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Building the Camera App I Wanted to Use
As a photographer, I kept wishing my phone camera felt more like film. So I built Rolla: EXIF photo frames, film simulation filters, Polaroid mode, and a light meter, all in one camera app.
Pinned How a Betta Fish Taught Me to See Light Differently
It began with a flash, an aquarium, and a betta fish that refused to sit still. That macro photography hobby ended up on the cover of a book by PT Nirmana Exa Tricipta and Bintang Sempurna, winning Gold at HP Inkspiration Awards 2022 and Silver at Asian Print Awards 2022.
What a Pandemic Camera Turned Into
A camera I bought during the COVID-19 pandemic slowly turned into a photography obsession: street photos, macro shots of betta fish, and two photography competition wins.
Shooting the Menu at Jakarta's First Hidden Gem Hakka Restaurant
In October 2020, in the middle of the pandemic, my father-in-law and I picked up our cameras together for Jakarta's oldest Hakka restaurant, hidden down an alley in Glodok since 1925.