Johnston Street Fiesta

[foxtwo]

The Hispanic-Latin American Festival in Melbourne that has people dancing in the streets.

Provia 100F cross-processed in C-41, adjusted in PS
Holga 6x4.5

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#03

[foxtwo]

#04


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#06

[khairi]

interesting event...sadly overexposed here and there.

[foxtwo]

Originally Posted by khairi interesting event...sadly overexposed here and there.

nah not sad lah. I enjoyed the event and atmosphere more than i enjoyed shooting it. hahaha

[zaren]

the x-processed colours, costumes and vignetting really give a nice old world feel for pics 1-3 especially. were the pieces of lint and dust on ur lens intentional, or were they on ur film scanner?

[fisheye]

brrrrrriiiiiilliant lah.

[zaren]

Originally Posted by fisheye brrrrrriiiiiilliant lah.

of cos its brilliant....foxtwo has reached a higher photographic plane now...

[ndroo]

Originally Posted by zaren of cos its brilliant....foxtwo has reached a higher photographic plane now...

Yes! Yes! I second and third and fourth that!!

[bja]

interesting stuff! i always liked cross processing.... like the oldish and grainy feel that it gives as well.....

cross processing always over exposes stuff so dun worry abt the overexposure..

[ordinaryless]

the colour cast adds a nice touch to the event...

i like!

[foxtwo]

Originally Posted by zaren the x-processed colours, costumes and vignetting really give a nice old world feel for pics 1-3 especially. were the pieces of lint and dust on ur lens intentional, or were they on ur film scanner?

hahah. thx zaren. Yup from the film scanner, it makes the pictures look old so i left them there.

[foxtwo]

Originally Posted by zaren of cos its brilliant....foxtwo has reached a higher photographic plane now...

dun lah....



i shy

[foxtwo]

thx everyone else, it's my first time x-processing. e6 to c-41, i was quite surprised at the amount of PS work to do. Have to try c-41 to e6 next time.

[Ben1223]

Hi. Which labs are willing to cross process?

[foxtwo]

Originally Posted by Ben1223 Hi. Which labs are willing to cross process?

You should do a search, i remember many have asked this before. I did not do my x-processing in s'pore.

[The_Cheat]

Hi foxtwo, nice photos you have there. The cross-processed shots really showcased something different for a change in CS.

Having said that however, I have a deep suspicion that you are not comfortable with your camera yet. See, the thing is when shots have certain effects to awe people, be it via gum processed, sepia, b&w, IR or long-exposure, a viewer tend to be more forgiving to the fundamentals of photography. Honestly speaking, as a photographer, are you genuinely proud of your composition for the first three shots?

I still think that the holga is a nice shoot-in-the-face kind of camera. Just hyper-focus it, and heck care whether the subject is in focus or not. The glass (or rather, the plastic) wouldn't give you a crisp sharp image anyway, even if it is aligned directly within the focus range. Besides, the blurness of the camera is more like the trademark than anything, and added with nice effects, your images would scale greater heights. It's precisely these sentiments that I personally felt that #04 and #06 are better than the much sharper #05, though I still have some reservations with regards to the composition.

Nonetheless, it's great to see you willing to go near to a subject and shoot. Always felt that you were a bit too cautious in the past. Great job!

[foxtwo]

Originally Posted by The_Cheat Hi foxtwo, nice photos you have there. The cross-processed shots really showcased something different for a change in CS. Having said that however, I have a deep suspicion that you are not comfortable with your camera yet. See, the thing is when shots have certain effects to awe people, be it via gum processed, sepia, b&w, IR or long-exposure, a viewer tend to be more forgiving to the fundamentals of photography. Honestly speaking, as a photographer, are you genuinely proud of your composition for the first three shots? I still think that the holga is a nice shoot-in-the-face kind of camera. Just hyper-focus it, and heck care whether the subject is in focus or not. The glass (or rather, the plastic) wouldn't give you a crisp sharp image anyway, even if it is aligned directly within the focus range. Besides, the blurness of the camera is more like the trademark than anything, and added with nice effects, your images would scale greater heights. It's precisely these sentiments that I personally felt that #04 and #06 are better than the much sharper #05, though I still have some reservations with regards to the composition. Nonetheless, it's great to see you willing to go near to a subject and shoot. Always felt that you were a bit too cautious in the past. Great job!

Hey cheat, nice to see ya around. Haven't seen your pics in a while leh, or your cameras in fact. I think I prefer to see your cameras, especially that LF.

Hmm... I view photography from my Holga as adventurist experimental. I don't want to impose the same restrictions I do with my other work, hey, you've seen how i shoot. Shooting from my holga releases me from worrying about exposure, excat-composition, 1/3 rule, focus, etc. My work tools are not play tools and play tools are not work tools.

None of my shots were made from eye level. Pic 1-3 I was sitting at the curb with my friend enjoying the dance, holga a few inches from the ground angled up. Pic 4 I was walking past, and shot from the waist. Pic 5-6 Well... I still say I have reservations on shooting a person(s) on the street & invading personal privacy. This was a public performace so there was more leeway in such matters. Compositionally, I Love Them All!

After stressing so much over producing proper photographic works for assignments, this is a good way switch brains and enjoy photography at its basest form. When I am not so lazy, I'll process and post up a couple more.

[The_Cheat]

Originally Posted by foxtwo Hey cheat, nice to see ya around. Haven't seen your pics in a while leh, or your cameras in fact. I think I prefer to see your cameras, especially that LF.

My pictures? No lah! Standard too low to showcase it here in CS. Besides, I haven't really got back on the groove to take pictures yet. Higher priority right now to complete my research by early next year.

You wanna see my cam? For what? I'd yet to take a decent shot out of that camera yet. Though I'm already amazed by the details it can capture at f32. Just ask k.

Originally Posted by foxtwo Hmm... I view photography from my Holga as adventurist experimental. I don't want to impose the same restrictions I do with my other work.

I'm ambivalent about the experimental sentiment. Yes, experiments are fun in the sense of trying something different from the same old fundamental stuff that dominate photography. However, experiments require a good understanding of what exactly you're doing as well, to get a better result; this understanding in turn becomes a set of fundamental in itself, and is not that "fun" afterall.

Okay okay. Just ignore the above comment. Having fun is good. I shall refrain from being overly critical for nothing. Ain't good for health.

Originally Posted by foxtwo None of my shots were made from eye level. Pic 1-3 I was sitting at the curb with my friend enjoying the dance, holga a few inches from the ground angled up. Pic 4 I was walking past, and shot from the waist. Pic 5-6 Well... I still say I have reservations on shooting a person(s) on the street & invading personal privacy. This was a public performace so there was more leeway in such matters. Compositionally, I Love Them All!

To a photographer, no shot is a snapshot. Every shot made by a photographer will always be motivated by a certain intent, even if the intent is not to have an intention. However, the viewer is not the photographer. And hence a shot that doesn't portray a certain theme immediately, or doesn't "click" psychologically to a person, will be disregarded as a snapshot. So, it's perfectly alright if you felt good disregarding the "rules", but be mentally prepared for people to not share the same sentiment you have behind the shots, and disregard it as simply snapshots.

It's like you having the freedom to speech, while audience have the freedom not to listen.

So far, I only know of one photographer who have succeeded out of "snapshots"... Hiromix. Go do a search on her on google and take a look at some of her pics!

[namska]

very very nice series here... good job dude....