To flash or not to flash

It's been such a long time since I lasted posted pictures taken by my Golden Half! The outdoor shots are bad... and I'm thinking of getting a flash for it. Should I? :) Anyway, here's some pictures of the dept trip to Bintan!

Golden Half in Perth

It's been almost a year since I bought myself a golden half for my 30th birthday. Am thinking of getting another lomo for my 31st birthday. Shall I? :)

My 3rd roll of film went to Perth and Bangkok - below are my faves :)



Feeding the animals at Margaret River Hideaway



 huh?



Hey there!



hmmm?

 

 

yo!

 

Get out of my way

 :)

My Golden Half - Roll 2

I finally finished my second roll of film using my Golden Half (since March!). And I really love the effects! Here are some of my fave pictures :)

My first picture in this roll - love the black/colour constrast of the church in Malacca. Love the over-exposed edges...

Red square in Malacca - it was a very sunny day. The sky was so blue...

Special effect - turned out naturally on its own. No photoshop effect.

Macau - From top (clockwise): Again, I love the black/colour constrast of the church (it's kind of surreal how. Taken behind the facade, from the top of the facade and in front of the facade...

Egg tarts - such cheery yellow...i guess you always feel this way when on holiday! :)

Genting Highlands Theme Park - I want to fly!

 

Right: In front of where I work. Left: In front of my house (it's autumn!!)

LOMO Newbie

Golden-Half photos (my first roll of film!) in Singapore. I enjoyed the LOMO journey. Hope you will too :)

On my way to the pool at Redhill.
My friend G lives around the area.
Used to swim with her after work.


My neighbourhood. Cat was curious at the sight of Golden-Half.
And ah... the roads that never fail to take me home everyday.


My fave sandwiches from Orchard Road.
Think Tuna and Egg. Yumms!


Rainy day at Orchard.
Enjoying a cuppa at the Cuppage.


Watching the world goes by.
Rain rain come again.


Plaza Singapura.
Value for money stuff at Daiso!
And Taxi!


My friend J brought Taxi to Singapore!


View from my room.
Bus-stop behind my house.


Views from my room. Sunset.

LOMO

I bought myself a LOMO-camera - the limited edition Golden-Half - on my 30th birthday. I read about it in the internet and love the effects, especially the half-film feature. This means that a 36-roll film can turn out 72 photos, with 2 shots appearing in each picture. And well, it's a film camera, nothing digital about it. So it's really about how you carpe diem!

When I received the package by post, I was really excited. The package was exquisite (of course lah, it's invented by the Japanese!)! And the Golden-Half is really cute and pretty! There were 10 Golden Rules of Lomography on the package:

1) Take your LOMO with you whenever you go

2) Use it all the time, at any time - day & night

3) Lomography does not interfere with your life, it's a part of it

4) Get as close as possible to the objects of your lomographic desire

5) Don't think (William Firebrace)

6) Be fast

7) You don't have to know what's going to be captured on your film beforehand

8) You don't have to know what's on the film afterwards either

9) Shoot from the hip

10) Don't worry about the rules

In the next few weeks, I continued to be excited and started to preach by the golden rules. I carried the Golden-Half around and started to learn how to use it and capture things ( prefer to refer to it as moments) - on my way to the swimming pool, on my way to work, at the shopping centre, from the window of my room...

Sadly, the first 24-roll did not turn out as well as I expected! The photo-processing shops do not have half-film processing facilities and so all my photos turned out as a normal photo without the two shot in one picture effect! And I did not really know how to use the LOMO very well - only 14 picture were developed (meaning I wasted 17-roll!)! Tsk tsk tsk...

I have since started on my second roll in March for my trips to Malacca, Hong Kong, Macau and Muar Town (in Johore Bahru, Malaysia). There's really no rush to finish the roll and I just shhoot what I feel like. Not sure how many pictures have been taken - the counter says 30 (let's see what happens when it hits 36). And I'm going in search of a photo-processing that can develop the photos and make them turn out the way they should!

Well, I guess that's the beauty of a LOMO- to expect the unexpected and see how things turn out. And perhaps that's life - to treat each day as a vacation, enjoy each day to the fullest, follow your heart and let it unfold its surprises...