Had a little photoshoot with Heidy at my house.

i wanna grow before i grow up, i wanna die with my chin up

June 1st, 2011 

July 9th, 2011

First picture; before I cut more than half of my hair. My hair's already much longer in the second picture, because of my rapid hair growth.

Things have been really interesting lately. First off I would like to apologise for the lack of posts here, gua juga nyesel sebenernya jarang ngepost gini, jadi kebanyakan yang pengen gua ceritain sekarang.

So now, the highlight of everything: my hair. I decided to cut it off. I've been sporting long locks for approximately 14 years and I'm tired of it. I want to try something new, and I dared to be different so I decided to cut it short. I wanted Alexa Chung's demibob but I ended up having Dianna Agron's short cut. I think I got the haircut about a month ago. Just at the very last day of year 10.

The haircut. I don't have any quality pictures of it right after I got the cut

A week later, I got highlights. Red and blue streaks. *cough* Julian Casablancas *cough* Again, I dared to be different. I used to have really low self-esteem but I got the courage to dye my hair. I had to get my hair bleached for three times. The process was really long and unpleasant, but the result was really pleasing. And I also dyed it three times. But in different periods, not at the same day. My cousin said everyone always stares at me every time they pass me by, this total stranger even commented on my hair really creepily. He kept saying that he liked my streaks. It was creepy.

Taken about a week ago, my hair was longer already. Hate

The inspiration ha, what

I have too many things to share, so I'm just gonna post pictures of stuff. I went to Hong Kong, Shenzhen and Macau with a few of my friends, I tried a few things for the first time and I kind of regret it but yeah fuck it.

Friends gave me a birthday surprise!

I love you all <3

Idiotic plate that I didn't buy 

View from my hotel in Hong Kong, 71st floor

Taken on a window. Not edited in any way

Precious Yashica Mat-124G

photography.

Setelah membaca post gua yang sebelom ini, pastinya lo tau kan gua suka fotografi. Gua mulai suka fotografi kapan ya, sejak 2008an kayaknya. Awalnya karena gua liat kameranya Annisa, Canon 400D, dan gua berpikir "keren juga nih kamera..." ya biasalah, anak kampung jarang ngeliat kamera DSLR gitu. Gua awalnya sih ga ngarti apa-apa. Ngeliat tombol-tombol itu udh bagaikan barang asing yang gak pernah diliat manusia deh dulu bagi gua. Tapi karena gua sangat interested sama tuh kamera, ya tiap dia bawa gua pinjem mulu dan gua tanya-tanyain mulu gimana caranya. Akhirnya gua bisa sendiri, with the help of Annisa, of course.

Lalu datanglah suatu hari dimana gua sedang melepaskan segala hasrat untuk membuang air besar di rumah Eci (pasti pikirannya udah rada aneh ya hihi taunya boker) dan tiba-tiba bokap gua nelfon. Nanyain gua pengen Nikon D60 atau Canon 400D. Enggak, dia gak randomly tau gua interested sama DSLR, emang gua yang minta. Entah kenapa, I chose Nikon instead of Canon. Ya karena unsur-unsur mas-masnya bilang Nikon is a bit better walaupun sebenernya hampir sama juga sih.

Sebenernya gua gak disappointed sama Nikon gua. Malah gua seneng karena hasilnya gak contrasted gitu, unlike the results of Canon cameras. And I personally think that the colours are more natural. Tapi gua sering mikir, kenapa foto-foto gua sering jelek. Gua sering cari inspirasi dari fotografer lain yang bisa jepret dengan bener, tapi mereka pasti pake Canon!! Gimana gua bisa bandingin.

Jadi gua suka mikir. Apa karena gua pake Nikon? Jadi Canon is actually better gitu? Or is it just my mind fucking up? Gua setuju sih kamera ataupun lens gak ngefek, tergantung sama si tukang jepretnya.

Inilah beberapa contoh jepretan gua yang biasa-biasa aja -_-

Gua dulu juga pernah ngerjain project 365, dimana kita mesti foto setiap hari untuk 365 hari, yaitu setahun. Kalo gak salah gua berenti di hari ke 120an, karena gua males dan rada disappointed. Gua ngerjain tuh project tuh karena gua berharap gua bisa improve skill fotografi gua. Tapi gua cuma ngeliat sedikit banget improvement. Abis kayaknya kalo ngeliat Anna atau Colin kok mereka 365 nya bagus dan banyak improvement gitu, sedangkan gua enggak...

Fotonya Colin yang gua bingung begini doang kok bagus bener ya

Sekarang gua lagi pengen banget beli lensa 50mm f/1.4, dan tadinya mau beli di Singapur, tapi nggak dapet. Jadi sampe Jakarta masih merana deh nungguin kapan belinya tuh lensa. Kayaknya setelah gua beli lensa itu gua bakal aktif lagi sama fotografi, karena gua udah mulai gak aktif karena kemalesan gua ini, and actually the lack of subjects to take pictures of. Gua juga rencana pengen re-start project 365. Doa aja deh gua bakal ngerjain dengan lancar...

Ya tapi flickr gua dicek boleh juga sih ya ;;)