1. 22 May


    over X under 

     

  2. 22 May



    Anonymous asked: Tell me how you are right now, how you feel, about that first person who comes into your mind, about the trip you recently had, about the coming second half of the year, and just about anything you'd like to share

    Haha okay.

    Right now, i feel hot as in sweatin’ ‘cause it’s hot and humid in the Philippines hot. Quite uncomfortable ‘cause of the weather, but nonetheless, fine and dandy as usual. Her, and that infectious positivism she has. Consumed 5 rolls of film, ‘twas amazing, more so, enlightening. 

     

  3. 22 May



    Anonymous asked: Thank you so much for the tutorial. Gonna go hunt for that camera! Lol. Really, thank you so much. I don't know why but you really make me smile just by looking at your photographs. I think I asked you so many random questions (should I say fired you so many questions as an anon) and you're still not tired of answering it, tho you don't know me. Have a good day ahead! :))))

    Thank you very much. I’m very glad that my photographs make you sorta happy, and i guess that’s another small step towards self actualization! Also, just feel free to ask photography related stuff and whatnot. I’ll try to answer and help out as much as i can. :)

     

  4. 21 May



    Anonymous asked: how often do you ask yourself questions anonymously huh?

    My little innocent photoblog gets its first “hater” or somethin’! Good vibes all the waaaaaaay! :))

    P.S. I kinda like that smug kick in that “huh” :3

     

  5. 21 May


    For the Anon who wanted a “tutorial” on how i do my MX photographs, well, here ya go. I’m kinda tired and i’m woozy so just make do with this okay? :)

    This just covers shooting multi-exposure photographs on a Nikon FM10 SLR, ‘cause that’s what i use for my MX takes. I’m well aware of the “tricking the advance lever technique” by pushing the sprocket release pin while advancing the film, but that’s not really accurate and i don’t really do that, cause the FM10 has a lever dedicated for MX so why should i? :))

    1. Load film on your Nikon FM10 SLR (Slide films with their outrageous color shifts and contrasts work best for MX photographs, but any film would do)

    2. Shoot your first frame of the MX photo, nothing fancy, just shoot like you normally shoot

    3. After shooting the first frame, push the small MX lever of the FM10 and hold it in the “pushed position” (cause it recoils if you don’t) while you advance the film with the advance lever (yes, it really involves a lot of awkward finger action, trust me)

    4. Having done number 3 successfully, you’ll notice that the film counter did not move to the next number so you’re good and set to shoot the second frame of the MX photograph

    5. Shoot that second frame like you normally shoot 

    6. There you have it, you now have an MX photograph in that roll of film (you can actually repeat steps 3 onward to “stack” more exposures, but i only recommend at most three stacks ‘cause by MX-ing and MX-ing, you’re exposing the same film frame again and again, risking overexposure

    Notes:

    - If you want to have a “dominant” frame and a “ghost” frame in the photograph, correctly expose the frame you want dominant and underexpose the intended “ghost” frame (tidbit: i always shoot the dominant frame first)

    - If you want to have equally blended frames in a photograph then correctly expose both of ‘em

    - Try to find subjects that really contrast each other in terms of lighting and color for a good blend, else, it’ll just look like a fugly piece of shite

    - When i do parallel MX photographs, i just shoot the first frame normally, then turn the camera upside down, and shoot the second frame, then tadaaah, parallel MX! 

    P.S. Thank you very much to Kimi Juan of kimikarma.tumblr.com for informing me about the existence of the FM10’s MX lever. Srsly, i had this SLR for like 4 years now and just realized you can do MXs with it like last year or something. :))

    So there. :)

     

  6. 21 May


    BOATS 4 LYF

     

  7. 21 May



    Anonymous asked: How much does film photography costs you? Isn't it too much for a student?

    Well, technically, i’m not a student anymore. Just graduated a couple o’ weeks back, and just got employed. :)

    If you’re going to buy simple color negatives at P35 a roll, it wouldn’t cost you that much i think. But if you really want to pursue the craft a little further and start banking on slide films at P225 or higher a roll, then that’s when it starts biting on your pocket.  

     

  8. 20 May


    bay walk X sprocket holes 

     

  9. 20 May


    someday, i wish to scale mountains and sail seas, lost amidst trees, with someone, “infinitely interesting”. someone quite like you.  

     

  10. 20 May


    mouths to feed

     

  11. 20 May


    Puerto Princesa Underground River, Palawan

     

  12. 20 May



    Anonymous asked: Have you ever had that annoying feeling that nothing really means anything and you just can't seem to find meaning in doing anything anymore? If so, how did you deal with it? I'll understand if you won't respond this is a really personal (and creepy) question. I just don't know what to do anymore and you seem to be that type of person who is really involved(?) with the world.

    Nihilism. 

    Yes. Being something sort of an existentialist, i’ve been there, and it sucks. To cut it short, it’s the saddest and most wasteful period of my life.  

    Correct me if i’m wrong but you’re prolly young right?

    Trust me, it’s just the pressure of being caught in between being a child and an adult, and that “in between phase” is a very scary and highly emotional phase where nihilistic thoughts come creeping in. 

    Wanting to pursue my band and photography seriously despite my parents’ disapproval, pressured beyond limits to graduate with honors being an only child in a very academic centered family, losing  young love which during that time, i thought, was my everything, made me stop to question the “meaning” of continuing such an existence. No, i wasn’t suicidal, but that option of dropping everything, living like a non-relevant, almost lifeless “vegetable” with no regard whatsoever to everything and anything, came about. 

    Then i realized, i was just 19. Who the fuck am i to think this way when i haven’t even lived out half of the usual human lifespan yet. So i looked up photographs, beautiful photographs, and damn, the world, life, is so, wow, and i just want to experience and capture it as much as i can.

    Build a nice career, make art on the side, inspire others, travel to places, find my muse, have a family, die old and happy, SELF ACTUALIZE. 

    If i achieve all those things, for sure i know i’m gonna be happy ‘cause “meaning” or without meaning” it feels fucking great. So let’s say it really doesn’t have a meaning in the end, well at least you’re happy so it’s either a WIN WIN or WIN LOSE situation if you continue living, and you’ve nothin to lose. 

    But if you pursue Nihilism, well then, you’re probably gonna be sad, confused, doubting, questioning, maybe even suicidal, or dead, so clearly you got yourself a LOSE LOSE situation in all angles.

    Live and continue on with life, even if it’s difficult, try your hardest to find meaning in stuff you do. Whenever nihilistic thoughts come creeping in again, just think of all the young ones with dreams who never made it. 

    Whenever nihilistic thoughts come creeping in again, just stop for a moment, and realize, you’re living, and for that fact alone, you’re so fucking blessed.

    So go on, brighten up Anon, even if i don’t know you, i sure do believe in you. :)

     

  13. 19 May



    Anonymous asked: Mga madaming beses ko pa sasabihin, you're photos are really really lovely!!!

    <3

     

  14. 19 May


    REM + woods + thinking about you 

    Nikon FM10 x Lomo Xpro Chrome 100

     

  15. 19 May


    Cowrie Island, Puerto Princesa