Greetings from South Africa
by jajason |So. Like what I had promised. This post is all about the pictures took by my girlfriend in South Africa. As u can notice later. All pictures were taken by a digital camera and definitely the shots are not as cool as 1 using a film camera. Expect no lomography here. Only plain digitalgraphy..
My girlfriend had the opportunity to go for this student exchange program by the Lions Club. I am actually quite jealous about it as I am being left behind in Malaysia and cant go to a place I never been to and see are there any prawns left in South Africa. You will get what I mean if you watch District 9. Too bad I cant fit into her luggage bag.
So, to sum up what is there in South Africa… Just scroll down..
1. Lots of flights to take..
BBF + Fuji Velvia 100F + XPro = ?
by jajason |Hi everybody.. So sorry for not contributing for such a long time. My life is so so so occupied now with this and that. Its the beginning of my semester and there are already tonnes of work for me to complete and not to forget, I am involved in my University’s basketball competition where I trained almost everyday from evening till near midnight. Sigh.. Time is so limited for me. Thankfully, basketball is over now and its time for me to get back to my normal life.
Basically, U can see what this post is all about through the title clearly.. I have inserted Fuji Velvia into the BBF borrowed from Adrian last month and bringing it everywhere with me. Shoot here and there and these are what u get from the equation at the title.
My very own christmas wishlist
by jajason |Everyone wish to buy new stuff for themself and keep on finding a good excuse for that reason. Christmas is a very good reason. And because of Christmas, you can buy whatever you want to make yourself happy.. So before the start of next year, this is a wishlist, a Christmas wishlist that granted me the permission to buy all these stuff.. Hahaha.. Sweet..
My Christmas wishlist:
1. My girlfriend come back safe and sound from South Africa and dont get too tanned..
Blackbird, fly through Penang
by jajason |Just finished my finals last week and after all those hardwork and sleepless night, the much anticipated holidays have arrived.
First stop for my holidays, Penang. Its my first time going there and I heard lots of good stuff bout that place, especially the food there and I am sure I am going to have a big fat belly after the trip and its true, I am having a big fat belly now. — Okay, everything before this was written like 2 weeks ago. This post has stuck in the draft for so so so long. Its a tragedy. When I was back to my hometown, to my surprise, the internet service for my house was terminated. It was a big blow for me. You see, my parents were never as advance as their son in terms of computer stuff and they decided to terminate the internet service because I spent most of the time in KL, and even my house’s telephone service was terminated too.
Okay, lets talk about Penang. Everything was nice there especially the food. I visited a lot of places and the 1 that i love includes the Kek Lok Si, Bukit Bendera, the food stalls, Hard Rock Cafe and Gurney.. The food is awesome there. But there’s one thing that really upset me, I think more specific, my tummy, is the lacking of experience of my tour guide, who is my friend from Taiping. She brought us to many many nice places to eat but almost every place is like famous for their fried kuey teow and Penang Laksa. So, it was like eating the Laksa and kuey teow at every place possible around Penang. And now even its like almost 3 weeks from the trip, I am still sick of them. But overall, it was a nice experience going there especially with my crazy friends around.
I brought 2 toy cameras with me which is the BBF and the UWS. For the BBF, I loaded it with Agfa CT Precisa 100 and for the UWS, I loaded it with the Fujichrome Sensia 200. I am quite satisfied with the Agfa CT Precisa’s x-processed pictures but for the Sensia, its not as nice as I expected. I will talk bout that in my next post. Thanks to uncle Zybisko, I think there’s no need for me to intro much bout the BBF. So these are my pics. Hope you all like it.
1. The landmark of Penang
Why Blackbird, Fly?
by jajason |Ever wonder why the blackbird, Fly is being called the blackbird, fly. It’s totally a 2 different thing between a flying bird and a cool retro inspired camera with twin lens that take pictures from your waist level. This question really pop up in my head especially people ask me what’s the name of this camera and whenever I say Blackbird, Fly, they give me a weird look.
My curiosity overcome my laziness and decided to give it a search through the Internet and the answer I get is quite interesting. Believe it or not, it has something got to do with 1 of my favourite band, The Beatles.
The creators of the Blackbird, Fly want to express the true spirit of using the camera, freedom. And what’s best representing freedom other than a bird. Besides that, they decided the bird to be black, well, its the title of a song from the most famous band of all time.
I will post some of the pictures using the Blackbird, Fly on my next blog entry, stay tuned but now let’s enjoy the song from The Beatles.
UWS + REDscale for the 1st Time
by jajason |Hi.. I am Jajason and finally I can find a bit of time to write my first post. I am currently in the midst of having my finals.. Stress stress stress..
After being chosen begging to get into the team to write for TCS, I started to borrow the Digital Harinezumi but my mingy stingy master doesn’t include it with a battery and memory card so I borrowed a UWS instead. I am kinda broke this month so can’t afford any extra money on my interests.
I always wanted to get the ori UWS but never had the chance. With my newfound super power after joining TCS, its time to play with those toy cameras that i love without buying it. Haha..
The UWS is mini and cute and I can bring it everywhere with ease. After shooting 1 roll of redcsale film with it while on my trip around KL and back to my hometown. The things that I dont really like bout the cam is:
- Can’t do multiple exposure.
- Need a bright sunny day for nice pics.
But the wide angle lens is truly amazing.. Love it so much..
I paired it up with a roll of homemade redscale of Fuji Superia 200. If you dont know what am I talking about, check out this link –> Redscale . And if you are interested to know how to make it yourself. Check this link –> DIY Redscale . You can save a lot by making it yourself instead of buying it from LSI. So like what I said, I am so damn poor this month but still wanna try some special films instead of the normal negatives, redscale is the only option i have.
I grabbed some clothes and my UWS, escaped from all my stress here in KL for a few days and back to my hometown. Check out some of the pics that I love and give some comments bout it.. Compliments are welcome too if you love it.
1. View from my balcony
what does the camera come with?? any free film?
