March 2009 Archives
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.
Second day. At Linda's with Moni, Pao, Pablo, and John.
Day three. Looking for a place in Seattle.
Random Capitol Hill post
Day three... Leasing Office
End of day three... At Linda's with Paula, Nate and Amir
After Linda's we had dinner at the Oddfellows'. Awesome place.
Yours truly.... photographed by Pablo.
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.
A cold day... this is the view from the apartment.
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).
This is before the drug shoppe was open...
Then I switched to digital.
I guess these were mugs of people who helped to remodel the drug store - being originally founded in 1896
The look from behind the post office booth - the place was packed
The wall of post boxes
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.
Digital
Film - photo taken by Bob...
Typical barber shop right on Main St. USA
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.
This is where the tracks led us - Digital
Flare on film.
Flare on digital
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.
Some random dock
Simple portrait. Showing Bob some oof blur.
A restored carriage house.
A horse's shoe.
Tools of the trade
...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.
Second day. At Linda's with Moni, Pao, Pablo, and John.
Day three. Looking for a place in Seattle.
Random Capitol Hill post
Day three... Leasing Office
End of day three... At Linda's with Paula, Nate and Amir
After Linda's we had dinner at the Oddfellows'. Awesome place.
Yours truly.... photographed by Pablo.
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.
A cold day... this is the view from the apartment.
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).
This is before the drug shoppe was open...
Then I switched to digital.
I guess these were mugs of people who helped to remodel the drug store - being originally founded in 1896
The look from behind the post office booth - the place was packed
The wall of post boxes
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.
Digital
Film - photo taken by Bob...
Typical barber shop right on Main St. USA
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.
This is where the tracks led us - Digital
Flare on film.
Flare on digital
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.
Some random dock
Simple portrait. Showing Bob some oof blur.
A restored carriage house.
A horse's shoe.
Tools of the trade
...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:
Talking about random stuff
Awesome framing!! I chopped off half homeless guy
...so welcoming... like a voice asking you to go in
the external side of the stained glass windows
I told them I had a thing for mirrors (not being narcissistic... go and read Borges)
layers, layers, layers
Food being prepared
Singing birds
Sam having a laugh with some street seller...
Construction workers posing... they saw the camera from up there, and started shouting
Shadows
Eduardo's dining room
Eduardo preparing some treats for us... yum yum
Buttons, buttons, buttons
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:
Crush Crush Crush
Near the end...
Then in December came the time to say goodbye. Goodbye and an awesome Christmas reunion... chez Romualda.
Jules smiling
Martist
N and I wandering in a new commercial center
Fucked up frame... I took the film off and then reloaded it again... the last MTY frame I took
Back near N's.... an old truck in some random street
Watch your head...
Men's restrooms in some sushi place
Yay... so much traffic that people started selling shit in avenues
David's b-day...
Selling balloons up close and personal
Small ones getting used to the market
Many mouths... just one taquero
...for a thirsty mouth
Piracy
Best. Quesadillas. Ever.
Lotsa piñatas
Lotsa Chiharrón
This man has been selling pens for as long as I can remember
Light coming into the meat aisles
Him, I'd never seen before
Piggy + Cow banks
*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:
N's tree looks cool in a typical contre-jour
I don't understand how someone would not use sidewalks.... this is Mexico City, for CHRIST's sake (pun so intended)
La Buena Tierra - one on N's awesome recommendations
Chili's with Jorge... I was getting drunk and my meter battery had died. Apparently I can meter properly sans lightmeter
Coyoacan + Ice cream + lovely vignetting
Plaza Satélite - up North Mexico City
minimum focusing distance: an arm's length
nsette
Squared Portra 400vc:
awesome way to sell products - downtown Mexico City
largest poster store I've ever seen in my life. everything you can imagined, they had a poster of that.
Didn't know she had opened a branch here... ;)
the mechanics of flirting... non verbal marketing...
San Juan Bautista - Founded by Hernan Cortés.
CHANGOLEEEOOOOOOOOOOON - asking for money, of course
Balloons, and an awesome guy who decided to take a step back just as I clicked
Kid about to buy some pranking toys
...and then I packed bits of my life and moved on again...
Delta 400
First place I went to after moving to my new place
Bldg 34... Moni's office
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:
Talking about random stuff
Awesome framing!! I chopped off half homeless guy
...so welcoming... like a voice asking you to go in
the external side of the stained glass windows
I told them I had a thing for mirrors (not being narcissistic... go and read Borges)
layers, layers, layers
Food being prepared
Singing birds
Sam having a laugh with some street seller...
Construction workers posing... they saw the camera from up there, and started shouting
Shadows
Eduardo's dining room
Eduardo preparing some treats for us... yum yum
Buttons, buttons, buttons
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:
Crush Crush Crush
Near the end...
Then in December came the time to say goodbye. Goodbye and an awesome Christmas reunion... chez Romualda.
Jules smiling
Martist
N and I wandering in a new commercial center
Fucked up frame... I took the film off and then reloaded it again... the last MTY frame I took
Back near N's.... an old truck in some random street
Watch your head...
Men's restrooms in some sushi place
Yay... so much traffic that people started selling shit in avenues
David's b-day...
Selling balloons up close and personal
Small ones getting used to the market
Many mouths... just one taquero
...for a thirsty mouth
Piracy
Best. Quesadillas. Ever.
Lotsa piñatas
Lotsa Chiharrón
This man has been selling pens for as long as I can remember
Light coming into the meat aisles
Him, I'd never seen before
Piggy + Cow banks
*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:
N's tree looks cool in a typical contre-jour
I don't understand how someone would not use sidewalks.... this is Mexico City, for CHRIST's sake (pun so intended)
La Buena Tierra - one on N's awesome recommendations
Chili's with Jorge... I was getting drunk and my meter battery had died. Apparently I can meter properly sans lightmeter
Coyoacan + Ice cream + lovely vignetting
Plaza Satélite - up North Mexico City
minimum focusing distance: an arm's length
nsette
Squared Portra 400vc:
awesome way to sell products - downtown Mexico City
largest poster store I've ever seen in my life. everything you can imagined, they had a poster of that.
Didn't know she had opened a branch here... ;)
the mechanics of flirting... non verbal marketing...
San Juan Bautista - Founded by Hernan Cortés.
CHANGOLEEEOOOOOOOOOOON - asking for money, of course
Balloons, and an awesome guy who decided to take a step back just as I clicked
Kid about to buy some pranking toys
...and then I packed bits of my life and moved on again...
Delta 400
First place I went to after moving to my new place
Bldg 34... Moni's office
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
