Images circa B.D.E. (Before the Digital Era) Scanned

she looks really tired!

These pictures were assignments for a photography class I took at the Ateneo in 2002-2003. I was then reviewing for my comprehensive exams for MA in Theology and I wanted to formalize (show on my TOD) my preference for this art form as well as productively use my spare time.

One may say that the shots are rather amateurish but that is what they are and that is what I am in terms of photography, an amateur. I used an early 1980s SLR Nikon camera. All manual. No flash was used nor was it allowed. The pictures now serve as documents for me of an era in photography that is gone: delayed gratification and feedback, darkrooms and exposed films, lost moments and grainy images. But, it was not all that bad, because on that era, too, the photographer was not too dependent on his camera's settings and power, as well as on digital editing tools. He should rather always have his wits readily on hand. There was no such thing as trial and error. One had to almost instinctively compose the picture in one's head, adjust the camera settings, aim, focus the lens, and take the shot. Lots and lots of imagination was needed.

Somehow, I missed those times, but, I wouldn't go back to it; too much stress.