High Street Saturday

Today's a Tuesday.. and it's a new film day (as I've mentioned three months ago.... ha ha ha)

So much for introductions I tried

Anyway, last Saturday, Laine, Keik, another friend named Sydney, and I all went to Bonifacio Global City to have a photoshoot. It's partly for their project (some sort of talent show, and they decided that theirs was to take photos. so they did) but I just tagged along to take my own photos (I grouped with another classmate and Yeollie for the project). We actually arrived sometime around 10am, and most stores were still closed so we were resigned to the outdoors (where it was kinda really sunny and hot). The theme is something related to winter/fall, thus their outfits.

For this photoshoot, I actually brought three rolls of film with me (one was already loaded and partially used). Since I finished only two, those were the ones I got developed. Sadly, the first roll had only 7 salvaged photos (I still have no concrete idea why. The only problem with the first roll is that it's expired, so maybe that had something to do with it) and those are dark and grainy, quite unlike my previous photos. Despite these, however, I still hope that you enjoy my shots c:

As usual, taken with Penelo-P, my Nikon FG-20

Keik with Laine's camera 

Left to.. Bottom (HAHA sorry)- Keik, Laine, Sydney, Me

levitating photos are the bomb (also, Keik's makeup)

(insert hashtag here) ITRIED 

[Levitating Photo]; resembled a sort of ad for lushcosmetics oops

                            Apparently I like to do this comparing of photos thing

right outside of fully booked, a fail levitating shot that looks pretty decent

Sydney and her sister Chelsea

[Photo taken by Keik]

The following photos are from the first roll (weeps); they ended up to be dark and/or extra grainy

Shot outside of my window

I tried to double expose and I think I sort of succeeded (outside my window again)

Hobbes and Landes before the store opened. The two figures were positioned behind the doors and it looked just creepy and adorable. I think I made it look more creepy than the latter, though. (darn you film)

Well, that's it for now. Until I get my next film roll developed (continuation there, although not anymore photoshoot-y.)

xx Cara

Tuesdays are new film days

Which makes sense since I was supposed to post these yesterday (but then I decided to ask permission from my lovely model first). Anyway, the shop I go to only process film on Tuesdays, hence the title (and this makes me look forward to Tuesdays, that is, when I have film to develop)

Anyway, remember how I said that I took more photos after the nostalgia + fairy tales peg? Well, here they are. Originally, we weren't supposed to have a photo taking session- whatever you call it. Our plan was to make a cover, but instead we searched polly pockets on google and reminisced on them and took lots of photos and watched game of thrones. (an afternoon well spent, indeed)

I think you're lovely

Because this is one very beautiful cat on a very beautiful staircase with very beautiful plants.

One of the 374289054686 close up photos of Cat's beautiful face.

I love how it looks like green is gushing above like a waterfall

Probably my dream photo taking venue (love it)

On the way to the poolside, there was this house with the most adorable birdhouse. Of course I took a photo (there was a cctv too, I made sure to wave)

I used different settings on these to see the effects, but then I ended up forgetting which settings I used on which.. whoopz

hey there, she says

The last five photos on film was of Keik- we were supposed to try levitating photos but I ran out before that could be accomplished. Thus, next time's peg shall be levitating photos. I hope you enjoyed!

*Catch Cat on her tumblr!

-Cara

Of Film Cameras and Filters

No, not the filters used for aquariums. Not the kind used to separate nonexistent specks out of tap water, either. (you know, when you try to deem it suitable for consumption. whatever.) Rather, it's more of those instagram-esque looking filters (i.e. those used to make photos look old and aging and.. cool, in some way)

*A short history of the life of cara in the past x days/weeks/months/years*

And by that I mean how my sister told me that my mother dearest had an ancient film slr camera that she never used and how I ended up looking for it and turning the living room upside down until I told my eldest sister about it who then promptly told me that it was in her possession after all and in her desk drawer since she found it oops and how she was planning to bring it with her to the long lost isles where she now resides in and how I never really knew if it had film inside of it, and also how I was too afraid to check and unknowledgeable about film slrs to operate it and how I ended up finishing the frames it had and how I ended up exposing it to light and how I felt sad and how afterwards, I read the newly found manual and how I bought new film and how Keik and I arranged for us to have a photo-taking session and how I felt not so amateur for about two hours and how it feels really good to have developed photos even though they're in a cd and how they look pretty vintage and how I love the feel.

(And to think I found out about the camera around two years ago............)

Anyway, on with the post- here are a bunch of pictures taken last October 28, Monday, with my pretty trusty Nikon FG-20 that I now love + Keik. Our peg was something like nostalgia + fairy tales, but I'm not sure if I succeeded with that. (I took more photos two days after that, will post when I get them developed)

But first-

Her name's Penelo-P, just because I can break it with a hyphen and feel cool.

Nada.

By now I hope I'm not boring you, dear/undear reader. Here are some of the photos-

A supposed picnic

One of my favorite shots, for some reason

According Girl-in-the-Photo, it looked heavily filtered-- I'm quite happy to say it's not.

because it pays to have different views..

...and angles.

This house looked cuter and more vintage than the rest; although that's not very evident. (first off, you can't see the rest)

An attempt to use a low ISO and high shutter speed to capture the moment, and succeeded only in taking dark photos.

Another one of my favorite shots, not very sure why. Beautiful legs, perhaps?

Special thanks to- 

Neil Gaiman for the book "Fortunately, the Milk", featured in several photos (HAHA)
My mother, for the beautiful film slr
Keik, for the venue and the model
The model, for her beautiful presence and clothes
Penelo-p, for not giving up on me and capturing actual photos
Girl-in-the-photo, for being (and I quote) "Totes useful in the photoshoot"

In relation to my title, I realized that filters didn't quite amount to much/wasn't explained exactly- but what I meant was probably how the photos looked filtered even though they weren't, and how I'm happy my film camera managed to do that. That's it. In total, 29 photos survived-- the rest succumbed to wrong settings and a relatively dark environment. 

To sum it up, dear reader (or undear.... yep), I hope you enjoyed my (quite lengthy) post ++++ pictures. 

-Cara