{"id":5868,"date":"2012-07-08T23:50:47","date_gmt":"2012-07-08T15:50:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fuzzyeyeballs.com\/blog\/?p=5868"},"modified":"2012-11-09T09:13:27","modified_gmt":"2012-11-09T01:13:27","slug":"impossible-is-possible","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fuzzyeyeballs.com\/blog\/?p=5868","title":{"rendered":"Impossible Is Possible!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Last Friday evening on the way to fetch Fitzand from the kindergarten … my phone buzzed and in came an email. I took a quick look and went ‘Whoa!!! OMG!!! Really??!!!’. It was an email from those guys from Impossible Project telling me that my submission for their ‘101 Ways’ project<\/a> was accepted and will be\u00a0published in the upcoming Impossible 101 Ways book.<\/p>\n

The project … in Impossible Project’s own words … ‘From October 2011 to January 2012 we invited you to submit your ideas on what one can only and especially do with Impossible images. Impossible film is a unique material like no other, producing real analog originals that develop in the palm of your hand. Distinctive, one-of-a-kind images that are real and intense, that you can touch, smell, caress and that inspire your creativity beyond limits.’<\/em><\/p>\n

Being a lazy guy … I usually won’t bother putting in much effort to get good enough stuffs for such submissions but for this case … it was different. I am sure some of you will remember the ‘Impossible Lessons’ exhibition organized by our friendly camera (aka poison!) shop … ThirySix<\/a>. It was coincidence that the 101 Ways Project was calling for submissions right after this Impossible Lessons project completed. I had the material to submit (with blessings from ThirtySix of course!)<\/p>\n

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The ‘Impossible Lessons’ required us to experiment with the Spectra camera & film and then share how we did it. There was an exhibition held at their store too. After agreeing (by force!!) to take up the challenge … it sure was very challenging to find some new ideas for experiments. I ain’t too much into instant film and it was also my first attempt at using the Spectra camera & film! This ‘Unmasking Negativity’ idea\/project was a result of some trial & error and I was very happy when I finally got the right experiment\/project that I wanted to do … despite having to sniff bleach.<\/p>\n

Trouble started when I went around taking photos (to be bleached later). The Spectra camera I had (on loan) seemed cranky! Many times it will just suddenly spit out blank photos … go crazy with exposures and all the terrifying things you can imagine happen. I told those guys at ThirtySix about wanting to give up but instead of kicking my butt … they sponsored me another pack of film when I went to buy another pack to work with.<\/p>\n

All the ‘You can do it!’, ‘Hey you are the 2nd to exhibit your work ok?’, ‘Don’t worry!’ … from Cindy (aka Queen Cyanwater<\/a>), Jimmy<\/a> (darling!) and Noreen (aka miun<\/a>) sure kept me going!<\/p>\n

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\u00a0I’ve never told myself ‘I better give up!’ that many times in my life! Hahaha!<\/em><\/p>\n

Just in case anyone who missed my earlier posts are interested to know how these images were made … you can check out this link here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

How can I thank these 3 people from ThirtySix without letting you guys see how handsome\/pretty\/cute they are? Here they are … in no particular order …<\/p>\n

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Darling Jimmy who is cool as cucumber … collects truckloads of cool 120 cameras.<\/em><\/p>\n

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Talented and fun … Noreen (aka miun). Hehehe. She will kill me for posting this photo of her. It was just 2 weeks ago when Fitzand suddenly asked me ‘Why is jie jie Noreen in the newspaper?’. \ud83d\ude00<\/em><\/p>\n

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Oooh! Our sexy Queen Cyanwater …<\/em><\/p>\n

Not only did they ‘tortured’ me into doing this … they also took the initiative to show me how to best use the Spectra camera & the film … and Jimmy even showed me how to dismantle the Spectra (the other unit to be ‘dressed up’ … see below). Now … where can you find a camera store that has such good knowledge & service? I’m not saying so because I know them. I have received many feedback from friends (here in Singapore) about walking into some shops (names withheld for my own safety :P) and having to put up with staffs that doesn’t even know well about the products they sell!<\/p>\n

It was also for that Impossible Lessons exhibition that I got all stressed up ‘designing’ this Spectra camera … that I call ‘The Aftermath’ …<\/p>\n

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I almost gave up halfway through! Again … thanks to the ‘torture’ from those 3 friends above which saw me completing it.<\/em><\/p>\n

The last time I was so surprised was back in 2007 (the year I picked up photography) … and it was also some friends who ‘forced’ me to submit some photos for a book to\u00a0‘To Singapore With Love’ which is tribute to Singapore in her 40th year of independence. Two of my infrared shots made it into the\u00a0264-page art book as well as exhibited in the Istana grounds. As a newbie back then (I’m an old newbie now) … it took me a while to believe my eyes when I got the notification letter.<\/p>\n

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Gotta go get some sleep now. The weekend has been a little too busy and my battery is running way low. Fitzand went to bed super early around 930pm today. Yesterday he went for his 1st two skating lessons and had a blast … and he woke up very early this morning. I’ll end this post with some snapshots of the little one ‘in action’ yesterday.<\/p>\n

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Last Friday evening on the way to fetch Fitzand from the kindergarten … my phone buzzed and in came an email. I took a quick look and went ‘Whoa!!! OMG!!! Really??!!!’. It was an email from those guys from Impossible Project telling me that my submission for their ‘101 Ways’ … <\/p>\n

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