my sleepy-head lomo

searching on clouds, originally uploaded by chi kong.

i decided to write it down for once and ever so that i know how to answer when people throw me the same question again. no i'm not particularly enthusiastic in taking photos. in most cases, i do not shoot because i love shooting, but i feel the need for shooting. just like when you feel something in your heart you know you need to write them down (you can't really tell why). these "something" are meant to be written down, this is their purpose, they came to you and you know it, you have to write them down. while sometimes it does happen also that it doesn't matter if you acknowledge their existence, they just knock on your door and say hi, you smile at them and they just pass. you may feel a slight pity they have gone just like that, but you feel content. you know it's ok you do not photograph (or write about) them. so i spend my days waiting for these moments, waiting for their visit, and i write, or i photograph them, if they needed me. i wish i can be truthful to them, just like how i wish i can be truthful to myself. as they are part of me. this is how i feel about taking photographs.

p/s: i wanted to write about my handicapped lomo (that kept giving me wrong exposure) but it turned out to be something totally different. is this the way "they" wanted to be written? sounds creepy. anyway just to add a little as what i initially intended - i'm actually falling in love with these handicapped, unpredictable and imperfect lomo shots as i find them miriculously echoes to what i have always been feeling - dry and dizzy but warm. perhaps these are the images i always dream for.