KATE

Incredibly relieved that the past week has finally ended! It was a bit excruciating week of work-related stuff and going home late at night. It's sad to see my rolls of film arrive from the lab and not to be able to share some, so I'm filling in the lack of updates this coming week :)

Let me start by sharing that I've acquired a new SLR (yay!) -- a 1975 completely mechanical Pentax KX :) I was happy and content with my Canon AE-1 Program, but I also wanted to try another camera that doesn't rely on batteries to be able to take a shot.

I was originally eyeing for a K1000, but this camera popped up in one of the Facebook groups that I joined as for sale, with an affordable price considering it is attached with a 50mm f/1.4 SMC lens. I only knew that the light meter was not working when I was testing it, but took this as an advantage for me to better understand light and exposure on my own :)

I had an impression that this would be a lightweight compared to my Canon AE-1 Program, but I was all wrong haha! Quite a luggage by itself, although I like how it stays put in my hands when the shutter is clicked. It does not budge a bit.

Hoping to capture more memories with Kate :)

RECENT BLOOMS

EARTHY

WHITE AND WOOD

My Canon AE-1 Program camera's shutter all of a sudden stopped working last September, and how unfortunate for it to happen while I was at Bag of Beans. I wrote in on stone that I'll be back for more with a decent-working shutter. And sure enough, I did! How couldn't I? :)

I've always loved the mixture of white and wood (I love wood textures, in general) around this place. Being situated in Tagaytay, the cool wind really brings out a cozier atmosphere, making it perfect and okay to just feel lazy. Like you just want to curl up on your seat with a blanket, while cradling a cup of their houseblend coffee, or cuddle the pillows while having conversations with your bestfriend and lose the concept of time.

It was not a surprise that I finished a roll just being here, and I've been chopping up the parts through posts just so I still have more to look forward to. Will be posting another batch next time :)

A BIT OF SOFTNESS

A little ashamed of myself for almost forgetting about these photos. I think I got too attached shooting with my SLR that I did not remember still having some shots in my Superheadz UWS folder. From two months ago at Baclaran..

I remember having these trees captured with Fuji Superia X-TRA 400 back in April. I like Superia for being sharp, but I also like how this batch taken with Lomography CN 400 has less contrast, almost touched with a bit of softness into it.