Lotus bud

a budding engagement
a sea of uncertainty
this abundant stream
open up, show me now.

Good-natured rendezvous

The search for pleasantries found on the silent echoes of these flora.

Landscape of Home: flowers in mystone

Pictures that reminds me of home. These photos were taken year 2007 when I first got my dslr. I wish to relive this moment when life was more beautiful such as these flowers.

Used to take a lot of flower shots in my mom's garden, this little butterfly happened to pass by to greet me a pleasant afternoon.

Where I stand: Fortress of the south

The different landscape textures following our route to Boljoon, the fortress of the south. Holyweek 2014.

see Patterns

on holy grounds

land history

old wood

Got my Pen!

After weeks of research and soul searching if whether I should get my hands on a Olympus Pen camera or not, finally I am convinced and gave in to my urge of getting that new toy.

With a brief stint in vintage and toy camera collecting, all I know is the Pen series was made by Olympus during the 60's to 80's. It's a fixed-lens rangefinder camera, a focusing mechanism used by photographers to measure the distance of the subject and how the photograph is in sharp focus. It's a little complicated but the photos turn out great especially that one can play with the blur and lighting plus the kind of film used, making it a vintage perfect photo. So this enough reason made me consider buying The Pen.

I got the Ep3 model which is actually a not-so-latest model since the Ep5 is already out in the market. Well given that I have a budget and the EP5 kit doesn't fit the bill so I opted to get it's predecessor with a dual kit the M. Zuiko 14-42mm f3.5-5.6 IIR and a ED 40-150mm f4.0-5.6 lens for the price of a new EP5 with only a single lens kit.

What I like most about this camera is that it takes it's inspiration from the original Pen film cameras of the 60's. It's small, portable and of course it has gone digital with great image quality, quick focusing and the art filters that take on analog cameras using special films and processes that make the picture grainy, black and white, over contrast or what we call lomography nowadays. And what's great about it is you can shoot non-stop without thinking of wasting any film roll. It's like having a hybrid vintage camera!

Now it's my go to camera whenever I go outside, i won't have to worry on carrying heavy gear.

Testshots here.