Boy Darko

All right, another photo from the vault. Took this in Manila about a year and a half ago with Chankol ...and Val could have been there too... but anyway, yes, i thought of putting it up here to remind me that I need to take new pictures.

This totally slipped my mind as I remember being so excited on taking this on site then just forgot about it right after developing. Cleaned it up a little after noticing that I didn't really do a very good job the first time around. Another significant thing is that I'm thinking of having this printed along with some other pictures on here; pieces to remind me to take more pictures everyday. Right...

My Sister & I: Exhibited Series

Alright, full set of the exhibited series is up. Opening night at Ductac was a blast but silly me, too awed and inspired, forgot to take pictures in film. So I guess there will be no posts for that on here. A lot of people who came were somewhat interested by my work so I guess I might consider that a success already. If you got time, do swing by at Ductac in MOE.

Saxophone Player

Another set of musically oriented photos and again of the Afif Brothers but this time with Vaghan Heyrapetyan and that sax player whose name I didn't catch. I'll update this later. This was a Charlie Parker tribute so it was a lot of fun.

I thought I'd never upload this batch since obviously I've botched the developing of this film but I've managed to salvage some of them with some stupid amounts of cropping and editing. I've tried to work with the flaws as much as I can and in the end, they turned out passable.

Nighthawks: Feet

Ok, so i thought of a different project all together since the 'People I Know' project didn't pan out. Though I've done some stuff for that project, it didn't seem like it was worthy of putting it up on here.

As the title suggests, this will be a series of random night shots that I'll be coming across from here on out, all push processed and all deliciously under-lit. I hope I'll be able to sustain this 'coz I've been working on a lot of other projects right now and the lazy bug is right around the corner ready to pounce whenever I'm not watching.

DIY Red Filter

I got a nice deal for filters for my Rollei in Quiapo and I decided to use the skylight as a red filter using a red marker. Supposedly, red filters make blue hues appear darker on black and white. Apparently, you have to use the real deal to get the real effect

Abri: Black & White Soul

As far as I can remember, (this obviously is a very late post) that night was undoubtably soul. (more pictures later)

Ziryab: Space Guitars

Here's another set off this music thing I'm into at the moment all from The Fridge. Ziryab plays stylized space guitars with the volume going up to 11 all the while fusing elements of jazz, world, latin and some Stevie Wonder on the side. This music phase really is a re-visitation of a previous obsession I once had with music and bands only this time it's on film!

The Afif Quintet: Jazz In Black & White

I'm kinda into jazz like a bystander to a marathon. A spectator to a sport so into itself that it will exist as long as there are marathoners. Jazz is like that, kind of... jazz will be there as long as jazz musicians are willing to learn and play for themselves whether or not someone will listen. But like marathon, even if you don't run yourself, you will always root for those who are crazy enough to go the distance. And that's how jazz is for me; I will always appreciate the music these jazzmen create whether or not I understand the music they're playing.

In-House B&W

I just developed my first black & white negatives! It came out alright, actually. Though, if you look hard enough, you'll see some paw prints on one side of the frame. Guess which one.
These pictures were taken February of this year. It's quite old, I know, but I was hesitant to start my own developing :p