Showing posts with label hunting. Show all posts
Showing posts with label hunting. Show all posts

Saturday, March 24, 2012

Bali Log Date: 27 Feb 2012 - blank film rolls


Senin, 27 Februari 2012
Kembali memulai minggu di akhir bulan ini, setelah akhir minggu sebelumnya saya habiskan dengan mengombinasikan antara kesenangan dan  kegiatan berbenah. Ya, akhir minggu adalah waktu saat saya membersihkan dan merapikan (memindahkan barang-barang ke salah satu sudut) kamar saya. Mencuci baju kotor, menyortir benda-benda yang tidak terpakai, dan mengatur kembali tata letak di kamar sewaan saya yang sederhana.
Selain itu, saya pun memanjakan diri dalam hobi dan kegiatan kesukaan saya, yaitu:
Berbicara sesuka hati, memotret tanpa memikirkan hasilnya, bertemu orang-orang yang menarik, menuju pantai dan membasahi alat snorkeling saya dengan asinnya air laut, dan berkumpul bersama teman-teman Lomonesia Bali + Semut Ireng + teman lain sesama pencinta foto (baik difoto maupun memfoto). Hari yang menyenangkan dan melelahkan, diakhiri dengan harap-harap cemas apa yang terjadi dengan rol film yang sudah saya gunakan.

Kemudian hari ini, 3 rol film kosong menyambut malam hari saya. Reaksi saya adalah? Senyum simpul.  Dan kemudian membicarakan hal-hal lain, sambil tetap meratapi kegagalan itu. Bukan sepenuhnya salah saya, hanya terlupa, bahwa film yang saya pakai sudah terlalu lama kadaluarsa. Dan itu artinya, masih ada beberapa rol film lagi yang terbuang sia-sia, yang saya beli bersama dengan 3 rol yang menghasilkan gambar kosong. 
(ternyata tidak kosong)






Pikiran saya pun melayang merambahi kekosongan, dan secara acak mulai menimbulkan imaji-imaji, potongan-potongan gambar dari waktu yang sudah lalu. Yang kemudian secara perlahan menjadi kabur, memburam dan kemudian menjadi gelap, sama seperti rol film saya.
(sepertinya jauh di lubuk hati saya, kesedihan melanda, tetapi saya hanya tidak ingin mengakuinya saja)
Selanjutnya, setelah sekian lama saya tidak menyempatkan diri untuk menulis sambil berpikir dan membiarkan memori saya menari, dan bermain dengan kata-kata. Ke-sibuk/santai-an saya membuat saya melupakan ritual ini, yang membantu saya merasa berada dalam gelembung pribadi tanpa batas, bebas melakukan apa saja. Menguntai kata-kata menjadi fantasi sekaligus nyata dengan pikiran saya sebagai batasannya.
Kata-kata di kepala saya sedemikian banyaknya, sampai terkadang saya merasa, hal itu-itu sajalah yang saya pikirkan, karena hal-hal lain tertumpuk di setiap lekuk dan cekungan lipatan otak saya dan tidak mampu untuk keluar akibat ukurannya yang kecil dan perilakunya yang malu-malu.
(dan sekarang saya mulai mempersonifikasikan kata-kata)
Apakah ini berarti saya seorang yang kaya akan informasi, atau tidak mau memilih? Apakah saya seorang yang tanpa tujuan, atau kurang serius dalam menentukan prioritas? Semua jawaban bisa benar, dan salah (sekali lagi saya tidak mau menentukan sikap). Setiap saat saya berkontemplasi dan memikirkan hal-hal di tahap filosofis, tanpa keinginan untuk menjejak, karena menjejak dan berakar adalah hal yang membuat saya tidak lagi merasa bisa untuk terbang, dan terbang merupakan hal yang sangat saya sukai.
(berenang adalah hal terdekat pada keinginan saya untuk bisa terbang, karena saat itu saya merasa bebas, walaupun udara yang saya miliki terbatas)
Impian, membuat kita berusaha, untuk melakukan lebih dari yang sudah kita lakukan, memunculkan ide-ide berani, yang dapat terkesan gila, namun dengan logika yang tepat, menjadi suatu hal baru yang akan mewarnai hidup anda. Saya, dengan segala keterbatasan saya, selalu bermimpi, dan ya, mimpi saya banyak, gila, dan kadang tanpa logika. Berpikir terkadang demikian melelahkan, sehingga saya bertindak saja, dan kemudian mendapatkan pelajaran darinya.
Waktu pun terus berlalu, dan saat ini, waktu menunjukkan pukul. Sebelas. Tiga puluh tujuh menit. Dan empat puluh detik. Goong…
Niki, Denpasar
Bulan ke delapan, kembali dari awal.
dan saya pun terbang

Thursday, February 23, 2012

My First Stop Motion

Have you ever wonder how movie were made in the analogue era?
this is the rough version of a movie, stop motion style.

Made with Lomokino super 135 movie maker

Enjoy!

Niki, denpasar - feb 23

Thursday, October 27, 2011

Bali Log Date: 10.27.2011 - Photos gone bad, or is it?

I just tested out a xr redscale film with my Sprocket rocket camera.
Some of you might not know what those are, so here are the link for both
The film the-lomography-redscale-xr-50-200 and the camera sprocket-rocket-panorama
(again without the sprocket holes, due to scanner incapabilities)

So, carrying on, I loaded the film to the camera, took it to the beach, which is still okay.



and then I took pictures in an alleyway, with less light, and the trouble start.
all I got is some dark images of nothingness...


Here are the link to the Photo hunting documentation by a talented friend of mine, Popo, and pictures by fellow Lomonesia Bali poppies hunting documentation

Next, I take some pictures of meadow, on a very sunny day,
which turns out really great, no complains about it.


And then, yet another picture fails...
 and another...

The last frames of this roll was the next demise, a parade of people are marching down the road,
I rushed and took the camera, taking some shots, and then realizing that it was on bulb mode (here's a link to Bulb photography) and resulting a ghostly image (luckily it's not too over-exposed)

I finally noticed that my camera are probably on bulb mode and change the setting to normal,
resulting this picture bellow.

Oh, I forgot to mention that I also took some night shots (with flash) and the pictures turns out like this.



Well, an experience, I call it a failure, but I guess you'll be the judge of that.

That is all for tonight.
Thanks for viewing...

Saturday, August 27, 2011

Daily Log in Bali 08.21.2011 - Beach time...


Log Date: 08.21.2011

Got out of the house at 10.40AM, went to Denpasar to meet up with a friend, and off we go to Nusa Dua. Went to the (Geger) beach (I think), found a perfect isolated spot to sit around and chat. Didn’t took me long to get off of my clothes and dive in to the water, it was a nice swim, a little too shallow but the water was nice. Swim for a while, got back to my friend on the shore, she was not swimming because she didn’t bring any change of clothes, it’s too bad.





Walks around the beach, found a dead porcupine fish on the shore, walks some more and sits at someplace with tree canopy. 



 And then it’s time to go. promised to meet my Lomo friends at McD Jimbaran, we are going to yet another beach. Blue point beach a.k.a. Suluban Beach, Uluwatu. The view was superb, too much to handle. A cliff, with stairs down to the beach, shops and restaurants along the way, and many nooks and crannies, before we finally got to the white sandy beach.
We stayed until the afternoon there, taking pictures and many pictures. Walks around the beach, and I decided to take a dip again. The water was colder down here. Still it’s nice to swimJ




Pictures of us, taken with a LOMO HORIZON Camera, Black and White Film, 
All pictures by Stevanus Bayu





After sunset, we went back to Jimbaran, and ate dinner at Tuban. Talks about next project for Lomonesia Bali, and promised myself to update it soon so that things are going well. These people really need more encouragement and movementsJ.

Finished with dinner, delivered my friend back to Denpasar, and went for a cup, make that two cups of coffee. Went home, ate sushi and sashimi, talks about my day with my aunt, she tells me about her day. Change my bed sheet, and ready for bed. Let’s hope for a good day tomorrow. Another happy Sunday indeed…


Thursday, August 18, 2011

Daily Log in Bali 08.14.2011 - Happy Sunday Hunting





 Log Date: 08.14.2011
Hello GOOD MORNING SUNDAY!!
A quarter to seven in the morning I woke up and got ready. I packed up all the stuffs for today plan, morning photo hunting at Puputan Square. Took my breakfast to go, bring a couple of cameras, and some more cameras for different purpose.
I drove out to the Sunday morning traffic, roads with bicycles and less car. I did drive a car though. Got to the square at a quarter before eight, eat breakfast, and load up my Gakkenflex Camera. Met my friend there, and start walking around the square to take pictures. Went to the corner where there is a playing ground for the kids. The morning air was cool, and the people are cheerful. We took some shots, walk around and took some more.
After that, we went for a walk, to the Badung market, my friend said she just love markets, for no reason. I like walking, she love walking, she said. We went around the block and talked along the way and ends up back at the Puputan Square. Sits down at a spot with tree canopy, talks about stuffs, and time goes by, I had to go somewhere else, and so does she. So off I go to Sanur, promised to meet someone in McDonald’s for some business. I started to feel dizzy because of my lack of sleep, but manage to go thru. Oh yeah, I was suppose to meet this person along with a friend of mine, which cancelled because of sudden work.
After the meeting, I realized I was hungry, I was already in the car, but I decided to go back to the restaurant to order some lunch, with Fries. I ate and took care of some business at the same time. And then, went away to meet my friend who cancelled the meeting before, only to get cancelled again at the last minuteJ.
So, I went to find some photo lab to process my films. Went thru 3 photo lab and called my friend after to get to the right lab, who gives the best price for processing and scanning the films. I talked to the store owner, Mas Dodi. They sell analog and Lomo cameras. And expired films too. While waiting it to be done, I got a text that my friend was back at the square, so I said I’ll come over and keep her company then. I walked from the photo lab (it was at walking distance, really) and saw her spacing out. She just had a bad news. She didn’t believe that I walked. Asked me like ten times that I am telling the truth, and still she was in doubt.
She finally accompanied me back to the photo lab, to be sure that I walked from there. Along the way, we passed through a museum she likes to visit when she was younger, her kindergarten, her alley, her elementary, her favorite convenience store, and reach the lab. The photos were awesome. The photo she took with my camera was also exceptional. I drove her back to her bike, stopping at the bank for some transfer. And then I went back.













I called my double cancel friend for the third time meeting chance, she asked to get some dinner together at Kuta, and so off I go. Waiting for half and hour past the meeting time, she arrived with her boyfriend, and we ate nasi pedas. We went back to her place to talk about some stuff we’ve been working on. I was kinda tired at the time we were there, but we discussed it and got into a conclusion. Had coffee (my second one today) and after that I went home. Found out that my aunt isn’t back yet.
So I freshen up and get ready to sleep. She got back a while after, we talked about our day, and then we burn say some prayers to my late grandpa. We burn some offering. Now I am totally beat. Good night. Today was extra great. Happy Sunday ;p