Of books and gadgets

After an uninteresting walk through the halls of the convention center where Femme City was held, we decided to head into Kinokuniya while waiting for the boys to finish their movie session. It was such a long time since i've been to Kino that i'm re-amazed (if there's such word) at the variety of books they have there! The price of the books was a turnoff, but it was fun nevertheless to flip through them, albeit not much choice to choose from since most of them were wrapped up in plastic. (Still an ultimate dream for me to have all the books in Kinokuniya for my own reading pleasure.)

I came across this section in Kino where they sell magazines and books all in Japanese, and i saw this shelf where they sell magazines from branded names such as Bathing Ape, LeSportsac, etc. And together with this magazine, they include a free gift, like a canvas/ shopping/ pouch/ wallet bag from that particular brand. (Ahh should have taken a picture to show you.)

Was thinking to myself, " For the price of around rm70 and you can get a branded bag (magazine became secondary subject), seems not bad a deal.", and suddenly out of the corner of my eye i saw... a lomography magazine. Which includes a lomo cam. *Eyes lit up* * Sparkles*

SuperHeadz White Slim Angel Camera

 Some features of the camera after i did a Google search on it.
- shoots standard 35mm film
- shoot dynamic, wide pictures with 22m wide angle lens
- surprisingly vivid colors
- vignetting effect
- plastic, light, portable

I know most of the effects can be achieved using Photoshop, but it is still a great toy to play with because of the surprise element of the outcome of the photo. Like this guy here, Martin Wilson, he creates these art pieces from 35mm film, each frame painstakingly choreographed to form the final picture.

This is one of my favorite. You can check out the others at his site.

Titled "Look Both Ways"

Amazed at what people can come up with using simple tools at hand. For now i'll just place the lomo cam in my wish list. Doesn't mean that i have to get it, but if i have a bit to splurge, i would consider it. Yeap, would rather get one of these instead of a Koach/VL/Cucci bag.

To end, i quote my mum, "Wishing for something doesn't mean i want to buy it."