emo nemo 001 - my first roll of film...

Yes! I'd already shot and completed my very first roll of negative film this afternoon, with the final shot taken of David  over lunch at IKEA ... 

Despite the heavy downpour I immediately roped in Kit , and the three of us made our way over to Triple D Midi Lab at Burlington Square to process the film!

Thanks, guys, for accompanying me!

We had an hour's worth of workout at the gym, then I hopped back to the shop to collect the developed and scanned photos from Uncle Mike , the friendly proprietor of Triple D , and I walked away with a roll of Fujifilm Fujichrome Sensia 200 slide film, a cable shutter release, and most importantly, a CD-rom and negatives of my first set of Lomo images! Total damage = S$30.20.

I had been dreading the whole day about the outcome of my round-the-block shoot, as it was mostly done indoors and under low-light conditions. To my extreme delight, 31 out of the 39 frames contained actual images! In fact, most of these turned up pretty okay for a first-timer!

Granted, I DID spend most of my teenage and early adult years fooling around with film photography, but it HAS been around ten years. So I'm giving myself a big self-pat on my shoulder...

BTW, I had mentioned naming my Holga 135BC camera as " My Nemo ", or " Nemo " for short. I have now given it a nickname: " Emo Nemo ", which will also be my alter-ego identity on Lomo-related forums and websites etc...

Okay okay, enough chitchat! So here are the more presentable photos, and there weren't any Photoshop ping involved. The only editing was some basic cropping and resizing, that's all!

Check them out:

**Emo Nemo 001Holga 135 BC

Kodak Gold 200

Normal Processed Negatives**

01 - Red Chair

02 - Old Corridor

03 - Platform at Level 6

04 - Cousin Meiling

05 - Cousin Meiling

06 - Letter Boxes

07 - Bicycles

08 - Bicycle on Letter Boxes

09 - Henderson Waves

10 - Henderson Waves

11 - Henderson Waves

12 - Henderson Waves

13 - Henderson Waves

14 - Henderson Waves

15 - Henderson Waves

16 - Ferns at Henderson Waves

17 - Street Sign

18 - Street Junction

19 - My neighbour

Danny

20 - Rituals

21 - Candlelit Market

22 - Candlelit

23 - Fluorescence

24 - Fish in Washing Machine

25 - Teddy

26 -

David at IKEA For the above images, which are actually my test shots on my Holga , I tried playing with the various focus points, the Bulb and Normal modes, the Coloursplash flash, the multiple exposures etc. Some were successful, some were not... 

Perhaps some of you might be thinking why I'm going ga-ga over these grainy, blurry, unsophisticated images. I can only say, those who get it, will get it lah! :-)

There's still so much to learn, and that's great! It'll keep me on my toes!

But all in all, most importantly, I had tons of fun doing this, and am already looking forward to starting on that roll of slides film!!!