The Old Man And The Rain

I couldn't remember precisely when did I take this picture but it was taken at Braga street. It was rainy afternoon. I enjoyed coffee time with my brother Izi and our friend, Shady at a cafe. The atmosphere was so soothing that I did not want to leave the place. Else, it still rained so yeah, we got to stay for a while.

Rain stopped gradually and when it became lighter, I walked out and looked around the street. There was an old man riding bicycle toward me. I immediately prepared my camera, set the focus, and (I wished) accurately pressed the shutter button as he passed me by. Got it! I got the picture. The picture looked great and dramatic.

An old man rode his bicycle through the rain, even though the rain was not heavy.

Photography: Beautiful Dusk

Cuaca yang cerah di sore hari nggak jarang bikin langit sore nampak indah, apalagi kalau cerah berawan ditambah angin sepoy-sepoy. Suasana seperti itu pasti bikin kita nyaman.

Saya dari dulu sampe sekarang memang mengagumi suasana-suasana seperti itu. Pemandangan langit sore menjelang matahari terbenam bikin saya amazed. Cahaya matahari ngasih efek keemasan pada langit biru keunguan. Semakin mataharinya tenggelam, warna langit semakin jingga kemerahan, yang akhirnya jadi semakin gelap. Awan-awan yang ada di langit bisa ngasih sentuhan unik. Dari mulai awan jenis cirrus, sampe stratocummulus, awan-awan selalu punya cara sendiri buat menghiasi langit.

Ada nuansa berbeda di sore hari yang sempat saya tangkap gambarnya ini. Tenang, berawan, cukup cerah, dan berangin. Suasana seperti ini bisa ngasih nuansa damai yang bikin kita nyaman dan tenang. Seolah-olah suasana kayak gini jadi pelarian istirahat setelah beraktivitas selama seharian.

Bedroom Avenue

These are a few of my photo-project so called "Bedroom Avenue". The project was done in my bedroom, exposing my favorite stuffs such as headphone and travel magazines. The idea came when I was viewing photos stored in my digital camera and looking for unique places to shoot. All the pictures taken were then edited and turned into monochrome.

Sometimes you just need to put something here and there, probably tidy up your bedroom and clean the mess, and turning your bedroom into a photo studio is not a magic.

Comics and Rugby

Well, in fact I've never played rugby before. Yeah, I have never played it. When mom came back home from Adelaide, she brought me this rugby ball and how I found it as something surprising since I was never really into sports.

As time went by, I got so busy. There was always at least one assignment to do in every single night. Having no plenty time to play and read, I left my unread comics disarranged and the rugby ball in my bookshelf. Well, I gotta admit it, I have a messy bedroom. I let stuffs disorganized and sometimes my desk is covered with dust since I don't have time to clean it. My books are arranged randomly so sometimes you can still find Animonster among grammar and linguistic textbooks. 

One day when I was doing my assignment, I looked around my bedroom and saw a spot. It was a simply great spot that I quickly grabbed my camera and took pictures. Then I laughed at myself. Something messy could turn into something great. And this picture will show you how one untidy and dusty spot can turn into something simply wonderful and cute anyway :]

Photography: My Favorite Things

Since I've found that iTunes Store offers a great number of application for photography, I started to maximize and developed the usage of photographic applications. These days, I've tried to shoot some simple pics. The pictures I've taken probably are not as good as professional photographers take, but to make it better, I gave them final touch.

I have pictures of my favorite things in my iPod gallery. From little koala to upright piano, I tried to make them look great and dramatic by editing the pictures with the applications I've downloaded.

Monday Photo-Hunting

Hari ini, saya menghabiskan hari saya buat photo-hunting sama Teh Gita, Logika, dan Ima. Teh Gita itu teteh saya, sementara Ima yang berjulukan "Himawari" ini temen saya dari SMP, dan Logika itu temen satu jurusan saya. Cukup perkenalannya. Photo-hunting yang terbilang dadakan itu dilakukan di area jalan Braga sampe Stasiun Bandung.

Jadi pagi tadi saya berangkat ke gedung fakultas saya sekitar jam 9an. Berhubung nunggu angkot dari daerah saya ke UPI itu kayak lebaran, akhirnya saya pake jasa ojek. Nah, saya nyampe gedung fakultas sekitar jam 10an dan udah ditunggu sama tiga penguasa elemen utama, yaitu air, api, dan tanah. Rupanya si Logika udah nunggu dari jam 8, menurut SMS dari Teh Gita. Jadilah saya merasa bersalah, tapi dalam hati. Dan tanpa menunggu lama-lama, kami berempat langsung cabut dari gedung dan mlebu ke angkot "Kalapa-Ledeng", angkot legendaris dengan berbagai keunikan di dalamnya, dari mulai parfum mobil yang ngegantung di tengah-tengah mobil, lagu dugem angkot yang khas, sampai jok yang elastis. Di angkot kita banyak ngobrol, dari mulai tentang ditilang polisi sampe temen si Ima yang suka nabrak kalau bawa mobil.

Ah lupakan. Ceritanya sudah sampai di Braga. Langsung lah si Teh Gita beraksi dengan SLR punya Ka Aries, her fiance. Duh, saya ngiri soalnya saya cuman bawa kamera digital. Tapi kalo boleh jujur, kamera digital yang saya pake ini berarti dan berjasa banget. Karena, banyak banget hasil foto-foto saya yang ternyata "Waw!" dan "Kowawaaa~!" yang berhasil dijepret sama lensa kamera itu. Casio EX-S10, itulah camdig yang sangat sering setia menemani saya buat photo-hunting. Dan jangan salah, kamera itu punya cukup banyak fasilitas buat menghasilkan citra gambar yang sebenernya nggak kalah bagus sama hasil SLR *peluk cium camdig*

Di jalan Braga yang luasnya ribuan kilometer itu (tapi boong), model-model yang sudah malang melintang di dunia permodelan yaitu Logika dan Ima langsung bergaya seperti ketika mereka di catwalk. Sayangnya, nggak ada red carpet maupun stiletto dan high heels. Contoh foto-fotonya (dan sudah diedit khusus) bisa dilihat seperti ini:

Setelah puas photo-hunting di Braga dan menikmati secangkir eskrim dengan rasa superduperyummy dan harga terjangkau, kami berempat langsung terbang ke Stasiun Bandung. Disini, sesi photo-hunting juga nggak kalah kerennya. Ini ada beberapa contoh terbaik yang udah saya edit ala "Agfa":

 

Sebenarnya masih banyak lagi sih foto-foto yang diambil, tapi berhubung saya pilihnya yang terbaik diantara foto-foto tersebut, jadilah ini yang saya upload. Photo-hunting hari ini menyenangkan sekali. Mungkin untuk sesi berikutnya, akan ganti tempat :D

PS: I own all the pictures uploaded in this post. All credits to me.

Backstage Hippies [Pt.1]

I collected some pictures of the backstage taken by myself and my friends. We did love grayscale so we preferred making it as grayscale. Some of them were also edited on Photoscape.