Film roll vii | Cortina d'Ampezzo Due

We stayed at the beautiful Cristallo Hotel Spa & Golf when we were in Cortina. It sits atop a hill, overlooking the town itself. People travel to this place to ski but I wouldn't mind lounging in bed all day with hot cocoa I'd also like to point out that half the time that I was walking around, I swear this song was on loop in my head.

Film roll vi | Lazy days in the countryside

I don't know how to write about these. Maybe I do know but my mind is elsewhere at the moment. Mostly about home, salty air and sunsets, and waking up sans the sound of any alarm clock, all preferably next to him.

Denford, Northhamptonshire, United Kingdom

January 2012

WTA#11 | Wind

Or lackthereof~

If my 16 year-old ~*emo*~ self was the one blogging at the moment, I bet that leaf has a lot of stories to tell. Well, mostly about holding on and letting go, and being alone and lonely. But since it's me, the 26-year old homesick one, I will tell you that this was taken in January, on a beautiful winter afternoon while walking around Chester Square. And that although that leaf appears to be strong and holding up rather good all by itself, I bet it wants to party with its friends on the ground. 

London, United Kingdom
January 2012

Click for Aldous, Carlo, Deng, Ian, Ika, Ire, Kristal, Nova, Tina, and Phillip’s WTA.

WTA#10 | Work

I am always asked what's my line of work or what job do I have. And while I would want to talk to you about it in details, I can't. To tell you about it lightly, I work for a high profile family from the Middle East who travels a lot. For most months of the year, I live in Riyadh. For the other times, I usually find myself in another country, sitting at the back of a car, lacking in sleep, in an unfamiliar place, with the most fantastic view.

Cortina, Italy
January 2012

Click for Aldous, Carlo, Deng, Ian, Ika, Ire, Kristal, Nova, Tina, and Phillip’s WTA.

Film roll v | Cortina d'Ampezzo

En route.

We don't have bacon here in Saudi Arabia so whenever we're out of the country I make sure I have them almost every breakfast. Heh.

We stayed at a hotel called Cristallo up in the mountains so we have this view when we look out our window. It was always beautiful whether it would be snowing,

or not.

Film roll iv | Belgravia + Oxford Street

WTA#7 | Flora

Plus points for anyone who can name this flower.

London, England
February 2012
Canon A1 + Fujicolor C200 + 50mm f/1.8

Click for Aldous, Carlo, Deng, Ian, Ika, Ire, Kristal, Nova, Tina, and Phillip’s WTA.

WTA#6 | Horizon

a.k.a. Badly Exposed Photos Of The Sunset

This was en route to London last January. It was the first trip where I brought (save for my iPhone 4s) only my Canon A1 to take pictures. I just had my rolls developed today and while I only have a handful of decent shots compared to the hundreds I would have taken with my DSLR, I'm still happy with the results. Film and its unfathomable charm has definitely found its way to me, and I don't think it will go away (I don't want it to go away) any time soon.

Click for Aldous, Carlo, Deng, Ian, Ika, Ire, Kristal, Nova, Tina, and Phillip’s WTA.

Film roll iii

Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
January 2012
Canon A1 + FujiColor C200

WTA#2 | Golden Hour

I had my day off last Saturday. I spent half of it sleeping and half of it running errands. I don't really trust public transport around here and women aren't allowed to drive (which isn't really applicable to me cause I don't know how to lol) that's why whenever I go out, I usually have a driver to take me wherever I need to go. He's that guy. We don't understand each other half the time but I reckon he's nice.

Outtake:

Click for Aldous, Carlo, Deng, Ian, Ika, Ire, Kristal, Nova, Tina, and Phillip’s WTA.

I have fallen in love with photography, again

‎"The whole thrust in my life right now is spinning my assignments around and making them work in a more personal way (...) I wanted to go back and do the original thing: one camera, one lens, one film. You really have to put yourself in a position of danger to be creative."
-David Alan Harvey

In my case, one camera, 2 lenses, and one film. I am getting familiar with emotions that I haven't encountered with photography in a while. I even think I have fallen in love with it, albeit in a different light, all over again.