Author: Moni

  • Pinholeday Film Swap with Inge!

    Two years ago when I visited Amsterdam to meet up with my Pinhole Obscura buddies on Pinholeday, we had a plan to bring along a roll of film to swap. Inge got the roll I brought. This past Pinholeday weekend, in Barcelona, she decided to re-shoot the roll! Here are the wonderful results! You can…

  • Dispatches from a shy street photographer: Eye contact

    Today’s image comes from Seattle’s Pike Place Market. Taken a few years ago. One of those rare moments when I made eye contact with a random stranger who happened to wander into my camera’s frame. ———————————————– Geeky bits Camera: Canon EOS 650 Film: Kodak Tri-x Developed in Kodak D-76 for the standard time (I can’t remember…

  • Hipster

    Me: I am taking a photo of the Twin Peaks Diner with a Holga. I feel so hipster. Raf: That is High-Hipster. This is my Holga GFN with a 35mm film adaptor.  It was fun to use but I didn’t love the results from it. Below is the other shot from the entire roll of…

  • Dispatches from a shy street photographer: sky walk, Barcelona

    Here is another example of an accidental street photography shot. I was really  mostly interested in that ornate sky walk above the alley but when I looked at it later I really liked the human element in the photo. Incidentally, that ornate sky walk was in a book I looked at last night about ball…

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    “Nothing in the real world is as beautiful as the illusions of a person about to lose consciousness.” – Haruki Murakami from What I Talk About When I Talk About Running, when he compared the first beer he had after his first marathon and the one he longed for during his run.