Why hello there. 

I know it has been at least 6 months since my last post, but I had a really good reason.  The last few months have been life-changing as we welcome a new member of our family.  Amidst our life rollercoaster, I knew I had to make it up to this blog somehow; so what better way than documenting our journey with one of my toy cameras.


So, without further ado, our past 38 weeks in summary via Polaroid:

That's it for now, I have to go cuddle with my babe.  You understand, right?


- V.

I haven't had time to edit the videos of my recent trips, but here are my favorite clips: one is of me and my friends having fun with the Inception totem (only my fingers and my voice are in the video, though), and the other is of my nephew, Zacky, after feeding the goats at Zoobic Safari.

Untitled from kannika p. on Vimeo.

Meee! from kannika p. on Vimeo.

Here are a few Instax holiday photos featuring my family, friends, officemates, and a donkey. Hoping this year will be full of awesome toy camera photos, less fail moments with cameras, and great moments worth capturing through the plastic lens.

Hey, V., can't wait to meet your beautiful baby, even just in photos! <3

Company Christmas party photos

prod team girls :)

big head

Christmas with the family

parental units

with baby sister who's bigger than me

Reema's christening, December 31, 2011

with my friends Mari, Chloe, Eloisa, Sanika, and Mari's baby girl, Reema

More photos below!

The photo processor somehow messed up with my Golden Half shots and scanned the half frames separately. Ah well. Let's just pretend this is a roll from my Fat Lens.  Majority of the photos were taken in Naga City on a particularly unpretty day, but it was fun times indeed with my friends, Arianne and Eloisa, so despite the bad weather, everything was fun.

Arianne

Eloisa

 More photos below!

Here are some photos from my first test roll with the Golden Half Telepathy.  The Superheadz miracle happened again, so I am now a firm believer.  Out of the 36 possible shots, 33 came out.  I'm not going to post all, though, as most of them are either overexposed or underexposed.  I think I got used to the Fat Lens that doesn't need any adjustment in the settings, so I wasn't able to manipulate the simple settings for this baby.  Lesson learned, yeah?

I just love a clear blue sky

I'm pretty obsessed with my new shoes

What? No food in pool? Guess I better find my food elsewhere. ;)

The gratuitous lomo self-portrait taken in front of the car side mirror

A break from all the greenery - a view from our office window

Till the next test roll :)

k.

How amazing is the Lomokino?  I'm usually a Superheadz fan, and I love my Digital Zumi 2++ wholeheartedly and then some, but this movie camera is just too freakin' awesome not to share.  See video below and swoon.


Teaser Trailer from Lomography on Vimeo.

Basically, the Lomokino is Lomography's newest baby, a movie camera that lets you shoot a mini movie composed of 144 frames on any 35mm film.  What I love about this is that it looks quite simple to operate.  Let's just hope it's a little sturdier than most Lomography products. :P

What I'm just wondering is, how the hell do you unload, process, and watch the film itself?  I have yet to read the whole thing, but this is really exciting. Not sure if I'd be willing to shell out for it, though.  My heart belongs to the Zumi.

the Golden Half Telepathy shots by Mac Centeno

Here's my new toy acquisition, a Golden Half!  I've been dreaming of getting one for months now, so when I saw this one, a second-hand but almost new Telepathy Golden Half with a Holga mini flash, I just had to succumb.  First of  all, it was already heavily discounted for something that's been used only once, and second, I just really need a new toy camera to cheer me up. :)

I still need to finish the first test roll. And I also still need to figure out how to use the external flash. ALSO, if the big trip pushes through (no words on this yet; I don't want to jinx it) I will be putting this camera and the Fat Lens to good use. I'm really excited to beat my record for the number of cameras I bring with me on a trip (on my trip to Bangkok, I brought a. Instax b. Zumi c. Disderi Robot Cam and d. a Nikon D40, and yes, I used all of them :P).  This time, I have 3 additional cameras, so the dilemma is whether to bring all 7, or just choose. I'm not a rational travel packer (or whatever), so I might actually end up bringing all of them just to be sure no one (yes, I'm using anthropomorphism on them ; I mean, I NAME them) feels left out. Heh.

k.