Alright well I know that yesterdays post was a lil emo but I think I have come to the conclusion that I will save up to buy a new setup, what i don’t know yet. What has made me come to this conclusion is the fact that I had been reintroduced so to speak to my good ol’ Point and Shoot Canon SD450. Did some things with it and realized… I really love taking pictures with it. I didn’t have it for a while since I lent it to Gwynnelle cuz some guy dropped her SD900. So for Valentine’s Day I bought her a SD1100.
If you couldn’t tell, I like Canon cameras. LOL However the same can not be said about Video Cameras :) I like Sony as they have the picture clarity part down for video. I’m sure the Canon Cams are good but Sony been doing it longer :)
Well with that being said, how many people know about Lomography? or Lomography Photography? No? well here’s a bit of history…
In the early 1990s a couple of students discovered a small, enigmatic Russian camera, the Lomo Kompakt Automat, and created a new style of artistic experimental photography with their first unorthodox snapshot cavortings. The approach: taking as many photographs (Lomographs) as possible in the most impossible of situations possible and from the most unusual positions possible, and then having them developed as cheaply as possible. The result is a flood of authentic, colourful, crazy, off-the-wall, unfamiliar and often brilliant snapshots. These are mounted on panels to form a sea of thousands of Lomographs which regularly astonish viewers with their sheer colourfulness, diversity and power of expression. Ensuing major exhibitions in Moscow, New York, Vienna, Berlin, St. Petersburg, Havana, Zurich, Cologne, Madrid, Cairo, Tokyo and many other cities, where up to 100,000 Lomographs were shown at a time, established an international reputation for Lomography.
– e-Lomography on Flickr
The reason why I mention it is that Gwynnelle order a few Fisheye versions for me and her before my camera got stolen. Truthfully, they are pretty sweet. I didn’t know what to expect since it’s a film camera and I haven’t shot film since like the late 90s (trying to make it sound like a long time ago cuz it was). The thing is the last film camera I had did have a lil brain in them (focus and some fancy redeye thing). These cameras have no focus, no electronics a side from the light that comes on to tell you the flash is ready LOL. So I was worried about how these would turn out. Well I have a lot of learning to do but here are the shots that managed to make it past the photo department at WalGreens. Apparently, he had a hard time doing them since we took a lot of night shots. You’ll see why….
Her Camera (from mine)
My Camera (from her’s)
It’s a Ghost!!
I see food… and girl in the background wondering “wtf is she doing?” lol
Aww so cute…
Did I mention that we are at the Punahou Carnival… See the swing ride!!
I guess it was a bit hard to take pics since it was to dark for the camera…
Just to let you know… the flash on this bad boy is bright as FUCK!!!
Finally after waiting in line for like 30mins we get to the front of the Malasada line.
Yay! 14… we didn’t get a chance to finish them all lol
but they were good…
WOAH!! Trash can… Sorry trying to be artistic here.
Ok so those shots were from my camera (a side from the one of me holding my camera up in the car.) Now from her camera.
Aww da cute…
fisheye + flared nostril = bigger nostril…
Hey! Thats my camera… oh yeah thats right i was testing out her camera cuz she said it wasn’t working right. well mine works perfect, she just gotta push a lil harder on the button hehe…
“Woah dude… that’s some good chicken man…”
No she wasn’t pulling a Miley Cyrus… the flash is bright.
Anyways that was the Punahou Carnival, but not the last of the Lomography… oh no… there was still film to burn.
So what is going on now is that it was Valentine’s Day and I had bought Gwynnelle a Canon SD1100IS which means I could have my SD450 back YAY! So now that I’m rediscovering my little P&S I took a bunch of photos. You’ll know which is which wen it comes to the Digi and the Lomography hehe
So Valentine’s Day, Simple and Sweet.
Roses
So wake up and smell the roses… smell funny ah?
…or you could just try and eat it…
Alright, take one and lets go!
We went to Ala Moana and met up with her friend Derek who was on island for the weekend. He lives on Big Island so it was cool. We all drove around a bit and @gnelle FishEyed him lol
we got bored waiting so we starting taking pictures with our cameras… here’s her camera. nice ya?
Then came shots like this…
then my personal favorite…
Oh oh… it’s a MySpace photo…
Fisheyed
Yeah this is safe to do while driving….
Roses are nice aren’t they? hehe
YES! idk i just like looking weird…
Fisheye lenses are fun
Later on for dinner we went to Hifumi in Chinatown. @gnelle choose the place because she really liked it there. I had never been before so I figured I’d give it a shot.
And boy was I surprised. The food was excellent and the miso soup was really really good too lol.
This is what ends up happening wen were bored… the DS comes out…
I bought her a necklace that represents the birds and the bees
Anyways the food came and oh boy was it good. I ordered some Teri Chicken which was I guess fried first then put on a plate with the teri sause all over the base. Oh yeah, it was good lol
She had something like a Katsu Don except it wasn’t a don cuz well the rice was on the side lol it was Ono! too! I forgot to take a pic of it so thats all that was left of it lol.
And the aftermath of my plate… gonezo!! lol
Anyways, this post has taught me that my loss of camera doesn’t mean i’ll be at a total loss but i just have to rethink about how i take photos now :-/
Also, Valentine’s Day is a great day to just spoil your loved one just because you can and it’s all because you love that person. So snuggle up to your loved one and kiss them and tell them “I love you” If you don’t have one, well just think of it this way, at least you didn’t have to worry about spending as much money as i did during the Valentine’s Weekend LOL
K Den all!
Oh and to close this off… who ever stole my camera… I swear if I get my hands on you… well actually you better hope I don’t find you.
K BYE!!!
