Robert and a Red Horse
The first thing that actually happened to me that night at Cubao X was get lost. There was just to much happening: a stage was rocking, I had to do my job, designer friends were somewhere else, and I had to pee. So after the loo, I went back to the biggest stage, the place where I’m bound to find at least one of those people. When somebody from behind locked my arms and flung me violently left and right, like I was an instant fratboy hostage captured off-guard. Or could it be a random, drunk dopehead tripping on me of all those people? Well, sort of, at least the looks qualify except the “tripping” part. It was Robert from my former work, strung on a Happy Horse, wearing this multi-neoned skull print on his shirt. He, with his dreadlocks, was one of my most favorite subjects from before, a graphic designer with robot hands. You should have seen him with all the weird-ass android contraption after an accident that hurt his arm, steel-wired inside but now back to work.
Case Studies
I haven’t been taking better photos lately, which was the entire point of my project 365 last year, so I’m actually thinking of doing it again in a lighter dose. This shot here actually reminds me of how I started shooting with my D40, something I got because I thoroughly enjoyed shooting film with my EOS66 but spent too much on processing. Nothing so extraordinary, but it challenged me to just keep on shooting because it was fun and sometimes rewarding. This was a Thursday/Friday midnight at Cubao X during the Cubao Experience leg of Manila Design Week 2009. I was jamming with the same guys around when I got the Nikon bargain, those bottles on the sidewalk the amount of beer they have downed before I arrived. Yeah, this is first in a little series from that night. Because maybe I just have to guzz it all out.
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