Straight from night-shift work last Thursday, I headed off to Binondo via the LRT2, and WALKED from the Recto station. I wasn’t even sure the path I was taking was the right direction, but once I saw Ongpin, I was relieved. While treading that street though, I realized this really wasn’t a short walk at all.
The rest of Rangefinder Filipinas was at Starbucks Binondo, and it was amusing that the same people who were there last year were the same ones that showed up this morning, considering that we were expecting new faces.
Uro showed me the proper way to load my Horizon 202, which saddened me, as I did have two unprocessed rolls that I’m not sure if I still want to get developed now; those rolls were filled with test shots anyway.
I know its been weeks, but let me tell you the story of how I spent my day in Quiapo during the Nazareno Feast.
Having planned ahead, I spent the night at the office, made sure I had a satisfied tummy, and went off to the LRT2 Cubao station to drop myself off at Recto. I was a bit restless though, as I’ve left most of my conveniences at the office: I was all analog. No DSLR, no cellphone, didn’t even bring my watch.
A small number of the RFilipinas group showed interest in going to the event, so I spent the early morning, around 9AM, on the lookout for any of them, while I took snapshots of every interesting scene I could find. This was indeed one of the major photo-op’s of the year where you didn’t have to travel very far.
CAMERAS: Yashica Electro 35 GSN, Fed 2
FILM: Fomapan 100, Lucky 100
DEVELOPER: Rodinal
SLIDESHOW MUSIC: Tsunagaru Haruka Achira by Toe, from the New Sentimentality record
This post was updated today, November 28.
Rica, Uro, Wam, Dennis, Gerry, myself, Jay
Photo by Jake using a Fujica G 690 (a 6×9 rangefinder camera)
Went to Lake Lumot (the lake above Lake Caliraya) in Laguna, and got on a boat ride around the place. Had lunch at Lucban, Quezon, walked-and-shot around the Lucban Church, stopped over a bunch of laundrywomen washing clothes in flooded rivers, kids bathing, and a significant roadsign. Ended the day with dinner at Angono, Rizal, at Balaw Balaw, where I was tempted to eat crickets (camaro), which I remember snacking on while watching TV a long time ago.
Meyps and Joi at the RFilipinas Ako’y Batang Malate Exhibit
I rarely get to successfully organize meetups that work well. Yesterday was the second to the last day of our Malate exhibit, and I pestered those who weren’t able to go to the opening to visit that day.
Tags: exhibit, photography, rfilipinas