The New Entertainment
11:07 AM
Howdy!
It's almost the end of twenty sixteen! Can’t believe it’s almost over but I’m
so very excited.
Somewhere
in the middle of 2016 I was thinking about having a new hobby. I’m still into
fashion and beauty, but I feel like I need a new entertainment that I could
lose myself in, something magically therapeutic. Something that does not
require a lot of time outside, because I’m already too much of a wanderlust. I
want to stay at home, doing whatever it is. Or maybe something simple that I
can do as I wander.
Thought it was going to be my 2017 resolution but when I was
stumbling upon Instagram and saw this particular account and decided that I, immediately, had
to try this one. I had to join the movement. The 35mm format photography.
The
second time I went home, I asked my mom whether or not I can use her ’94 film-roll
camera. And she said yes! She offered me her Nikon SLR camera but I don’t think
I have the guts to use manual one. So I took her Pentax Espio 140. The camera itself is a point-and-shoot. It looks very
sleek and modern, it doesn’t have any vintage-y look, the lens can zoom in and
out, has a panorama mode, has a self-timer, it even had a remote control so
technically, we can leave the camera and hit the shutter button from afar (too
bad the remote control was nowhere to be found). Two main reasons I decided to
take her Pentax was because it has autofocus mode and the film roll rolls and
winds itself automatically. No manual winding needed.
I
was skeptically thinking that this camera would produce ordinary pictures. Just
like the common captures using digital format cameras except this one uses
film-rolls. But I still gave it a shot, somehow. My first film roll was Kodak ColorPlus 200. Common film rolls
have 36 exposures and that means I had to use my 36 lives veeery wisely.
Otherwise I’d mess my first roll and regret the whole thing. I took this camera
to one of my most favorite neighborhood in City B and I ‘exploited’ it. When I
was having fun taking pictures, my camera collapsed. I turned it on, and the
lens kept on zooming in and I couldn’t stop it. I tried to be cool but honestly
it terrified the hell of Sarita Ayas. And then, the film roll rewound itself!
Normally it rewinds when the film roll reached the last exposure, but mine did
when it only reached 31. I was still panicking.
Weeks
later I had the chance to develop my first film roll. I was nervous, my heart
was beating so fast you could hear it like bedug adzan *krik* it took me only
an hour and thirty five thousand rupiah to have my first baby developed. It was a moment of surprise when I came home and opened the CD to see the result.
The results look like they came straight
out of the ninety’s. I also like the date mode, which I’d set it to 2016 but an
error happened and now the year shown is ’96. Yup, I’ve got a time machine here!
Five exposures were overexposed to the sun because of some reasons (if you read this, HA!) but the rest were
great. And just like any other amateur film-photography shooters, I regret some pictures
that I took. Some weren’t worth to be shot here, or they could have been taken
way better. I also had used an Ilford
Pan 400, a black-and-white film. I’m happy with the results too, but I like
colored films more.
Now
I’d like to share my results!
As
a tribute to the people who taught me to enjoy flea markets (and any kind of
market, basically)—mio padre, mia madre, mia sorella—I took a trip to Pasar
Antik Cikapundung with my fellow sisters from another mother, my kosan pals. I’m very much familiar with
this neighborhood. From Pasar Baru, Jalan ABC (and its corner of Kopi Aroma),
all the way to Pasar Cikapundung. My family and I visit the neighborhood
occasionally to do—and find—things. I couldn’t recall our very first visit to
the market, but that time we bought an antique mirror, a 1950’s sunglasses,
fixed our sewing machine and then I just knew I had to spend my first roll
there.
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| From the corner of Jalan ABC |
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Meet Hani and Daviga. Took a picture of them at campus, when we were in the middle of a talk about a large caterpillar. It wasn’t the golden hour yet, but the sun warmly lighten up their faces, so I took the chance! |
Unlike
most of the pictures on my instagram, I did not edit, let alone filter, any of
these pictures. They were all naturally filtered. This is why I love doing the whole 35mm film photography. It’s
not that I’m a pro (LOL, I can’t even take a straight picture) but the whole
process really satisfy me. I think the idea of having a film format camera is extraordinary. It's always a surprise how the picture you take would come out. Unlike digital camera, it's impossible to see the result until you develop the film and you can't delete what you'd taken. You don't have to think twice, but you gotta be wise. *winks*
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| Ayas, Ezra, Nisa, Rangga |
The
black and white ones were from Ilford Pan 400, colored ones were from Kodak
ColorPlus 200. I don’t know if it actually works that way but some films are
good for some particular scheme of color. How do I say it, LOL. More yellow and
orange-ish tones are appearing strongly, and other color schemes are strong on
some other films. I guess? Tee-hee. And below’s the panorama mode result.
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7°11′11″ S 107°32′14″ E
Pangalengan, West Java
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See,
the date messed up! I was on a field-trip, I brought my Pentax and it still had
25 exposures left. I know it would have been a waste of film to spend a
black-and-white for scenic views, but I couldn’t hold myself. It’s a long post,
isn’t it? I might as well create a photo diary from each films I have
developed. Been wanting to share it since weeks ago, but I had to, first,
collect decent amount of photographs to share. Final exams start tomorrow
*cries* I better get myself to studying. I’ll see you at the end of the year!
Spreading
good vibes,
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