Tuesday, March 15, 2011

lomo: candid-ate of beauty


I am the kind of person who loves to see beauty in different forms, whether in perfection or imperfection. I believe perfection is preferred by most of us, but I often see it as a 'winner by default' in the real scene. So, I take pleasure more in the beauty I see in imperfection, candid.


So, my new interest is ‘lomography.’ I actually didn’t know what that is before. I first encountered that while I was reading the magazine, Celebrity Living. Megan Young’s room was featured there and so are the things she has in it. She has a collection of lomo cameras and pictures. By then, I wasn’t struck by interest.

Then I was browsing Sulit.com.ph. I was looking for DSLR cameras, since I wanted to buy one because of its very intelligent capture of pictures and the speed it has. And then, these colorful plastic toy cameras called “lomo cameras” caught my attention. I wonder, ‘Is this the new hit in photography’? Out of curiosity, I researched about it.

I was amazed by the candid beauty of its photos distortions, exposures, and imperfections. It maybe looked like a ruined photo, but it was an art. So, I decided I want a lomo camera. I would probably earn for one. Look at the pictures below. These are wonderful shot from lomo cameras.


This is a Super Sampler lomo camera shot.

This was shot using a fisheye lomo camera.
It's like every motion is caught in this shot.
Look at how pretty this picture is.
One word: candid.
I love candid. It's captured unaware beauty.


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