OUT OF CHARACTER | TWO

OUT OF CHARACTER

Work has been suspended today due to another (surprise, surprise) strong typhoon. I was halfway through my commute when I received the text message from my boss, so I just immediately went down on the nearest bus stop and made a return to home. I indulged on a delicious 3-hour nap, and now facing the laptop screen with a strong cup of brewed coffee beside me.

The view outside does not look good; dark, gray and discouraging. The wind sounds like it's gathering strength even more. Ironically, this kind of environment slips me into such a good mood to write.

Oh, how I've missed this feeling. When everything is dark and the only light that shines is from the laptop screen, seducing me into being sentimental, inviting me to use the writing voice that is so far from who people usually talk to in real life. I was thinking to do a Life After Film post, but life lately is so fogged up I still cannot begin to find time to think clearly.

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Every once in a while, I would have this urge to photograph people just to steer away from the usual inanimate objects and interesting sights. It is where I feel most vulnerable I think, to shoot people. There's just too much pressure on making someone look good on a photograph or capturing a facial expression quickly, something I admire from events photographers.

One day, I had this thought of asking Queenie again to do a "shoot" with me because I think she's the only one who would be open to the idea of this, and also because I really don't have many friends hahaha. The concept is a little intimate than the first one we did (and with such contrast), so we asked her friend a favor if we could use his apartment for a few hours, and this is how it went.

I don't know who was more anxious to see the results when the roll came back haha, but I know I was, because it was such a challenge to think about framing shots within such cramped space. I wouldn't have shot these any other way but in black and white, and I am pretty much satisfied with how they turned out. Taking risks every now and then :D

WIRED

Yes, I am still sharing photos from my Cambodia trip, and no, this is not yet the end of it. Haha! Believe me, my favorite photos still remain untouched, that means, there's more to come. 

(You have no idea, but I am secretly wiring your brain to book your trip as well through my posts, sshh :p)

STUCK

"Thank God we can't tell the future, we'd never get out of bed."

CHASING LIGHT

In between the past few days of walking the streets of a foreign land and the days to come with a huge waterfall of work, I squeeze myself into a tiny hole of chance to normally breathe. Like a light persistently creeping into a crack.

It's been a while since my last Chasing Light post.