Is Collins The Next Cullen?

Geez, just say "Come in."

This summer, be ready to open your doors to the grooviest vampire that can make your point of view about  blood sucking creatures to have a 360-degree turn. This May, the ‘revamped’ gothic soap opera of the late 60’s Dark Shadows will be released as a supernatural drama comedy film. 

The movie is directed by none other than Tim Burton and stars Johnny Depp (Pirates of the Caribbean, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Sweeney Todd, Alice In Wonderland, Rango), Eva Green (Quantum of Solace, The Golden Compass, Casino Royale, The Dreamers), Michelle Pfeiffer (New Year’s Eve, Stardust, Hairspray, I Am Sam), Jonny Lee Miller (Aeon Flux and TV Series like Dexter, and Emma), Chloe Grace Moretz (Hugo, Let Me In, Diary of a Wimpy Kid, Kick-Ass), Gulliver McGrath (Hugo, The Loved Ones), and how can I forget Helena Bonham Carter (Harry Potter, Great Expectations, The King Speech, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Alice In Wonderland).  

The story started during 1752, when husband and wife Joshua and Naomi Collins decided to leave Liverpool and set sail to North America to start a new life with their young son Barnabas. After two decades, young Barnabas turns from a just a Collin kid into a wealthy and powerful playboy and became the master of Collinwood Manor. Every thing was in Barnabas' hands until he breaks the heart of a witch named Angelique Bouchard who turns him into a vampire and put him locked up in a tomb.

After two centuries of being buried in that tomb, Barnabas is accidentally freed. He then returns to Collinwood Manor only to find out that it is nothing of a grand estate like it once was but a remnant of the past reaching the dirt of ruins of the year 1972 together with the the near to universal  filth of the dysfunctional family that are  its current occupants combined with the horrid secrets of those people which are his descendants.  

Vista And The Quest For Photos

When and how the craze of owning a DSLR and doing all these ‘photography’ thingy started had been one of the greatest life mysteries that I’ve been trying to solve for a couple of years now and even if I banged my head oh so hard on any surface imaginable, I wasn’t able to. So I decided to give up a very long time ago. However, I am still a bit puzzled on the idea of someone carrying this heavy camera, taking pictures that will eventually turn out to look like a photo taken by a point and shoot cam or worse a camera phone. 

During the dawn of this trend, I made a move of walking towards another path.  So to say, I am on my own photography quest. On that winding road, I came to know Lomography and its vibrant colors, blurriness, and saturation and Holga, my very first lomo camera which I suddenly stopped using because I grew tired of purchasing films and going to photo stores to develop them. Then along came my VQ1015 R2 by VistaQuest which I first named Minimo but changed to Victor (genius!) because of Victor of Aveyron (he is Googleable, so search, do your homework and you will know why I named him that). 

VQ1015 R2 is a 1.3 megapixel digital lomo key chain camera. Don’t be fooled by its megapixel for it created the most awesome photos I have ever seen in my entire life. You will see later. With its size, you can literally make it as your bag accessory.

Ooops with the camera positioning.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

It also comes in different colors like lime, snow, sky, momo, olive (which is a Japanese limited color model), and purple, gray and rose that are only available in Hong Kong, Taiwan, and Mainland China. This is according to the VistaQuest website. 

There you go. Tada!

This is the olive colored model.

I wasn’t able to find nice pictures of the remaining three colors but you can visit www.vistaquest.jp to check them out.

Mine is lime. 

Here are sample photos by Victor. 

I always love its watercolor effect.

The remaining pictures were taken when I bugged my friend Rey to accompany me to Quiapo. I don't go to Quiapo alone, I bet you know why. But I secretly love this place, the culture and history it possessed. Now, it isn't a secret anymore. 

Heavy traffic. Espana, Manila.

The fortune tellers that I heard will cost you a fortune.

Flowers by Manong Vendor. He asked me to publish this photo. He thought I was working for a newspaper and expected to see this on the front page.

Quiapo Day = Very long line of people outside the Church

Talked about the Filipino faith. It is intense, strong. 

Vegetable stand at Hidalgo St.

Fruits and vegetables can also be found there and their prices were like one fourth of those that can be purchased at the groceries. Most will go insane about this and will probably say they are dirty or have poor quality. But I checked them myself and they passed my food standard. 

That was my friend Rey's hands and the ponkans.

Pomelos.

I bought a pack of strawberries. They tasted oh so good.