snapshots: my weird experience with expired slide film

These pictures are from a beach trip in May 2010.  They're not originally like this, but the colors were out of whack so I decided to make some of them black and white/grayscale instead.The pictures may not have turned out the way we wanted them to, but boy did I have fun on this trip! Drinking, skimboarding, laughing, and talking with my friends -- those make the best memories.

snapshots: Santa Monica Pier/Beach, May 2010

my parents doing the whole tourist thing

mum and dad

the pier

of course I posed for a souvenir shot at the pier!

my younger brother, Jet

my sister, Claudine, and Jet

Tito Dino and my dad

All I wanna do is have some fun 

I got a feeling I'm not the only one 

All I wanna do is have some fun 

Until the sun comes up over Santa Monica Boulevard

- "All I Wanna Do", Sheryl Crow

Santa Monica Beach

at Santa Monica Pier with my family (thank you Tito Dino for the photo)

Santa Monica Pier

*I've gotten so attached to this camera. But I have to give it back real soon. :( It's been a great run though, and I can't wait to get my own 35mm film SLR/Rangefinder! Back to 120 it is :)

snapshots: maddie the darling

I've already likened Madison (Evan's sister) to a junior version of Dora the Explorer, but I'm not quite sure she likes the comparison. I think it's only because she had full bangs and wore pink each time I saw her. Anyway, taking photographs of children is quite challenging but interesting at the same time. Because they're always moving, you never get the same picture!

I have two hands, the left and the right...

...hold them up high, so clean and bright

snapshots: evan

Evan Danganan is pure joy  personified. This kid just oozes sunshine and happiness wherever he goes.

my brother, Jet, with Evan

he found it a bit awkward to pose for photos at first

but he warmed up to the camera after a while

he is also eternally curious

snapshots: six flags magic mountain, may 2010

The X2, which I did NOT get to ride this time. Bummer.

I could feel my excitement build up as we neared the entrance gates

I never got to try this, either.

the tower near Tatsu

...which is, the scariest ride, ever

I wish theme parks were more popular in the Philippines

...you'd catch me there every weekend.

The sign for hamburgers. First thing I saw when we got to this area.

This is my kind of theme park. That said, I love CVS film. It's cheap, conveniently ASA 200, registers lovely colors, and did I mention it's cheap? Armed with three rolls, I went a bit shutter-happy in Six Flags with the Olympus OM-2N. Just the first part of a Six Flags picspam coming your way.