March 9, 2010
Everyday
Life as it happens.
As it brings joys and tears. As it gives you all, then nothing.
I drove a bit across the border looking for something that's been missing for a while.
Not inly did I find it, but I had an awesome time while at it. Small details of things that will soon be long forgotten.
The temporal void where I am makes me think of photography not only as a hobby, but as work. For good or evil the lovely L-word engraved on the camera can only be considered serious if the client (or studio owner) knows about photography.
In any case, time will tell.
Open doors, or doors to open.
Hope life catches you well...
J
As it brings joys and tears. As it gives you all, then nothing.
I drove a bit across the border looking for something that's been missing for a while.
Not inly did I find it, but I had an awesome time while at it. Small details of things that will soon be long forgotten.
The temporal void where I am makes me think of photography not only as a hobby, but as work. For good or evil the lovely L-word engraved on the camera can only be considered serious if the client (or studio owner) knows about photography.
In any case, time will tell.
Open doors, or doors to open.
Hope life catches you well...
J
January 15, 2010
City Lights
Homeward bound... this cold and distant city breathes and carries on... and so do I.
I keep thinking about how unimpressed I am at what I am doing in my life these days; grasping all my hopes on the bigger picture, and the change from this apparent stalemate where I stand right now.
But it's all good somehow.
It's still me.
The next months will be awesome. There's this ticking growing louder in my head.
On my mind... a somewhat old, overexposed frame.
An ordinary rear-view mirror; as poetic and symbolic as it can be.
Hope life catches you well,
J
I keep thinking about how unimpressed I am at what I am doing in my life these days; grasping all my hopes on the bigger picture, and the change from this apparent stalemate where I stand right now.
But it's all good somehow.
It's still me.
The next months will be awesome. There's this ticking growing louder in my head.
On my mind... a somewhat old, overexposed frame.
An ordinary rear-view mirror; as poetic and symbolic as it can be.
Hope life catches you well,
J
January 14, 2010
Several months later...
I haven't been hiding; I'm just way too busy.
Busy with my musings.
Busy playing the consultant job for a while at PwC.
Busy admiring the delicate balance of everything around me.
Busy thinking about her.
Busy enjoying awesome news.
I upgraded the blogging engine at last. Jumping through hoops, trashing database copies several times, and just screwing up big time with a server migration has not been an easy task.
It's been enlightening, though.
Sometimes you need to leave the camera to the side and see the world; see it before you can think about framing it.
I'll be back soon with images; for now, it's a time to delve deep into what makes me move.
Hope life catches you well,
*m
Busy with my musings.
Busy playing the consultant job for a while at PwC.
Busy admiring the delicate balance of everything around me.
Busy thinking about her.
Busy enjoying awesome news.
I upgraded the blogging engine at last. Jumping through hoops, trashing database copies several times, and just screwing up big time with a server migration has not been an easy task.
It's been enlightening, though.
Sometimes you need to leave the camera to the side and see the world; see it before you can think about framing it.
I'll be back soon with images; for now, it's a time to delve deep into what makes me move.
Hope life catches you well,
*m
August 30, 2009
A Long December
About the title?
Well, N and I saw Counting Crows at last ...and it was sooo awesome.
The Traveling Circus and Medicine Show. Counting Crows and Augustana... they both hit the stage at the same time, and they both sang lots of songs.
Pure awesomeness. Two of our favorite groups onstage.
So what have I been up to?
Too many things to mention.
Some things have just been awesome, others have just been things you sort of have to do.
And as usual, here's the small (!) amount of things I want you to know... (110 photos this time)
Like a roadtrip to Bainbridge Island... driving up to Mukilteo, and then up, up, and a bit farther, just to cross over at Mt. Vernon, and then South I-5 again.
I like pie... I mean... ferries film (portra 160vc or ektar 100 -- dunno) on the m6:
Moral of the story: Rewind the film before opening up the m6.
Now shifting to the f3 with good ol' portra 160vc. First some leftovers from Poulsbo:
Now back to the Fremont Solstice Parade
I've realized that having more that 1 film camera screws things up. I know... maybe I just suck, but since sometimes I feel a certain camera would do fine, I leave another at home.
Anyway... when I ran out of portra, I put on a delta 400 on the F3. Still on the Fremont Solstice Parade...
TMAX 400 on the m6 - leftovers from the Fremont Solstice Parade
I love the Seattle music scene. Looots of bands I really like. This makes me think about all the "cooool; trendy" hipsters that will go to the Killers' Concert (in either Mexico City or Monterrey). Been there... months ago. :). For what it's worth, these are from a Third Eye Blind concert. TEB rocks really hard!!!. This was with the m6 and Portra 800. These were edited in Aperture. I'm learning how to use it. Rocks on the MBP screen!! Not a big fan of Portra 800, though...
I hated the tones, so I just BW'd the rest...
These are other frames from our every-days...
m6 + p160vc...
And that was it for that Portland getaway.
There's no sales tax in Oregon... so if you're thinking about getting a new laptop... you can go there... I did. :)
Anyway...
I took N to Ballard for a concert where Trespassers William played. Cool stuff... m6 + portra 400VC:
Then, near the end, came the big event where they took us downtown in buses... and closed down 520 and I-5 at rush hour. Yeah... I guess this is how Microsoft makes friends... oh well... it's mostly MS people in 520 anyway.
That same weekend we had hamburgers at Pablo's.... truly delicious delicious stuff... ektar (?) on the m6:
After a quick N-stop to Anthropologie...
Mariners! Well... I'm a Red Sox guy (since I met Hamza - credit where credit is due). Anyway... we went to couple of games... this is against the Blue Jays, I think... f3 + p400vc:
Quick rewind to Portland... using efke25 on the m6... mostly personal stuff, so not sharing more than a few...:
Then, I got a delta3200 on the m6 to see what could happen:
You and me have seen everything to see...
from Bangkk to Calgary... and the soles of your shoes are all worn out...
On a lighter note, I remember a conversation I had with my cousin about Tweeter.
Two types of people use Tweeter: Truly useful information sources or poser attention whores.
Now, I wonder what's the logic behind microblogging for the second type...
I'm doing some very very interesting/cool stuff.
...right.
No joke, I'm getting beaten up and the police has actual crimes to solve, so they're not coming.
Awesome. That last one was by Perez Hilton FYI...
Now... really... do we need a microblogging engine to know that a certain dumbass is waking up? or dressing up? or being just generally pretentious?
Naah... didn't think so.
Bitter Moon is on the TV now. Love that movie. I have not opinion about Roman Polansky, so I'll digress.
Still, it's a good movie.
Anyway... carrying on...
Approaching the end of this kilometric post... ektar on the m6:
I made an arrangement with a friend... she'd cook delicious food, and I'll make her a portrait.
It was an awesome experiment.... apparently I don't suck terribly at portraits.
N was the art director.
Shot with the Rolleiflex T, using Portra 400VC -- perfect for the light. Here's my fave:
Say goodbye to long-ass posts.
It's hard to define the past six months of my life in a single thought. I guess not everyday you get to work on changing the e-mail management paradigm in the world, or work with the most awesome team I've ever worked with (IAM dudes... rock on!!!).
Also... I've never followed the phrase "Work hard; Play hard" so strictly.
But it paid off amazingly well... :)
I've got the tools for exactly what I want to do. My favorite camera ever, with the only two lenses I'd ever want for it - too bad I had to trade in two sweet two-eight's, and a CV one-four to get those, but well... there's a point in life where you know exactly what you want.
Last, but far from least... getting home, seeing N at home (working her genius and magic over long distance), and just thinking that I'd become an adult... in OUR place.
Can't really explain how that feels... I guess you aren't there, I could suggest to cut microblogging, the rest of your bullshit, and grow up... but anyway it's cool... I mean... not everyone can handle being a grown up, and being treated like one.
And this is now... in a break from all that... listening to the raindrops hit the glass behind me, in the big man-zoo that Mexico City is... raining at night as only it can rain in this wicked place.
There's no looking back, and there are no regrets.
This year has been better than the last; maybe as good as it gets.
Hope life catches you well,
J
Well, N and I saw Counting Crows at last ...and it was sooo awesome.
The Traveling Circus and Medicine Show. Counting Crows and Augustana... they both hit the stage at the same time, and they both sang lots of songs.
Pure awesomeness. Two of our favorite groups onstage.
So what have I been up to?
Too many things to mention.
Some things have just been awesome, others have just been things you sort of have to do.
And as usual, here's the small (!) amount of things I want you to know... (110 photos this time)
Like a roadtrip to Bainbridge Island... driving up to Mukilteo, and then up, up, and a bit farther, just to cross over at Mt. Vernon, and then South I-5 again.
I like pie... I mean... ferries film (portra 160vc or ektar 100 -- dunno) on the m6:
Moral of the story: Rewind the film before opening up the m6.
Now shifting to the f3 with good ol' portra 160vc. First some leftovers from Poulsbo:
Now back to the Fremont Solstice Parade
I've realized that having more that 1 film camera screws things up. I know... maybe I just suck, but since sometimes I feel a certain camera would do fine, I leave another at home.
Anyway... when I ran out of portra, I put on a delta 400 on the F3. Still on the Fremont Solstice Parade...
TMAX 400 on the m6 - leftovers from the Fremont Solstice Parade
I love the Seattle music scene. Looots of bands I really like. This makes me think about all the "cooool; trendy" hipsters that will go to the Killers' Concert (in either Mexico City or Monterrey). Been there... months ago. :). For what it's worth, these are from a Third Eye Blind concert. TEB rocks really hard!!!. This was with the m6 and Portra 800. These were edited in Aperture. I'm learning how to use it. Rocks on the MBP screen!! Not a big fan of Portra 800, though...
I hated the tones, so I just BW'd the rest...
These are other frames from our every-days...
m6 + p160vc...
And that was it for that Portland getaway.
There's no sales tax in Oregon... so if you're thinking about getting a new laptop... you can go there... I did. :)
Anyway...
I took N to Ballard for a concert where Trespassers William played. Cool stuff... m6 + portra 400VC:
Then, near the end, came the big event where they took us downtown in buses... and closed down 520 and I-5 at rush hour. Yeah... I guess this is how Microsoft makes friends... oh well... it's mostly MS people in 520 anyway.
That same weekend we had hamburgers at Pablo's.... truly delicious delicious stuff... ektar (?) on the m6:
After a quick N-stop to Anthropologie...
Mariners! Well... I'm a Red Sox guy (since I met Hamza - credit where credit is due). Anyway... we went to couple of games... this is against the Blue Jays, I think... f3 + p400vc:
Quick rewind to Portland... using efke25 on the m6... mostly personal stuff, so not sharing more than a few...:
Then, I got a delta3200 on the m6 to see what could happen:
You and me have seen everything to see...
from Bangkk to Calgary... and the soles of your shoes are all worn out...
On a lighter note, I remember a conversation I had with my cousin about Tweeter.
Two types of people use Tweeter: Truly useful information sources or poser attention whores.
Now, I wonder what's the logic behind microblogging for the second type...
I'm doing some very very interesting/cool stuff.
...right.
No joke, I'm getting beaten up and the police has actual crimes to solve, so they're not coming.
Awesome. That last one was by Perez Hilton FYI...
Now... really... do we need a microblogging engine to know that a certain dumbass is waking up? or dressing up? or being just generally pretentious?
Naah... didn't think so.
Bitter Moon is on the TV now. Love that movie. I have not opinion about Roman Polansky, so I'll digress.
Still, it's a good movie.
Anyway... carrying on...
Approaching the end of this kilometric post... ektar on the m6:
I made an arrangement with a friend... she'd cook delicious food, and I'll make her a portrait.
It was an awesome experiment.... apparently I don't suck terribly at portraits.
N was the art director.
Shot with the Rolleiflex T, using Portra 400VC -- perfect for the light. Here's my fave:
Say goodbye to long-ass posts.
It's hard to define the past six months of my life in a single thought. I guess not everyday you get to work on changing the e-mail management paradigm in the world, or work with the most awesome team I've ever worked with (IAM dudes... rock on!!!).
Also... I've never followed the phrase "Work hard; Play hard" so strictly.
But it paid off amazingly well... :)
I've got the tools for exactly what I want to do. My favorite camera ever, with the only two lenses I'd ever want for it - too bad I had to trade in two sweet two-eight's, and a CV one-four to get those, but well... there's a point in life where you know exactly what you want.
Last, but far from least... getting home, seeing N at home (working her genius and magic over long distance), and just thinking that I'd become an adult... in OUR place.
Can't really explain how that feels... I guess you aren't there, I could suggest to cut microblogging, the rest of your bullshit, and grow up... but anyway it's cool... I mean... not everyone can handle being a grown up, and being treated like one.
And this is now... in a break from all that... listening to the raindrops hit the glass behind me, in the big man-zoo that Mexico City is... raining at night as only it can rain in this wicked place.
There's no looking back, and there are no regrets.
This year has been better than the last; maybe as good as it gets.
Hope life catches you well,
J
July 1, 2009
Hey June...
June in Sea-Town...
Found: Old 120 negative. Delta 400, I think... stuff from Mexico, and Steilacoom.
Fast forward two months...
I got a pretty sweet deal on a second hand F3. Since I sold my F100 and the D100, it's the only thing I can mount my lenses on. I like the F3. It's compact, light, and handles like a tank. Don't know if I should keep it, or sell it
TMAX on the F3:
Then I decided to use a PanF on the m6 - these are random May leftovers

Monica beholding the Columbia River view... and changing the roll. Now that I think about it, I had no meter for this one. I used Monica's reading and compensated for ISO50
Fast forward to Memorial Weekend, and a drive to Portland.
N and I happened to bump into a street fair on the waterfront

These kids will never see Ghost. Sniff sniff... the will never value the process of clay handling...
The PanF ended, so I replaced it with a Delta 100...
Fast forward to after we came back to Seattle...

Some randon woman came, took her shoes off, and wore some random pair who was there... weird... this is the pair she was wearing originally
As we came in, I put a delta 400 on the m6:

After the game, Martha parked her car in the International District... you can find super random stuff there... music coming out of this small place was just awesome.
Did I mention that Mariners lost? I guess I needed not make it clear.
...And time fot more Delta 100 on the F3
Delta 3200 on the F3
And just because I've fallen in love with Ektar... I put some more on the F3.
So that's it.
I am feeling much more into a colour mode now, so I will shoot more Ektar/Portra.
I have a pending photoshoot with a friend. I never do photoshoots, so I am a bit scared... more excited than scared, though...
I've been thinking many things lately... will probably elaborate on them one day... once I have enough time.
...for the time being, I think I've never been so well in my life. I'm keeping my fingers crossed for all the good things that come in small packages - or a sheet of paper - or a simple tick box.
Hope life catches you well!!
J
Found: Old 120 negative. Delta 400, I think... stuff from Mexico, and Steilacoom.
Fast forward two months...
I got a pretty sweet deal on a second hand F3. Since I sold my F100 and the D100, it's the only thing I can mount my lenses on. I like the F3. It's compact, light, and handles like a tank. Don't know if I should keep it, or sell it
TMAX on the F3:
Then I decided to use a PanF on the m6 - these are random May leftovers

Monica beholding the Columbia River view... and changing the roll. Now that I think about it, I had no meter for this one. I used Monica's reading and compensated for ISO50
Fast forward to Memorial Weekend, and a drive to Portland.
N and I happened to bump into a street fair on the waterfront

These kids will never see Ghost. Sniff sniff... the will never value the process of clay handling...
The PanF ended, so I replaced it with a Delta 100...
Fast forward to after we came back to Seattle...

Some randon woman came, took her shoes off, and wore some random pair who was there... weird... this is the pair she was wearing originally
As we came in, I put a delta 400 on the m6:

After the game, Martha parked her car in the International District... you can find super random stuff there... music coming out of this small place was just awesome.
Did I mention that Mariners lost? I guess I needed not make it clear.
...And time fot more Delta 100 on the F3
Delta 3200 on the F3
And just because I've fallen in love with Ektar... I put some more on the F3.
So that's it.
I am feeling much more into a colour mode now, so I will shoot more Ektar/Portra.
I have a pending photoshoot with a friend. I never do photoshoots, so I am a bit scared... more excited than scared, though...
I've been thinking many things lately... will probably elaborate on them one day... once I have enough time.
...for the time being, I think I've never been so well in my life. I'm keeping my fingers crossed for all the good things that come in small packages - or a sheet of paper - or a simple tick box.
Hope life catches you well!!
J
May 20, 2009
Colourful
Now, bringing that dualities thing back... here is the big colour entry for may...
Portra 400NC and the ol' trusty m6.
Then N and I drove North (like we use to do), and ended up in Canada...
I did not have a really fond of Vancouver, but this time, I really liked it.
...and that was about it... I took a lot more, but traveling, I use much more the digi-slr
This is one of my favourite colour films... Portra 160VC - again using the m6.
And now... switching to 50mm.... and doing the tourist thing... TULIP FEST!!!

My new thing is going to places, buying the city Moleskine, and scribble my adventures away. No blogs, no uploading errors... simpler times.
One Sunday, I simply woke up and told N... "let's go to Tacoma". I'd never been there for more than 15 mins, so she agreed, and off we went.
Portra 160VC
The first stop was the glass museum...

The museum has this activity with schools where they ask children to draw something strange they take the drawing,
and make that on glass. The first one is a coyote with rainbows over its paws.
Reala 100
This other weekend we just drove North to visit Whidbey Island.
Then I ran out of film, and loaded the LAST Portra 400NC i'll ever use (unless I am shooting under Tungsten -- which is not often):

Paula at the wheel of her Uber spacious Mini (for realz)... The title that comes to mind... "The Joys of Driving"

Paula chatting up our waitress at Musashi... the lady speaks several languages -- not sure if they were speaking Italian or French
Last Saturday, there was a street fair in the U-district... very pintoresque, if you ask me. I had a good time with Thomas, and Arturo... Internz hittin' da streetz type thing...
Then the rewind lever became stiff, indicating that there was no more film available.
Life's rolling...
I don't know when I'll post more.a
Hope life catches you well.
J
Portra 400NC and the ol' trusty m6.
Then N and I drove North (like we use to do), and ended up in Canada...
I did not have a really fond of Vancouver, but this time, I really liked it.
...and that was about it... I took a lot more, but traveling, I use much more the digi-slr
This is one of my favourite colour films... Portra 160VC - again using the m6.
And now... switching to 50mm.... and doing the tourist thing... TULIP FEST!!!

My new thing is going to places, buying the city Moleskine, and scribble my adventures away. No blogs, no uploading errors... simpler times.
One Sunday, I simply woke up and told N... "let's go to Tacoma". I'd never been there for more than 15 mins, so she agreed, and off we went.
Portra 160VC
The first stop was the glass museum...

The museum has this activity with schools where they ask children to draw something strange they take the drawing,
and make that on glass. The first one is a coyote with rainbows over its paws.
Reala 100
This other weekend we just drove North to visit Whidbey Island.
Then I ran out of film, and loaded the LAST Portra 400NC i'll ever use (unless I am shooting under Tungsten -- which is not often):

Paula at the wheel of her Uber spacious Mini (for realz)... The title that comes to mind... "The Joys of Driving"

Paula chatting up our waitress at Musashi... the lady speaks several languages -- not sure if they were speaking Italian or French
Last Saturday, there was a street fair in the U-district... very pintoresque, if you ask me. I had a good time with Thomas, and Arturo... Internz hittin' da streetz type thing...
Then the rewind lever became stiff, indicating that there was no more film available.
Life's rolling...
I don't know when I'll post more.a
Hope life catches you well.
J
May 13, 2009
Black and White May Entry
One day, I wore a jacket, and found an old film in one of the pockets. I had no idea what was in it, so I took it down to Panda Labs.
There were some Steilacoom photos, and some other photos from before we went to Vancouver.
So here it goes...
Delta 100
Here I did a mid-roll switch from the m6 to the f100, and headed down town with N...
Since I like concerts, I got myself a ticket for the Fall Out Boy concert at the WaMu theather.
This is TriX
It was a good show.
The next day, I found... strawberries. Lying on the floor.
And so, the Seattle walks continue...
TMax 100 - trying to take notes...

Dude walked in while I was metering, and just went for it... he didn't realize I was focusing the window. 1/30 @ f1.4

Here's the scene. I try to escape traffic going through a McD's, and this bitch just stepped on the gas, blocking my way... all because stupid granny thought I wanted to cut the drive through line.... bitch... 1/1000 @ f1.4
There's your regular fix of BW FILM.
Life's been pretty good with me lately...
Colour to come very very soon.
Hope life catches you well...
J
There were some Steilacoom photos, and some other photos from before we went to Vancouver.
So here it goes...
Delta 100
Here I did a mid-roll switch from the m6 to the f100, and headed down town with N...
Since I like concerts, I got myself a ticket for the Fall Out Boy concert at the WaMu theather.
This is TriX
It was a good show.
The next day, I found... strawberries. Lying on the floor.
And so, the Seattle walks continue...
TMax 100 - trying to take notes...

Dude walked in while I was metering, and just went for it... he didn't realize I was focusing the window. 1/30 @ f1.4

Here's the scene. I try to escape traffic going through a McD's, and this bitch just stepped on the gas, blocking my way... all because stupid granny thought I wanted to cut the drive through line.... bitch... 1/1000 @ f1.4
There's your regular fix of BW FILM.
Life's been pretty good with me lately...
Colour to come very very soon.
Hope life catches you well...
J
April 21, 2009
Every time after Winter comes Spring
Winter was cold. There were a couple of days of snow. The car slipped in the snow. Finding a spot to park is complicated in Capitol Hill. N got here before we had planned it, and it was awesome. I have the most awesome manager ever. I don't really like my car, so I'll swap it soon enough. Vancouver is pretty when the sun comes out. My mentor is the person that knows how this place works... from A to B. Haven't spoken that much to parents; no news is good news. Good news is even better. I wish I could afford all the toys I want. The lifeboat laptop just got an awesome battery. This blog post.
(This is a tribute)
This is a film entry.
It had been a while since I used my F100. Amazing body... super tight, and a shutter solid as a rock. No big deal here. The F100 and the M6.
Delta 400 - m6
After Steilacoom, I put the M Motor on, and misplaced the base plate. Contacted the US offices, and the replacement part was like US$350.
I was bitching about losing it when Paula said she had found something similar in his apartment. I tied loose ends, and remembered that I put the baseplate on the pocket of my jacket, which I took off that day during a dinner Paula hosted.
T-MAX 400 - m6

Dressing rooms - Anthropologie. I still can't get over the "Girl Power" I felt there. Definitely a no-man's land.
Ektar 100 - This was shot on the F100. For 17mm you need the full frame to use it properly. No d700 for me for now. Maybe some time in the future.
Reala 100 - F100
I went downtown with René and proceeded to document his day. It was fun.
Nothing really brilliant. Had lots of fun, though. Should do that with my friends more often.
Portra NC400 pushed +1.
This is the m6. I wanted colour for St. Patrick's day. Only had a 400 so I decided to push it 1 stop. The results are not thaaat bad, but I wouldn't do it again unless forced to.
So that's about it. I'm happy... things seem to be working out fine.
I will upload the digi-frames soon.
Hope life catches you well...
J
(This is a tribute)
This is a film entry.
It had been a while since I used my F100. Amazing body... super tight, and a shutter solid as a rock. No big deal here. The F100 and the M6.
Delta 400 - m6
After Steilacoom, I put the M Motor on, and misplaced the base plate. Contacted the US offices, and the replacement part was like US$350.
I was bitching about losing it when Paula said she had found something similar in his apartment. I tied loose ends, and remembered that I put the baseplate on the pocket of my jacket, which I took off that day during a dinner Paula hosted.
T-MAX 400 - m6

Dressing rooms - Anthropologie. I still can't get over the "Girl Power" I felt there. Definitely a no-man's land.
Ektar 100 - This was shot on the F100. For 17mm you need the full frame to use it properly. No d700 for me for now. Maybe some time in the future.
Reala 100 - F100
I went downtown with René and proceeded to document his day. It was fun.
Nothing really brilliant. Had lots of fun, though. Should do that with my friends more often.
Portra NC400 pushed +1.
This is the m6. I wanted colour for St. Patrick's day. Only had a 400 so I decided to push it 1 stop. The results are not thaaat bad, but I wouldn't do it again unless forced to.
So that's about it. I'm happy... things seem to be working out fine.
I will upload the digi-frames soon.
Hope life catches you well...
J
March 29, 2009
an hour or so from here - Steilacoom
After passing an x-ray checkpoint leaving Mexico City, I was wondering if my film would be fucked up, so I shot a lot of crappy frames just to get it developed quickly.
What sucked is having to go through a manual check thrice before actually boarding my plane.
...that's the curse of being a photo addict who majored in computer science. Looots of electronic stuff on my bag all the times I travel.
Luckily... *Gasp*... not all of the frames sucked. As usual, this is the M6. Portra VC 400, i think.
Then we headed to the cinema to watch Slumdog MIllionaire. Goooood film. Funny thing it was made to appeal to a worldwide audience. Smart people.

Next day at Top Pot. I don't know why I love it so much. Maybe because it conveys a sense of sadness.
Some other day, I was online, and said hi to my long time friend, Bob. We are now working on the same software company. It's strange to take a look around and see many people I used to attend classes with.
Anyway...
Bob did not know I had come.
I im'd him, and he said: "So, when are you visiting?".
My response: "Take a look at my e-mail address".
It was quite funny... specially because he was not expecting it.
After chatting for a while, he said that there was this Flickr meet-up somewhere an hour away from here.
I've never been a big fan of Flickr, but for a change, I decided to go, see, and then bitch if it sucked.
And so we drove over to Steilacoom, WA.
The meet-up place: Bair Drug and Hardware Store - some sort of Ye Olde Drug Shoppe.
I lugged along some gear... because you know... what if you found something that will be awesome in squared neg...
Now I see that is stupid... I mean... you just need ONE camera to get the job done if you're good enough. (as long as you don't need to wire images back.... when photographing just for you).
Then I switched to digital.

I guess these were mugs of people who helped to remodel the drug store - being originally founded in 1896
I shot most of it digital... I carried the m6 and the Rolleiflex around, but being so packed, didn´t really feel like using more than a couple of film frames.
After a while, Bob and I just got tired of being with the Flickerites and decided to walk our own path.... down some railroad tracks.

I have no idea what was Bob doing or putting on the tracks... you know... this is why trains derail.... hehehe.

As with previous series, I'm a big fan of photographing shadows as a sort of self portrait with someone else.
...and that was all there was to Steilacoom.
I'll try and find out some other places to go to.
Anyway...
Hope life catches you well...
J
What sucked is having to go through a manual check thrice before actually boarding my plane.
...that's the curse of being a photo addict who majored in computer science. Looots of electronic stuff on my bag all the times I travel.
Luckily... *Gasp*... not all of the frames sucked. As usual, this is the M6. Portra VC 400, i think.
Then we headed to the cinema to watch Slumdog MIllionaire. Goooood film. Funny thing it was made to appeal to a worldwide audience. Smart people.

Next day at Top Pot. I don't know why I love it so much. Maybe because it conveys a sense of sadness.
Some other day, I was online, and said hi to my long time friend, Bob. We are now working on the same software company. It's strange to take a look around and see many people I used to attend classes with.
Anyway...
Bob did not know I had come.
I im'd him, and he said: "So, when are you visiting?".
My response: "Take a look at my e-mail address".
It was quite funny... specially because he was not expecting it.
After chatting for a while, he said that there was this Flickr meet-up somewhere an hour away from here.
I've never been a big fan of Flickr, but for a change, I decided to go, see, and then bitch if it sucked.
And so we drove over to Steilacoom, WA.
The meet-up place: Bair Drug and Hardware Store - some sort of Ye Olde Drug Shoppe.
I lugged along some gear... because you know... what if you found something that will be awesome in squared neg...
Now I see that is stupid... I mean... you just need ONE camera to get the job done if you're good enough. (as long as you don't need to wire images back.... when photographing just for you).
Then I switched to digital.

I guess these were mugs of people who helped to remodel the drug store - being originally founded in 1896
I shot most of it digital... I carried the m6 and the Rolleiflex around, but being so packed, didn´t really feel like using more than a couple of film frames.
After a while, Bob and I just got tired of being with the Flickerites and decided to walk our own path.... down some railroad tracks.

I have no idea what was Bob doing or putting on the tracks... you know... this is why trains derail.... hehehe.

As with previous series, I'm a big fan of photographing shadows as a sort of self portrait with someone else.
...and that was all there was to Steilacoom.
I'll try and find out some other places to go to.
Anyway...
Hope life catches you well...
J
March 8, 2009
All the films I just did not want to develop myself, thank you
This one day I got an e-mail message.
I had to dial a certain phone number.
I wanted answers so I called.
...and then life decided that second chances were in order.
So I decided to wait for my films to be developed professionally.
Well, I would have done it myself, but I was too damn busy with projects and exams.
...anyway.
This is film... as usual:
One sunny December day, Sam, Diego and I went street shooting.
Delta 400:
Back in November I got the chance to shoot a show that reminded me about my age. (note to self: Insert fragment from Pulp - Like A Friend). Teens... some even brought their parents.... damn...
Anyway... it was a good show.
Delta 400 pushed + 1:
Then in December came the time to say goodbye. Goodbye and an awesome Christmas reunion... chez Romualda.
*going through Facebook photos*
I've always wondered how is it possible that someone who had the chance to move abroad, live new things in a different culture, be in a more evolved society (leaving a small ranch and moving to the city), simply goes back and keeps on doing the same things as before leaving. I think it is just like having an amazing gift and not only throwing it away... but crushing it, setting it on fire, and then flush it down the toilet.
I guess you can take someone out of the ranch, but you can't take the ranch out of that someone.
*back to the blog*
Portra 400vc:

I don't understand how someone would not use sidewalks.... this is Mexico City, for CHRIST's sake (pun so intended)

Chili's with Jorge... I was getting drunk and my meter battery had died. Apparently I can meter properly sans lightmeter
Squared Portra 400vc:

largest poster store I've ever seen in my life. everything you can imagined, they had a poster of that.
...and then I packed bits of my life and moved on again...
Delta 400
This is as far as I've come right now.
There are many things left to solve, but in a way the need to control my uncertainty has pushed me during this last year to make things happen.
Not that many rants for now... just things as they are.
Hope life catches you well,
J
I had to dial a certain phone number.
I wanted answers so I called.
...and then life decided that second chances were in order.
So I decided to wait for my films to be developed professionally.
Well, I would have done it myself, but I was too damn busy with projects and exams.
...anyway.
This is film... as usual:
One sunny December day, Sam, Diego and I went street shooting.
Delta 400:
Back in November I got the chance to shoot a show that reminded me about my age. (note to self: Insert fragment from Pulp - Like A Friend). Teens... some even brought their parents.... damn...
Anyway... it was a good show.
Delta 400 pushed + 1:
Then in December came the time to say goodbye. Goodbye and an awesome Christmas reunion... chez Romualda.
*going through Facebook photos*
I've always wondered how is it possible that someone who had the chance to move abroad, live new things in a different culture, be in a more evolved society (leaving a small ranch and moving to the city), simply goes back and keeps on doing the same things as before leaving. I think it is just like having an amazing gift and not only throwing it away... but crushing it, setting it on fire, and then flush it down the toilet.
I guess you can take someone out of the ranch, but you can't take the ranch out of that someone.
*back to the blog*
Portra 400vc:

I don't understand how someone would not use sidewalks.... this is Mexico City, for CHRIST's sake (pun so intended)

Chili's with Jorge... I was getting drunk and my meter battery had died. Apparently I can meter properly sans lightmeter
Squared Portra 400vc:

largest poster store I've ever seen in my life. everything you can imagined, they had a poster of that.
...and then I packed bits of my life and moved on again...
Delta 400
This is as far as I've come right now.
There are many things left to solve, but in a way the need to control my uncertainty has pushed me during this last year to make things happen.
Not that many rants for now... just things as they are.
Hope life catches you well,
J




































































































































































































































































































































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