saturday morning

Saturday morning. I love Saturday mornings. I was free at 6.30. Took a cab and headed for the lush and pretty Bonifacio HIgh Street. One of my most favorite spots. Ray of early morning sunlight glowing on a calm and peaceful beauty. Most of the few people I saw were health-conscious buffs. I was a wierdo walking on my Smurf shirt, jeans, sneaks and sling bag carrying a black toy camera...Holga. My Holga. I sooooo missed her after about two months of constant stay in the darkness of my locked closet.




A rusty newbie. I was suddenly filled with my insecurity. Looking around finding a "good" shot. The right angle. Enough lighting. Ugh! It got somehow irritating, and a bit frustrating. Then I realized, hey, the whole purpose of Lomography is spontaneity and unpredictability, the very reason I fell in love with it. "Don't Think. Just Shoot."

THE 10 GOLDEN RULES
by Lomographic Society International

RULE: 01: "take your camera everywhere you go"
RULE: 02: "use it any time - day and night"
RULE: 03: "lomogaphy is not an interference in your life, but part of it"
RULE: 04: "try the shot from the hip"
RULE: 05: "approach the objects of your lomographic desire as close as possible"
RULE: 06: "don't think" (William Firebrace)
RULE: 07: "be fast"
RULE: 08: "you don't have to know beforehand what you captured on film"
RULE: 09: "afterwards either"
RULE: 10: "don't worry about any rules"


So there, I used up about two rolls of films. And my last shot, my little piece of heaven: Krispy Kreme!!!

Here's some of my previous shots taken with my Holga.


























Saturday morning
And who's gonna play with me
Six in the morning baby
I got a long long day ahead of me

The parents are sleeping soundly
The neighbors are dead as wood
I'm getting up and coming over
We gotta rock the neighborhood

Nothing's ever gonna happen 'round here
If we don't make it happen
Sleep away the day if you want to
But i got something that i gotta do

It's saturday morning
And this ain't the place for me
I'm giving you warning baby
We got a whole big fat world to see

Nothing's ever gonna happen 'round here
If we don't make it happen
Sleep away the day if you want to
But i got something that i gotta do

It's saturday morning
And who's gonna play with me
Six in the morning baby
I got a long long day ahead of me

- "Saturday Morning" by Eels


...:::j u l i e:::...