Europe through a Plastic Lens

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All Lomographs were taken with my month old Holga CMY. I am fairly new with Lomography so I really didn't expect it to be this unpredictable... Although I heard it was going to be unpredictably fun, but not like this, it is LEGENDARY AWESOMELY FUN FUN FUN! Taking a photo of something and not caring if it was going to turn out okay or not -- the Holga will do its job. Plus Girls love the Candy Colored P#ssy Magnet--branded by a dutch girl... haha :))

Some rolls had light streaks while others didn't have any at all. some have somewhat flat contrast, and some had very interesting depths. It is fascinating how this Candy Colored Camera can catch the most unimaginable Lomographs with just a few basic photography rules: 

1. don't forget to take off the lens cap while taken a photo. haha :)) 

2. make sure there is enough light or use the bulb option and count 1-2-3... 

3. Make sure that there is Film to wind :P

More to Come from this Camera!

Europe in Numbers

The most Visited City in the World, PARIS! 44 Million tourist per year. Here are the numbers... In a span of 26 days, I have been to exactly 17 European Countries. I managed to take 4,244 Photographs with my Canon 5D, and another 25 rolls of 120 Film with my candy colored Holga. all this in Europe, frankly, I don't think it is enough to capture its awesomeness! I wish I could have taken more photographs, and brought more film with me... I even looked around for Lomography shops and look for 120films--but very hard to find! My Canon 5D shots amounted to a total of 57.48 GB on my MacbookPro--this will take me more than 2-3 months to sort, edit and upload photos for viewing, hopefully I finish everything before Christmas Holidays... HAHA! So, I ask for a little patience, and everyones understanding :)

Some interesting facts and numbers while I was on my EuroTrip:

167.5 tunnels from Florence to the border of France.

16,000 meters is the Longest tunnel in Switzerland, maybe in Europe

4,400 Km is the distance traveled by Cosmos coach.

37.8 is the average age of the tour group I was with.

Belle du Jour! Parisien :)

From EUROPE with LOVE

I have been told many many times that Europe is going to be beautiful! I always thought I'd like to see it for myself and experience what the Fuss is all about Europe anyway. Now, I never had a chance to come see and experience Europe until 3 weeks ago when I finally packed a few things, clothes, my laptop, and of course for the Kodak moment, my Canon 5D and my new candy colored Holga...

And as for any Beautiful City or Location comes the Beautiful women which makes it more exciting!

My overhauled Canon EOS 5D

After weeks and weeks of painful wait. I finally got my Canon EOS 5D back from the service center... courtesy of CANON PHILIPPINES. All I asked them to do was 1. clean my camera 2. do a general check up 3. give it back to me in less than a week. instead they wanted to give back my camera with a little dot on my viewfinder (which I asked the technician to clean on the spot), replaced shutter mechanism (which cost a fortune!), and over a month of service (the painful wait).--TRUE STORY!

and all this with my persistent follow up and begging if they could work on my camera faster... I was really disappointed on how they handle costumers' cameras. they had to do a lot of calibration, cleaning, programing, etc etc... and they'll give back your camera with something less than the service you expected! really disappointing!

but but they did their best--the supervisor even help me to get my camera fixed faster. they had to call Singapore to download Operating Systems, programs that will be compatible with my 5D. etc etc ---TRUE STORY

now my new overhauled Canon EOS 5D is packed and ready for our LEGENDARY EURO TRIP!!!