Tuesday, February 9, 2016

A Tourist in My Hometown

A city of skyscrapers, a home that I've been away from for almost half a year. Much had changed in this city of endless construction, with unchanged little places tucked away in corners of the streets.
Asia Square Tower 1, Downtown Core, Singapore
Tan Hock Seng Traditional Chinese Pastry Shop
Metro 2033 Downtown Line, Singapore 2016

Friday, January 1, 2016

2016

Another year had passed. Rummaging through my stuff, I found a roll of undeveloped film, and a bottle of long expired Kodak HC-110 Developer. School's great, with school, comes school holidays where you are totally free to explore.

Expired film, expired developer, fixer with unknown shelf life, why not have a go at it?

I figured I should test the potency of the developer before anything, dropping the end of the film I snipped off into a rather concentrated developer solution, the film turned black after a few seconds or so. On hindsight, I should have used a working concentration to get a better feel of it's potency. 

Nevertheless, the developer still works and I set off to develop my roll of Ilford Delta 400 B&W Film. With some guess work from how quickly the film turned black when dumped into the developed, I used about 1.5 times the recommended developing time and hoped for the best.

Here are some of the better results, with some minor edits. :)

Majulah Singapura, Forward Singapore - Singapore's Coat of Arms on the gate to the Istana
Singapore's current President, Dr Tony Tan and his wife


Since I'm at it, why stop experimenting? Here's a roll of expired Lomography ISO 400 Color Print Film from my wife, developed using the B&W process.

Pleasantly surprised by how some of them turned out. Taken at the now demolished King Albert Park McDonald's.

Monday, November 23, 2015

Before Sunset

Operating the camera is tough with gloves on.
One last shot before heading home while there's still light.

Taken on the Nexus 6P, I really appreciate the fact that I could operate the camera using physical buttons.

Sunday, November 22, 2015

Lightfield Magic

If only I've gotten a few falling snow flakes as well..
The snow had stopped, it would have been too cold for me otherwise. Gotten new gloves today, will I be able to stay out longer tomorrow?

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