I'd been neglecting my Emo Nemo series for a while (since September actually), but besides the usual busy schedule excuse, it's also mostly because film photography on a simplistic Holga toy camera requires good natural lighting... something that's not really happening in our "tropical winter" rainy seasons...
Anyway, my friend Bryan requested a photo shoot at the gardens for him and some of his products (mostly on his own camera) to post on his Omhealth website and blog, so I took that opportunity to bring along my Emo Nemo...
And here are the results:
Holga 135 BC
Lomography X-Pro Slide 100
Cross-Processed Slides
#01
( More Shots In Between )
#28
Hope you like these!
You can also visit my other Lomo-style pics here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/myemonemo/
Constructive comments and feedback only please! :-)
- Mood:
relaxed
In addition to the set of underwater photos in my previous entry, I also got my friend Stan to take a video footage of me swimming...
Being immersed fully in a body of water gives me the greatest pleasure and peace, and I have always wanted a little something to represent that feeling...
So, out of the blue (so to speak), I've decided to create the following video clip with all the resources from yesterday's shoot and my very first attempt at using Windows Movie Maker...
Hope you will enjoy it...
-Edric Hsu
Your constructive comments and feedback are most welcome!
- Mood: content
The past week saw me excitedly trying out the new Holga 135 BC camera, which I'd named "Emo Nemo", after it's rather moody-looking photos. And I am still searching for fresh ways to shoot old familiar places...
As the Hungry Ghost Festival drew to a close, I visited my late parents and relatives at the temples, which provided some interesting photo opportunities too...
Check out some of the photos I took along the way...
Holga 135 BC
Lomography X-Pro Slide 100
Cross-Processed Slides
#01 - Palm Tracks
#02 - On The Right Track
( More Within This Link )
Again, constructive comments and helpful tips are much appreciated!
- Mood:
artistic
Some might have already noticed that photos from the first roll of film I used, the Kodak Gold 200, had a yellowish tint. The second roll, the Fujichrome Sensia 200, had more green hues (or perhaps that's because most of the pics were taken at the park?)...
Now for the third roll, I tried out the Lomography X-Pro Slide 100 film, which produces images with distinct blue tones...
Check out the results...
Holga 135 BC
Lomography X-Pro Slide 100
Cross-Processed Slides
#01 - Fish and Light Waves
#02 - Fish Trapped In Light Waves
#03 - Edric and Marcus at McCafe
( More Inside )
I think I kinda prefer these blue-ish images. There's another film I'd yet to try that produces reddish photos, but I'm not too keen on that so far. We'll see...
Comments and tips are all welcomed! :-)
- Mood:
busy
In this roll, I used Fujichrome Sensia 200 colour slides film, so that I could try out all that marvellous cross-processing that I'd heard so much about and been trying to recreate using Photoshop previously...
I happened to be near the Singapore Botanic Gardens on Monday, and it was not raining (surprise, surprise!), so I took the opportunity to hop over and snap some greenery...
Another thing is that in order to shoot more within one roll of 36 exposure film, I decided to do more double-exposures, meaning shooting two images within one single frame. That way, I could tell two stories at once! But more importantly, allow the darker photos to "share" the light and avoid total underexposure...
Here are the results:
Holga 135 BC
Fujichrome Sensia 200
Cross-Processed Slides
#01 - Singapore Botanic Gardens entrance gate
#02 - Feels like Autumn already
#03 - Swing Me Mama
( More In Here )
Hope you like these!
- Mood:
excited
Despite the heavy downpour I immediately roped in Kit, and the three of us made our way over to Triple D Midi Lab at Burlington Square to process the film!
Thanks, guys, for accompanying me!
We had an hour's worth of workout at the gym, then I hopped back to the shop to collect the developed and scanned photos from Uncle Mike, the friendly proprietor of Triple D, and I walked away with a roll of Fujifilm Fujichrome Sensia 200 slide film, a cable shutter release, and most importantly, a CD-rom and negatives of my first set of Lomo images! Total damage = S$30.20.
I had been dreading the whole day about the outcome of my round-the-block shoot, as it was mostly done indoors and under low-light conditions. To my extreme delight, 31 out of the 39 frames contained actual images! In fact, most of these turned up pretty okay for a first-timer!
Granted, I DID spend most of my teenage and early adult years fooling around with film photography, but it HAS been around ten years. So I'm giving myself a big self-pat on my shoulder...
BTW, I had mentioned naming my Holga 135BC camera as "My Nemo", or "Nemo" for short. I have now given it a nickname: "Emo Nemo", which will also be my alter-ego identity on Lomo-related forums and websites etc...
Okay okay, enough chitchat! So here are the more presentable photos, and there weren't any Photoshopping involved. The only editing was some basic cropping and resizing, that's all!
Check them out:
Holga 135 BC
Kodak Gold 200
Normal Processed Negatives
#01 - Red Chair
#02 - Old Corridor
#03 - Platform at Level 6
( More In Here )
For the above images, which are actually my test shots on my Holga, I tried playing with the various focus points, the Bulb and Normal modes, the Coloursplash flash, the multiple exposures etc. Some were successful, some were not...
Perhaps some of you might be thinking why I'm going ga-ga over these grainy, blurry, unsophisticated images. I can only say, those who get it, will get it lah! :-)
There's still so much to learn, and that's great! It'll keep me on my toes!
But all in all, most importantly, I had tons of fun doing this, and am already looking forward to starting on that roll of slides film!!!
- Mood: excited
It's kinda like living several different lifetimes in just this one!
Well, some of my fellow bloggers had just introduced this fascinating site that creates hilarious retro portraits of yourself based on a submitted photo, and it looked like tons of fun without all that drama...
It's called "Yearbook Yourself", and I used the following photo...
And now, introducing...
Do try it too! :-)
- Mood: amused
Several weeks back, I'd expressed a keen interest in picking up Lomo photography on my blog, and randomly mentioned that it's on my wishlist...
Well, I totally didn't expect anyone to take me seriously...
But today, I had received a super duper early birthday present (that's three months ahead of time) from one of my blog readers, Eusri, who had rather enjoyed my photo entries and wanted me to improve further by generously gifting me with my very own Lomo camera!
And so, now I am a proud owner of my very own Holga 135 BC camera AND an accompanying Holga 12MFC electronic flash unit with colour filters, as well as a roll of Kodak Gold 200 negative film!!!
Naturally, I loaded it all up and started snapping my first few Lomo shots there and then!
Also, because the camera comes with a cute little monkey sticker (not sure why), and following the tradition of naming my late beloved pet hamsters, Eeni and Mini, I am going to call this new baby...
For some time, I had been experimenting with creating the various Lomo-esque effects digitally using softwares, but now I can do it for real!
With the roll of 36 exposures film in My Nemo, and armed with the flash unit, I went for a night shoot around my estate. So far, 26 shots have been burnt onto the film already! Will take some more shots tomorrow, hopefully with brilliant daylight!
Granted, I no longer have as much control of the outcome of the images as I would have with my digital camera, and will only find out after the prints have been processed...
But I hope to be pleasantly surprised... :-)
Finally, I must say that after using digital cameras for the past 10 years, it feels rather strange - strangely limiting, yet strangely liberating - going back to an old school analog camera that doesn't even need any batteries to operate!
Ironically, I now have to find a way to scan all these upcoming photographic prints into digital format, so I can upload and post on my blog to share! LOL
- Mood: excited
Those who enjoyed the photo of the tortoise and catfish that I took recently (see previous entry), might be interested to know what those two very different creatures might be saying to one another...
Well, ![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small}
crimsonvelocity has kindly found time to put words in their mouth (literally), and made it an amusing dialogue...
Check it out...
Hehe, hope you liked it!
Anyone else wanna make them talk somemore? :)
- Mood: amused
"Pond Conversation" ~ Edric Hsu
Location : Kong Meng San Monastery (Bright Hill Temple) Pond
Image Size : 600 x 450 pixels
Digital Camera : Fujifilm Finepix F40FD
Date Taken : 4th April, 2008
- Mood: amused
While getting David to model for me, I let him have a go at my camera too...
After all, I could always do with more new photos... :-)
Here they are...
I could really do with a tan too... :-P
- Mood:
awake
These are the photos I took of my ex-classmate Toh Hoo Chung and his bride Toh Lee May on their wedding day, 24th March 2007...
Lee May and Hoo Chung
( Many More Photos Inside This Link... )
After all the hardwork and planning and effort that went into this blessed union, I sincerely wish the newly-weds a strong, lasting, loving and happy marriage!!!
- Mood: accomplished
Yesterday, I was chosen to be the Best Man at a former polytechnic classmate's wedding, and let's just say getting married involves plenty of planning and commitment (duh!) and is definitely not for the faint of heart...
So a few male ex-classmates got together at the groom's place the night before the wedding, and caught up about each others' goings-on and reminisced about the past, while the groom was busy editing his own wedding slideshows and music tracks for the grand dinner (stag night? what stag night?)...
With zero hours of sleep, we started Saturday all dressed and packed for the big event: fetching the bride!
After a couple of wasabi+sugar biscuits and longan drinks, and a series of tests and quizes by the maids-of-honour, who were rewarded with a big angpow, we finally entered the bride's home...
To be greeted by more trials for the groom: limbo-rock after eating auspicious food items, reading a "pledge" to love and treasure the bride forever, and serenading the bride (at which point the groom himself started sobbing tears of love), before we were given permission to enter the bride's room...
After that, more rituals and customary ceremonies followed. We had a few hours' break where we went home to rest while the bride and groom got ready at Parkroyal on Beach Road Hotel, for their solemnisation ceremony and grand banquet...
And so, under the guidance of the humourous Justice of Peace Chan Kai Yau, and with the almost completed Singapore Flyer providing a beautiful backdrop against the sunset,
TOH HOO CHUNG married TOH LEE MAY
Throughout the day and night, besides doing my best as the Best Man (aka the groom's personal assistant) I was also busy snapping away with my digital camera, for fun...
Check out the next entry for some of the Kodak Fujifilm FinePix F10 moments I managed to capture in between duties...
- Mood: accomplished
As of today, 4th November 2006, I am officially 34 years of age...
Looking back at some old childhood photos, I couldn't help but wonder how I ever grew up from a terribly timid boy into what I am today...
Of course, being a Scorpio as well as a Water Rat, I am still very much the same, but I am more sociable and open hearted and willing to take on more adventures and risks...
That said, I have my quiet hermit moments too, where I will disappear for a while to find myself within. And birthdays are such moments for me...
So pardon me if I am unavailable for any parties or gatherings today. I'm taking some time off to visit my beloved parents at their temple altars, thank them for bringing me into this current life, and ask for some blessings at the same time. Will be right back...
And of course, thank you all in advance for your generous well wishes, blessings, greetings, and gifts...
HUGS!!!
Since I mentioned my childhood photos, I have decided to post some of them here, kind of serving as a visual reminder for myself too...
Just don't laugh ok?
- Mood: happy
While crossing the road from Raffles City to Chijmes, a beautiful sight appeared before me, right there in the sky...
Suddenly, all the worries and insecurities that have been picking on my mind just vanished, and I felt a load taken off my shoulders...
Thank you, God...
- Mood: thankful
Here are some of the backdated pics taken with sunnykid, raist1in and racerboy last Friday...
Hippy the Hippo, Elly the Elephant, and Bunny the Bunny
View through a drinking straw...
( MORE MORE MORE... )
- Mood:
restless
Last Saturday night, I met up with a bunch of LJ-ers, namely photog75, apoptosis_x, dirrtysean, plwh888 and mr_heng, for a steam boat dinner at Joaquim Buffet Restaurant at Suntec City...
And here are the photo evidence...
Above Top Row L-R: Andrew, Patrick, Edric, Casper, Sean and Dominic
CLICK HERE FOR THE FOOD PHOTOS (AT HAPPYCAFE)...
Best Feet Forward
( CLICK HERE FOR OUR POST-DINNER ANTICS... )
CLICK HERE FOR MORE NIGHT SCENES AT THE ESPLANADE (AT SG_SNAPSHOTS)...
After that we walked all the way to Tanjong Pagar and soon found ourselves at Mox Bar and Cafe...
The Boys at Mox Bar & Cafe
The rest, oh well, is history...
Be right back with more backdated posts soon...
- Mood:
drained
Can't sleep. Bored. Restless.
So I started up my PC again and created some headshots of myself for use in the publicity of the Actors' Gallery (Click for samples of the other actors' artwork...)
Using photos that I took on my own a couple of days ago, I came up with these two versions...
Still restless, but at least I did something fun and constructive...
- Mood: restless
