Invisible

"Invisible"
Pentax Spotmatic | Super Takumar 55mm f/1.8 | Agfa Pro 200
© 2009 Don Abrigo

The Lionfish's Story

"The Lionfish's Story"
Yashica Electro 35 GS | Agfa CT Precisa 100
© 2009 Don Abrigo

A few days before I went to KL, I used my Yashica GS to shoot the streets of Manila and Intramuros with Atty. Areiz using Kodak BW400CN, a 400 ISO C41 Black and White film. Full of excitement, and after finishing the roll, I loaded the camera with Agfa CT Precisa 100 ISO slide film. I shot some frames with it at home and carried it along with me to KL. I was my only better camera at that time, along with the Diana, which I first got.

Shoot all the Precisa films I had in KL including this Lionfish shot. The only difference for this and the rest of the Aquaria shots is that I have "compensated" for the dim lighting inside the Aquaria. Seeing that my Yashica was set at 400, I tried to fool it by using ISO 100 for the Aquaria shots, and returned it back to 400.

After the films were processed, all frames in all of the films used were wasted, underexposed by 2 stops and a slide film at that. I just remembered, after all is lost, that I was using a 100 ISO slide film and shootign it at 400 all along... crap...

Lessons learned:Yashica's are great cameras and their meter, when working, delivers great results even at challenging lighting situations. Good thing I "compensated" and "fooled" the camera to shoot at ISO 100 for the Lionfish shot... how foolish!!

Green Thumb

"Green Thumb"

Rolleiflex 2.8C | Ilford XP2 Super 400
© 2009 Don Abrigo

Grandma

"Grandma"
Yashica Mat 124G | Rollei Retro 400 | D76
© 2009 Don Abrigoo

Took this picture when i went to our hometown after almost a year.

This is the first photo of my grandma i took since i had my own camera.

Back at home, elderly woman are very pious. They would go around house to house and pray on schedules. They are the ones being asked to pray for their dead loved ones without any fee. I think it has become part of the lives of the people in our hometown

wall-e eyes

"wall-e eyes"
Nikon D40 + Nikkor 50mm 1.4
© 2009 Don Abrigo

Brod Areiz' Rolleiflex 2.8C.