Photo Gallery: Koh Phi Phi and Koh Samet

Original posts: Koh Phi Phi and Koh Samet

Hi everyone!

I have been thinking of starting another new series lately. I want to bring some different topics to this blog and introduce a few more of my hobbies and interests.

One of my more hipster-ey interests, and something that my brother and I have in common, is lo-fi analogue photography. I think what I appreciate so much about it is the delayed satisfaction of shooting a roll of film, then returning from a trip and waiting to relive your adventures again when you pick up your prints from the shop. I also like the grainy quality of certain films. My brother prefers a cleaner, sharper style. You can see some of his photos on his blog (the first photo of the castle was shot on Ilford 400 35mm).

So I want to exhibit some of my photos. The two cameras that I use are actually quite terrible, but produce some interesting results. As a new habit of mine, I want to take a roll of film and one of these cheap cameras with me on some of my travels. It's just fun!

In 2015 I was forced to use a cheap underwater camera in Krabi. I've actually posted these before.

This spring, my girlfriend and I each bought a cheap plastic toy camera at a camera shop in Kyoto, Japan. I had been carrying around one roll of black and white Ilford film, a gift from my brother, for the past year in my shaving kit (I know... I know...). I'll show a few of those later. But this camera, a Diana Mini which I bought for about $25 is intentionally cheap and of low quality. I like the challenge and the unpredictability of how the photos will turn out. What I like most though is that it shoots in half-frame, giving me upwards of 70 shots per roll of film, which I can develop for approximately $2.50 here in Bangkok.

I took that cheap little toy camera to Koh Samet a few months ago, and brought back a few weird-looking shots which I quite liked.

I know the photos aren't great. The cameras are cheap plastic toys, essentially, and I'll admit, I'm not the best photographer! Still, it's really fun to shoot a roll of film and see later how it turned out. From time to time, I might show some pictures here on my blog.

I hesitate to even go so far as to say that I think any of these shots are good... but I'm having a lot of fun!