

Armed with the new Vivitar and Super Sampler, we reached Changi Coast Road at about 630. There's another hour till the event, so we just fooled around with our new toy.

Cindy is getting ready to run.

Mud trail is the first challenge. Luckily it never rain on that day.

This cone signified the end of mud trail and the start of the road.

The drink station at the start of the road.

The runway got boring after a while; this is the view we looked at for almost 6km.

So we looked at the sky sometimes.

Finally, something different, the sand trail, the 15km challenge was coming to an end soon.

The sand trail was pretty fun, too bad it was only 0.6km. We were again out of the park and hitting the road.

The last stretch to go home. I have no idea how did the ghost image of the arrow sign manage to slip into the photo.

I was very anxious to see the result of the Vivitar, as the pictures that I saw on various site were all pretty exciting. The first roll didn't disappoint me. Although I wasn't really satisfied when I first saw the photos, the second time I looked at it, I started to find these pictures interesting, with the unexpected light stream shining in certain pictures, and the soft vignettes at the edges.

It might be psychological, like how parents always think their baby looked best.

If you don't like them, I am going to hypnotize you.

These pictures are nice.
These pictures are nice.
These pictures are nice.

Our new toy - Camera model kit

2008-10-19T23:40:00.006+08:00

Chance upon this model kit at Sun Tec level 2... Inbox... Cost $35...

Rather excited and curious so we bought it...

The camera in a box. Got the last piece from the shop...

The interiors of the box... Looks rather complicated...

After 2hrs... It's done!

The back of it...

Wonder if it really works!! Will snap some photos and see the effect too.

Vivitar is here

2008-10-17T14:26:00.004+08:00

The postman was here 5 minutes ago, with our new toy.

That's everything in the package: a camera, a piece of paper and the plastic.

Another new camera on the way - Vivitar

2008-10-14T22:12:00.001+08:00

Guess what, I just placed an order for this following camera. Cost S$25.3
Hope the photos will turn out pretty pretty too...
Expect to arrive this coming Saturday... I am just so excited...

Second roll of Diana

2008-10-14T21:32:00.011+08:00

Loading was definitely much easier with experience and with Kodak Ektachrome costing $7/roll. Looking forward to it as the Uncle from Triple D says that this film can be cross processed.

Within secs, Ed managed to appease Diana and fed the film into its mouth.

Next up, how much to turn to ensure that it has reached the first photo.. After turning about 2 rounds (which we thought was sufficient), we starting snapping photos...

But.... When we brought the camera to Ruby, the uncle advised and told us that our camera have yet to start rolling. He started to turn our camera many many rounds until we can actually see some dotted lines on it, before the 1 starts appearing on the red backing.. Woo hoo.. we are finally on the right track. =)

We started snapping photos in the bright scorching sunlight.

Double exposure.. First shot, Me standing real close to the fish eye lens.. Second shot, Ed's turn

Ed standing at a distance of about 5m away..

Love the expression on Ed's face. Taken real close, say about 1m away from the lens. (Tip: Fisheye lens turn out best when taken real close, say about 1-2m away)

Me bracing the hot sun for a nice shot. Love the way the colour turns out.

Photo taken indoor at Mica Building... Love the colours..(Tip: Advisable to use flashlight for indoors. Most of our photos taken indoor turn out rather light and grainy.. )

Taken at Clark Quay. Double exposure... Another of my favourite photo taken by Ed.

The second attempt is definitely much better than the first. Way to got t2lomo!!!!

First roll of Diana

2008-10-14T21:12:00.004+08:00

It is considered a feat to maneuver Diana. Our first roll of 120mm film was using Lucky B&W costing $4/roll....

First, we had problem loading the film. After much struggle, Google came to rescue. (Tip: Scotchtape is the key to success. It aids in taping the film to the camera. )

Next up, we had problem judging how much to turn to proceed to the next photo... As Lucky B&W is rather cheap, we have to make do with no markings to turn the film. So with our estimate, we just turn one round to proceed to the next photo.
(Tip from Triple D, there is actually markings on Lucky B&W, but it is very faint and we have to use torchlight to see the markings on the back of film.)

After more than 16 shots, our suspicion arose... How come the roll of photos does not seem to finish. But how do we know it has been fully used up in the first place? Thus curious us, tried to open up the backing of the camera to peep in... There is still the film in it.. Heck.. So we just continue snapping photos.... (At the same time, I was rather worried that our film got exposed to light and will be ruined...but at this point in time, what's more we could do but wait for results.)

Results
Turn out that our initial photos were not taken at all... It means that we have to turn rather a lot of rounds before the first photo starts...

Photos turned out rather blur... Out of 16 photos, only 3 decent ones make it and they are as follows:

Testing the diana's focus distance. Can take about one block of flat away.. Not too bad...

Testing the Diana with flash and fisheye lens.. Rather clear.. But not easy to snap as most of our night photos were blurred. (Tip: Usage of a tripod is recommended, especially for night shots)

One decent photo of me with double exposure. Realise that Ed's leg is also captured?

Processing and scanning cost $13/roll for 120mm film. Rather expensive considering the fact that it was meant to develop 16 photos and only 3 decent ones were seen over here...

Anyway, it was fun experimenting it.... Not too bad for a first attempt...

Diana with 135mm

2008-10-14T17:13:00.009+08:00

Diana is a big eater with low productivity. Feed her a roll of 120mm films and she only gives you 12 or 16 shots. Too expensive. So let me try feeding her a roll of expired 135mm and see how she reacts.

This is how I feed her.

As you can see from the picture, there's a big space in between the films and the camera base, because the size of 120mm is a lot more bigger than the 135mm. We need to get something to hold the negative there so that it won't move around too much.

I googled for a solution, of course. The helpful dude from lomotw suggested cutting up the spool and fit it into the negative.

Ok! So I cut up my spool and then realised that it's too fat. Miss Spool needs a visit to sliming center before she can serve Diana.

Never mind. Google again. Hmm... Bubble foam to make up the space sounds good, but I didn't have any of them.

The solution stroke me when I was using the ruler to measure the length of the negative compartment.

I put the ruler into good use, by breaking it into the length of the negative compartment. By the way, that was Cindy's ruler.

I used the ruler as a base, then taped the negative firmly to it.

My Diana is ready to rock n'roll in 135mm!

Hopefully this roll of negative comes out fine, with the sprocket hole effect :)

Update: Just realised the guy from dianacamera.com used the same trick

Second roll of Super Sampler

2008-10-13T21:41:00.012+08:00

This roll of Super Sampler is taken more with people as the theme... Totally unlike Ed's style who prefers to take more scenery and items..

Me, being the photographer tries to capture Ed running towards the Mailbox. It is considered quite a feat as you have to base on your gut feeling to snap it. There is nothing for you to look into before you snap snap...

Ed trying out another method of snapping photos.
Randomly take four different shots in quick motion. Of of my favourite photos...

Taken outside the Central fire station, opposite funan center.

Ed tossing the camera up to snap photos. Rather cute that it managed to capture Ed's expression of trying to catch the camera...

Ed, tossing the lomo in a circular motion... Ed loves, the spiral effect created from it.

Motion photos turn out the nicest... Me running towards him...

Me just snapping without any motion. Rather pleased with the vibrant colours on it.

First roll of Super Sampler

2008-10-11T18:06:00.018+08:00

I don't know if the camera feels anything when we open its rear door and stuck something in it, but to me, the first film loading experience was really a pain in the ass. I don't really want to relive my nightmare, so let's just let the pictures do some story telling.

This is the first time I am playing with the Super Sampler, so I decide to do some random shot around my daily life and see how it turns out.

I initially wanted to take the picture of SBS Transit wording. But due to the lack of a proper viewfinder on the Super Sampler, the picture turns out this way, which is quite cool too, a lone guy on a bus. Probably much cooler than the SBS Transit wording.

I got this idea from a book. Throw the Super Sampler towards the sky and let it takes picture randomly. Do it at your own risk though. It's not fun when your camera is up there and you can't open your eye because god is shining the spot light on you. Luckily the Super Sampler hit my arm when it fell down and I managed to catch it with my Bruce-like reaction.

I just find the picture cool.

I put the Super Sampler on the floor, fire up the shutter and try to jump over it in 2 seconds. Inspired by one guy from the lomotw.com guy.

Early morning at the car park below my house. Cindy says the light through the trees looks like a pig crossing the road. If you can't see the pig, it's at the lower left hand side of the picture.

The complete set of roll can be viewed here.

All the pictures above were taken using Super Sampler, with Cindy's ultra-expired films. The poor Kodak was neglected for almost 6 years before the I resurrected it from dead and gave him a new meaning to live on.

Next up, the pictures....

2008-10-07T12:08:00.008+08:00

No, not the pictures I took using my Diana and Super Sampler. But the pictures of Diana and Super Sampler I took using my Panasonic TZ2

I forgot to take a picture of the nice looking FedEX package before I ravished it. Anyway, this is the box after the rampage.

The package.

The content: Diana F+,Super Sampler,Fish eye and Splitzer lens for the Diana ,3 35mm films

Diana F+

Everything inside the Diana F+ package: The Diana with flash, flash filter, flash seat, picture book, instruction manual and an advertisement booklet.

The Super Sampler

Super Sampler, free films that comes with the package, picture books and the instruction manual.

From these pictures, that dude from Baker Street would deduce that I know nuts about photography.

The next challenge: loading the films ...

The story begins...

2008-10-05T23:15:00.021+08:00

Once upon a time, dear little Cindy saw some pictures on her friend's facebook profile. Those pictures were strange indeed, everything inside is rounded at the edge, like looking at the world through a fish's eye, and the strong color that lingered on the pictures totally blew her mind away.

So the curious girl fired up and bugged everyone with the same question, trying to find the secret to the strange photos, not knowing that the answer was just a Google away.

Eventually Cindy hunted down her friend who came to town for business, and interrogated her. No one knew what happened but I saw Cindy leaving the room with an evil grin.

Now that Cindy possessed the secret to the strange picture, she wanted the camera to create those enchanted photos. The next victim was no other than yours truly. The holy quest to look for the magical creature was bestowed upon me.

Lucky for me, the monstrous fisheye resided in the bookshop that I frequent, and I spotted him right there when I walked into the shop. I had new respect for the stupid looking fisheye, after knowing that we shared a similar liking in books, why else would it stayed in a bookshop?

I bought Cindy to its house, well expecting Cindy to abduct the fisheye. But a situation occured. There's other species in that small community! Other than the fisheye, there's novem-lentic pop9, elegant Diana and bulky Holga. We had a big problem, which kid should we kipnap?

Looking at the puzzled duo, a nice lady volunteered to be an accessory to our little crime. She gave us a simple walkthrough on the characteristics of each of those nice little creatures. I bet she's using reverse psychology to protect those little kids, because the more we listened to her, the more confusing we got, and we totally lost it...

The perfect crime was hard to pull off, so Cindy and I decided to retreat for the time being. Of course, Cindy was not easily beaten. She was going back to her small hut, researching those little creatures before striking again. This time, she knew Google was everyone's best friend.

I had to join in, for I personally was pretty attached to those little creatures too. Anyway, to cut the story short, I shan't bore you with all the fights that Cindy and I had on the course to make the final decision, but I could assure you that those fights weren't pretty.

After 3 stitches on my chin and 156 more on my left arm, we finally decided on the elegant Miss Diana F+ and the rapid firing Super Sampler. I wasn't sure if we'd made the correct decision, since the two of us were totally new to this, and Diana seemed pretty hard to please (a common characteristic shared by girls, object with a girl's name, and Windows).

The order had been placed, and they who hailed from Hong Kong should reach Singapore anytime.

(hmm.... they are already in my room long before this post is done)