Sprocket Rocket, Fuji Provia 100

I’m no photographer; I just do it for fun. Frankly, at this point, I would not trust myself with a commercial or editorial shoot. Thankfully, my friend Bia (a photographer and filmmaker) invited me to go to a shoot she was doing with Jacq Yu. This was done way back in September, but I’d been apprehensive about posting them for several reasons. Anyway, I’m posting them now, and I hope you enjoy them.

It was nice seeing what happens at these shoots and how people my age manage to shoot them. For some reason, I still feel really young (despite being 23) so it’s always a jolt of surprise to me when people my age pull off complicated things with more grace and know-how than I could ever.

Bia, doing her thing. See Bia’s photos here.

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My mom had an old Olympus Pen from her dad, and I wanted to use it, but when we went to have it cleaned, we were told that it didn’t work anymore. In pursuit of a nice half-frame camera, I browsed through online sellers but Sarie got me a surprise second-hand Pen EE from Hidalgo!

Here are a few of shots from the test roll. It was loaded with an unexpired Kodak Pro Image 100 roll, and I overestimated its ability to capture images in low light since my LC-A+ does pretty good with 100 ASA film. It’s a single focus camera as well, so a lot of my other shots were well-lit but quite blurry. I’ll try to remember this next time! It was a good test run. Mostly, I was just shooting random things to get the roll developed because I was so anxious to see how they turned out!

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I was going through old pictures that I took in high school with my FM2 and Super Sampler (my weapons of choice in those days) because I wanted to post a few memories. I like these photos of two beautiful people that I’ve known for almost ten years.

We took a photography class when Petra and I were juniors, Nash a senior. That’s why we were bringing around cameras a lot, I think. Anyway, enjoy. It’s nice to have these reminders once in a while.

Saint’s Alp Teahouse, Katipunan.

Random shots from the first quarter of 2012. I think I want to do this more often. Used: Ferrania Solaris 400, which I sadly have only one more roll of.

Toro y Moi.

Mama.

Me, taken by Sarie.

Unwrapping artwork for our walls.

Youkulele & Me.

Driving to Isa’s.

For puppies!

Stan the T-Rex.

7-11, Connecticut.

We watched The Pains of Being Pure at Heart, a few days after Laneway. I had second thoughts, but I’m glad I let their performance sway me into seeing them again. They were just really so fun to see live, and what more with a lot of other Filipinos.

Funny, right after they performed “Young Adult Friction,” Kurt mouthed to Alex and Connor that they should have played it last. The crowd really went nuts, it was really something else. I wish I got it on camera.

Most of the performance was super energetic, but for the first song of the encore, Kip performed a quiet, solo version of “Contender,” which Sarie thankfully got to film. Here it is, it’s quite beautiful:

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I was going to make a post on The Pains of Being Pure at Heart’s Manila show (finally!) but I had some shots of Bee Eyes, and I decided I didn’t want the both of them to be in one post.

Anyway, this was a really good set by them. I’m not the biggest fan of their live gigs (the little that I’ve seen), but this set was a really, really good one. I got a free EP, too! I think I might be a convert.

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