kois at nuvali lake

nuvali: seda hotel

 

PERSISTENT

I got a message from my office mate Ivan one day offering a few rolls of film which, as he said, have been resurrected from the burrows of their home while they were cleaning. I immediately felt excited of course, thinking my occasional posting of photos on Facebook must have tipped him off that I'm still using film. He handed me three rolls the next day, and I have probably got lightheaded from the excitement of receiving free stuff that I totally forgot to ask how the film were stored.

I have no problem using expired film; 90% of the photos on this space came from ones with 1 up to 3 years expiration. So one beautiful weekend, I ended up in Laguna for a nice, unwinding road trip. Also got a chance to circle U.P. Los Baños, and enjoyed getting lost on the way to the destination.

It was one of those trips that came out of nowhere, sort of unplanned, but ended up to be nothing short of great times. Imagine my disappointment when the film scans came back from the lab with almost all dark and grainy frames. It completely slipped off my mind that I was shooting with a very expired roll, and most probably one that was not properly stored. It took me some time to see and appreciate that there are still a few persistent colors which got picked up despite the darkness. Important moments stood still :)

I remember Katie posting some of her photos from a very expired roll too, which produced a more interesting rainbow tones because why else, she's Katie. And awesome. Enough said (Hi Katie!) :D You can check them out here.