Monday, June 27, 2011

Train in Singapore

These are the photos I took on train or at the train station. In Singapore, they call it Mass Rapid Transit or MRT. I tried to write an "artist statement" about this "project" but I could write none. I just was there, saw it and took photo, simple as that. Put it this way, I'm so busy with work and daily chores that I couldn't travel for vacations or pursuit a big photography project. But I still love photography. So I brought a camera with me, in this case the Olmpus 35SP with Tri-X film, everywhere I go for about a month. I use train for daily transport, to go to work, to go out and to go home.

So these photos are about trains and the people using it.

Train in Singapore
Moves at the train station

Train in Singapore
Morning train

Train in Singapore

Train in Singapore
Evening train

Train in Singapore
Night train

Train in Singapore
Pioneer Station - near to one end of Singapore.
This scene is no longer there as they've already built the safety barriers in the station.

Train in Singapore
Commonwealth Station

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(Olympus 35SP, 42mm f1.7 G.Zuiko/ Kodak Tri-X 400)

Thursday, June 23, 2011

About Admiré: Through the pictures

Decided to "document" stuffs about my wife in my first roll of Tri-X 400 (BW film)

1. She likes to take photos and she's more outgoing than me :">

Admiré

Admiré

2. She likes to read books. She visits library for things she doesn't know...

Admiré

3. She likes sewing, fixing clothes, making clothes...

Admiré

Admiré

4. She cooks well, creatively & really fast...

Admiré

Admiré

5. She's cute, at least to me :X

Admiré

Admiré

6. To be continued... in my next roll.

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Monday, June 6, 2011

Be careful when shooting film in hot weather - Example of over-heated Kodak Advantix 400

(continue from my previous post on APS film)

Finally I've finished a roll of APS Kodak Advantix 400 film (25 exposures), after nearly 3 months of shooting (since March 2011). Using a point-n-shoot camera like Canon ELPH LT actually slows down my pace. As the camera's lens is not for bokeh thingy (blur background), it becomes hard to find a frame that is... nice when everything from near to far are all in focus. Anyway, I just have the roll developed and scanned by Grace Digital last week. Kinda disappointed as the scans came back with heavy noise (grainy) and strange red color cast (some lomo user may like this effect...).

I learned from the lab that the film has been over-heated, probably during the very hot period in Singapore last month (May). Lesson learned. I tried to remove the color cast to save the pictures that I like. Interestingly, some look nicer with the red cast, so I decided to keep them original. I got a lesson to learn, and some surprisingly nice results. Guess I shouldn't regret :)

Here are samples of the over-heated Kodak Advantix 400 (APS film), for your reference....

#1 - Singapore cityscape - viewing from the sea
Singapore Citiscape
#2 - A man with light & shadow/ Pioneer MRT station
Light n Shadow
#3 - Maze at shopping mall
Maze
#4 - Kids at Botanic Garden on a sunny afternoon 
(guess this is when the film got burned)
Searching
#5 - Concert at Botanic Garden
Concert @ Botanic Garden
#6 - Cute little girl
Concert @ Botanic Garden
#7 - Trees in Singapore
Branches
#8
Greenery
#9
Greenery
#10 - Isn't it good...?
Branches

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