Sunday, March 17, 2013
New Orleans Pt 1
So... As you all know, I bought a bunch of point and shoot cameras.
Went to develop the first roll of films today and had them burnt into a CD! They're not awesome, in fact some of them are botched because I didn't remove the film properly at first and it got exposed HAHAHA. The colors also didn't turn out the way they did when I looked in the viewfinder but that's fine I guess. Am a little disappointed because the colors really were beautiful but then I realized this is what I wanted: to not know what the pictures are going to be like, and be surprised by them.
Hopefully the next time I'll be a little more pleasantly surprised though HAHA. Will work on my skills and take better pictures the next time round :-)
Am too lazy to arrange the pictures in the order they are taken so I am going to just caption them. They are in this haphazard order la.
These are the first two shots of the film. I loaded the film into the camera while waiting for my flight at Pittsburgh Airport and the manual said to fire shots (usually 3) until the picture counter moves to 1 and so I just pointed the camera at a random spot and did it. But the film was loaded well enough already so I wasted 2 shots on some ugly grey chairs and the US Airways sign -_-
Photo of some bricks on the road + my toes (nails are coated in brown nail polish hurhurhur)
One of the tiles next to my feet says "HONEYBUN & SNOODLEBUNNY" I thought that sounded quite cute.
TOOK THIS FOR SHERYL look there's a bar/pub called Cats Meow!!!!
It was very happening, tons of people on the balcony drinking and cheering and throwing beads down (a Mardi Gras practice). People downstairs seemed to be having fun too partying and going at the karaoke machine we should go here next time!!!
Don't know what this is wtf. Think I tried to take a junction but failed cuz the flash wasn't strong enough to hit everything
Frenchmen Art Market!
My fatface & I sigh
Was SO looking forward to this picture of my sister because the colors in the viewfinder were beautiful!!!!! This picture had such great potential but look at how I screwed it :(
Pirates Alley! Did not intend for the flash to hit the metal sign and reflect it but isn't it quite cool how it's glowing *__*
While waiting for the pictures to be developed I walked around the vicinity of our hotel (my sister was napping in the hotel room) and in this more desolate part of the neighborhood up ahead of me I came across a black couple and their young son. The fat lady was arguing and shouting a little aggressively at her husband and I thought to myself "Oh no please don't let there be a fight" and I made a very conscious decision to keep my eyes pointed elsewhere, like I was looking about vacantly and completely oblivious to their presence. That wasn't wrong I suppose, because we are strangers and it's not wrong to not pay close attention to somebody you pass by on the street.
But as I went past them the fat lady broke off momentarily from the argument, smiled at me and said, "You look beautiful! You're really pretty!" Reflexively I smiled and thanked her and went by on my way. Behind me the rancorous ranting started up again and she and her husband became to debate over something and I felt bad for how I had judged her, how I had judged them. It made me realize that I have so much more to go before I can completely view and treat people AS PEOPLE, and not for their physicalities. This is what I need and want to be able to do.
My sister and I went on a Ghost/Vampire Tour just now (New Orleans is apparently a very haunted city). We leaned against the wall outside this pub, Johnny White's Hole in the Wall, waiting for the tour guide. Suddenly this black guy (no racism intended here, I am just saying he's black because that's what he is) with dreadlocks plants his palm on the spot of the wall next to me, and leans in close. I freeze. Mostly because I have no idea what he's about to do.
"Do you know..." He begins, leaning even closer. I look right ahead, trying to ignore him.
"... You're beautiful!" He finishes. WTF.
"Thank you," I say it as he leans back to look at me.
"But you already knew that. You're beautiful," he says it again before stumbling off (think he was semi-drunk).
Writing about this might make me appear very conceited but I just find it amusing to be complimented by strangers (same compliment, same day) WTF. I'm very flattered, and thankful, although I can't see why they would think I look good when my face is speckled with zits and my hair is unruly and too-black hahahahhaha. And I'm sure there are other girls who receive compliments ALL day la.
Ok gonna go shower because my sister finally came out of the bathroom.
Just realized I missed out some pictures so here are more.
One picture that got ruined because I didn't keep the film properly. Anyway it's damn funny la there was this street artist doing caricatures and as you can see he has this sign "UGLY PEOPLE ONE DOLLAR EXTRA" HAHAHAHHAHAA. When I took this photo there was this old couple having their portraits sketched (if this picture wasn't ruined you'd see them on the right). I hope they didn't think I was trying to imply that they're ugly.
Johnny's Po-Boys! I don't actually know what po-boys are, but this store is very famous apparently. The line indeed was rather long, it snaked outside to the street. But of course it can't compare with KOI at the peak of the bubble tea craze haha. We got two po-boys – in oyster and crab cake.
Ironic how the ruined pictures turned out better than the ones that aren't WTF.Labels: Photography
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