Category: PhotoReviews


Fujifilm/Fujichrome Fortia SP

Filed Under: Japan, PhotoReviews, film, photography, vacation by dreaming Artemis — 2 Comments
March 5, 2010

Yup. Long overdue but I’ve been rather busy lately. Today’s entry will be showcasing shots using Fortia SP

Sadly this will be the last batch I ever shoot as I don’t have any rolls left after my Japan vacation.

Yes folks, I’ve totally exhausted my remaining supply of this wonderful film. I wish Fujifilm would have continued making this film even on a limited basis.

It was fun while it lasted but then again, it had to be used sooner or later and I’m glad it went out with a bang!

The only other film that comes close to this would be Velvia 50. Although I prefer the insane saturation this one gives.

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Fujifilm Trebi 100c

Filed Under: Japan, PhotoReviews, film, photography, review by dreaming Artemis — Leave a comment
March 1, 2010

Fujifilm Trebi 100c. Available only in Japan.

This film can only be found in Japan though you can order through a few online stores such as Japan Exposure . I’m a sucker for unknown color positive films, pity though I couldn’t find any Fortia SP.

Brief Description:
From what I gather this film is actually considered the Fisher Price of color reversal films. If you plan on chosing color reversal film instead of color negative films as your first type then this is the film you should get first.

Its surprisingly very easy to control and incredibly very sharp even after scanning from the film directly.

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Day 10: Kanazawa also known as the marsh of gold

Filed Under: Japan, PhotoReviews, film, photography, vacation by dreaming Artemis — Leave a comment
September 29, 2009

19th October 2007:

Well yesterday had been a very enlightening day. Today I would finally achieve my final goal in Japan, to visit the city of Kanazawa as well as the last of 3 famous landscape gardens in Japan namely Kenroku-en.

I’m sucker for beautiful landscapes. Anyway had before I set out early to increase my chance of meeting as few people as possible as well as to spend as much time as I can at today’s location.

Tragic struck when I stepped of the Ryokan I was staying at,

It was raining.

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Leng Yein and the encounter with 35mm film

Filed Under: KL, PhotoReviews, femaleModels, film, photography by dreaming Artemis — 3 Comments
September 16, 2009

Welcome ladies and gents ( I expect only Gents though, rarely have any ladies here).  I just uploaded some new shots from a model shoot I participated last weekend thank again to Cruizer176!

Once again the model is the ever so sexy Leng Yein which some of you may rememeber from my previous model session with her.

Though this time I decide I should try and give myself a challange for this model shoot in order to improve my skill and force me to think before I take a shot. I would only shoot film and only used digital if I couldn’t get the bloody correct exposure due to limited high ISO film or if I had ran out of film (only brought 5 folls that weekend).

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Some street shots from Penang.

Filed Under: PhotoReviews, penang, photography by dreaming Artemis — 3 Comments
August 18, 2009

Even though I’ve moved down to KL for more than a year now, I still find myself going back to Penang to shoot street photography of all things as I did back during the few hours before bon odori 2009.

I guess there is something alluring about Penang that I cannot find in KL. The mystery or classic feel of a town that seems to encompass both new and old on one single island.

Where as in KL it feels like everything is either new or just bloody rundown, infested with sinister elements (no wait, I think that’s Putrajaya and not KL).

Whatever the reason or explanation for my feeling this way about Penang, the fact cannot be denied that Penang is indeed a wonderful place with its secret locations for anyone looking for a photography quest.

Pity though that the Penang government doesn’t seems to know how to capitualized on this especially the fact that they have attained UNESCO status (or trying to hold onto it the last I heard).

I did remember the Penang government hosting a photography competition to showscase the best of Penang sights and beauty but from what I heard and read the terms and conditions of that contest was so photographer unfriendly that many were turned off by it. It literally gave the Penang government absolute ownership of any photos submitted to the contest even the ones that didn’t win.

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