Another Unseeing Life from Bali

Usually people see Bali from the beauty of the landscape, dance, and the culture. Most of the time they weren't seeing the portrait of everyday life of Bali. Maybe it make sense that not much of documentation on street life on it. When I looked from another photographer from Bali. They usually took fashion, and landscape. It was like there's not another beauty around there to be capture. They were knowing those kind of field only. Somehow street photography was not really popular in Bali. For myself, street photography was still new for me. Somehow after I took some of it, it's looks like I never imagine I captured that moment.

This kind of photograph I was still new. This kind of photography what I need is a big NUTS. GUTS, patient for take all the picture. It's kind of photography is unique. The wider your lens the pro you are. It different with the others the longer your lens the pro you are. Why not from the long time ago I jump to this kind of photograph. I don't need some much lens, and big camera to bring a long.

Most of the time I used Lomo LC-Wide for taking all this pictures, but sometimes I used my Voigtlander Bessa R3M with Voigtlander 40mm f/1.4 . Usually I used my LC-W with color film, and Bessa I used B&W film. This two camera give me a lot of different color and tone that I really wanted. For the films itself, I'm still searching which one that really suitable for my daily photo. Usually most of the time for B&W I used Ilford Delta 400 and Agfa APX 400, and for the color films, hmmm.... for now I really like the Fujifilm Pro 400H, and for slide films I like the Fujifilm Provia 400 and Kodak Elitchrome 200.

Some of the style like Bruce Gilden ( if I'm not mistaking with the name) that using flash for taking the subject. I tried it like 3 times and it's looks like the subject for pop out and the feel on it was different also. But!!! This thing was more difficult and need to put more nerve and adrenaline to take with it. After the result come out, It's feel so different. Maybe next time I will try it again someday.

All the photo I took it with Lomo LC-W, with Kodak Potra VC 400

It's truly fun to go with you

Last time, I was confuse to decide which thing that I would buy on that time. Either a lens or camera that the focal length almost the same. Both are have good review and price for such a wide angel lens and camera. I was looking for street and travel camera that could bring to anywhere which such a pocket and good quality. This kind of type is suit with rangefinder camera that great in the field for such a compact quality camera to bring a long. I decided between Lomo LC-Wide with 17mm minigon or Voigtlander 15mm f/4.5. Many of my friends that I asked to choose between this thing and the result was draw. After I look overall from what I need in the street I finally choose the LC-Wide.

After few days I tried on the field, and processed it. I didn't make a mistake to choose this compact travel camera. The great thing about this camera is compact and wide. Most of people didn't realize if I took their photo by this camera. The middle of the lens is sharp and probably the corner of the camera is soft. The vignette probably not so harsh but it's there. The weakness for this camera is only the viewfinder that not match from what we looked at and what the result will come out with. After I saw some of my picture maybe slightly increase the range from what I saw before.

A lot of people probably will complaint with the price that really expensive for this kind of camera. Maybe most of them will say " Why this kind of plastic camera cost me a lot!?". The only thing that I can say to you is "can you get a wide angel camera with this pocket size camera for this kind of price with a great lens inside?". Probably most of you guy that don't know about the market price of camera or lens, usually for wide angel lens for SLR for Full-Frame lens it cost around 700$-2000$, and for rangefinder lens it will around 700$-3100$ that cost you a lot more and that is only the lens not include with the camera body. Imagine that.

Is it worth to buy it or not. Hmmm.... how do I say it. YES!!! If you really like a good travel camera to go and want a good quality this camera I can recommended to you. Just if you buy this camera, Don't forget to buy some external viewfinder for it ( if you really needed) probably around the size 15mm or 21mm it already make your composition much well compost.

All the photo was taken with Lomo LC-wide. The film color I used Fujifilm Pro 400H and the B&W with Ilford XP2 400.

Hello Indonesia

I'm finally graduated from my University and back for good :( ( how sad). It was a lot of stuffs that I packed and bringing home. All of it was like closing the story for this chapters. I will remember all those memory that have been through all that time. Right now is another story of how I'm going to life this world, and become some.