24 May 10
Got out bright and early on Saturday and tagged along with a bunch of photo–crazy friends to explore Chek Jawa in Pulau Ubin. It’s an island away from Singapore, a very short ferry ride away. Where there are no high-rise buildings, no chain restaurants and no traffic lights, that sorta peaceful place.
I have a few more photos to share that I took using my SLR but these first, are taken with the Diana Mini using Kodak Gold 200. I won’t lie, my heart sank when I saw the photos, every single shot was shaky. It could either be the slow film speed plus the cloudy weather or my hands are really too big for the camera!
Anyway let me walk you through the photos.
On the ferry ride there
We rented bicycles and cycled to Chek Jawa
Stopped at an abandoned house
There’s no cycling allowed in Chek Jawa. You park your bicycles outside the checkpoint and go the rest of the way on foot. This photo above was taken along the coastal boardwalk, looking down at what I think is the coral rubble area.
This one was at the mangrove forest
Passed by the Balai quarry on our way back to where we started out
Just before leaving the island, we met a furry friend
There were so many creatures to peer at, it was pretty spectacular. Like the orange fiddler crabs with one giant claw, a wild boar walking in front of us and the biggest caterpillar all of us has ever seen. I’ll show you that in the next post!
| Tags: chek jawa wetlands, Diana Mini, kodak gold 200, pulau ubin
17 Jan 10
More from my most recent roll. Taken with the Diana Mini using expired Elitechrome Tungsten 160T.
Badass strays who terrorize Indie
Ada dining at Marche
I think I had enough of slide film for awhile. Sometimes I really hate the yellow hues on my photos. But I never remember what looks good under what kind of lighting and I kinda feel that would kill the whole point of taking photos if I were to be taking notes. So anyway, I bought a lot of Fujifilm Superia 400 and I’ll be using that for now.
| Tags: Diana Mini, expired elitechrome tungsten 160T
12 Jan 10
(L) Caili with a giant tree, (R) Arlia and her lil sis
(L) Nabs & Sherms, (R) Caili & myself
(L) Dybs, Nurul & Nadia, (R) Sandy of cookiecutter
(L) Ada, myself & Farah, (R) Yvonne
I am really bummed that the rest of the photos turned out way too dark! Even photoshop couldn’t save them. I had a couple more shots that I remembered were great, hahaha, would have been great. The girls and the greens around us made photo-taking so much more fun, SE-RIOUS! Anyway I should have known better than to risk it all on expired film. I had to do some severe reducing of noise and despeckling. My eyeballs are about to pop out now so g’night my friends.
{Taken with the Diana Mini}
| Tags: Diana Mini, expired elitechrome tungsten 160T, half frame shots
21 Dec 09
Hey guys! I have a guest-post up on Young’s blog which I am very excited about because I shared some photos from my first roll of my Diana Mini! So hop on over there will you?
| Tags: Diana Mini, guest post, half-girl
18 Oct 09
The best girls in the world, Caili & Cheryl, gave me the Diana Mini for my (belated birthday) present!! So happy pleased happy happy happy! Mini adventures coming your way and mine!
| Tags: .gif animation, Diana Mini
