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For today’s quick and dirty blog update:

Here’s a video of a few Rangefinder Filipinas members with various cameras, for our upcoming photography workshop (the forum thread; the poster and details). I’m in it. First camera I held was a spycam that uses 16mm film, second was a medium-format one. Both Kiev’s, and not mine.

And the workshop also had a mention on Jessica Zafra’s blog.

A workshop about Photography’s Main Tool: The Camera – Its origin and evolution, and the different types it has evolved into.

A discussion on what the Classic Camera was, before it had largely degenerated into another computer peripheral.

An in-depth course on how the Camera works, its parts, and its application.

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Spent yesterday wolfing down traditional Kapampangan Sisig (which does NOT sizzle) like there’s no tomorrow during the Rangefinder Filipinas Christmas Party for last year.

My Horizon Panoramic camera in focus, and the only non-RF in the lot.

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Now that I have the moving-site part of my website life over, I know I just have to revitalize whatever’s left of my blogging life.

Let’s start with my first fugly self-portrait, post-birthday:

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These are with cheap glasses that didn’t last long. Phooey. And that hair! Been wearing a bonnet since, and its a weather-apt fashion accessory anyway.

And how about where I was and what I did last Saturday? I saw something to behold…

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Rangefinder Filipinas (Man & Machine Interview) from Reynan Ali on Vimeo.

And for more info on the group, go to the official site/forum: http://rangefinderfilipinas.com

I created and currently administer that.