Summeriffic

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Ah, summer. I love summer. Summer is all about the beach, the free time, food, and more beach! haha.

This time we went to the wonderful island of Boracay. I brought my Holga 120N, that was given to me by my girlfriend for a Valentine's Day gift, and a couple of rolls of Fujifilm Superia 100 ISO, 120mm Film format. Took advantage of the bright summer sun. Luckily, all photos were exposed well. I love it. I captured the feel and the colors of summer. Everytime I look at these photos, i miss Boracay.

Took some photos of the palm trees, shores, and the ever popular sand castles, built by the people of Boracay, with matching dates. haha.

I brought my Snapsights Underwater Camera too. Loaded with Fujifilm Superia 400ISO. Its fun shooting this little toy cam. I never thought it would give me such wonderful pictures with good exposures with its fixed 125th of a second shutterspeed, much like that of my Holga 120N.

Works well even above water. Too bad, its broken already. I forced the film advance knob, not knowing that i put in a 24 exposure film and all the while i thought that i loaded a 36 exposure film. Now, the shutter wont cock.

Here are some pictures I took underwater. Me, my sister and my girlfriend were just playing around and took photos of ourselves underwater. Its so fun!

Me..

The Father and His Son

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This was taken at the airport.

While I am waiting for our plane bound to Aklan for a beach weekend getaway to the beautiful Island of Boracay, a japanese family was waiting for their plane too, they seem to be a very happy family. When i got there, the kid was already very tired from playing and running around and was asking his father to get him at his back so he could rest a bit. So the father went walking around, with his kid on his back resting.

After a few minutes, the kid fell asleep. The father, after realizing his son was already sleeping, he bent over, and even laid flat on his stomach on one of the benches just so his son could continue sleeping. What a guy!

I remembered how much our Father, God, loves us... just like the father in the photo does this for his son, how much more our Almighty God can do for His sons and daughters.

The Nikon FM2n

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Its the first SLR I've ever bought.

It has been with me for about 3 months now. It included a 50mm f/1.8 Series E Nikon lens. I didnt know anything about it at first but it was like the entry level Nikkor lens, that was sold cheaper than the standard and better Nikkor Lenses.

It was a little dirty at first, shutterspeeds were erratic, lens had fungi, i think it was left unused for years. After cleaning, i realized that what i had was a very mint camera, with a little brassing, and some hairline scratches which is tolerable being the OC that i am.

oh well..

These were very first pictures i took with this camera.

Kodak BW400CN, Pushed to 800 ISO

Its such a joy to use. I've never had so much fun taking pictures. Its so easy to use, so reliable, built like a tank, i mean, just look at it! Its awesome! Its beautiful.

Konica Minolta VX100 Film

I just had it CLA'ed (Cleaned, Lubricated, Adjusted) a few months ago. Shutterspeeds are now perfectly working, the lenses are looking good, no sign of fungus, the viewfinder is very bright, its in perfect working condition. And it has never failed me ever since. It now boasts a hood, to protect it against flares when shooting in bright areas and I added a Soligcor Motor Drive, that takes 2 fps for those sports and some paparazzi shots. I seldom use it by the way. haha.

It now bears signs of use. Some paint loss here and there, a few marks and scratches, although, it irritates me, it kinda grew on me. I mean, the camera never looked even better, it looked more like it was dead and its soul came back and was reborn.

It has been my constant companion. Everywhere I go, I bring it with me, hoping to catch moments and as well as memories forever exposed on film.