Diana Choco-Mix, Copper Blend: An exhibition entry

I customized this Diana F+ camera for an event called Diana World Tour 2008 organized by Lomography Asia.  The event exhibition is currently showing over a hundred Diana and Diana Clone cameras produced from 60's to 70's.  I'm honored to be one of the 10 to appear in the Diana Vignettes photo story exhibits.

Diana Choco-Mix Copper Blend

Diana Choco-Mix Copper Blend

Diana Exhibition Submission Patrick Ng

拿著 car car 的他總帶微笑；微笑的他，嘴總是尖尖的。天真可愛，出外勞碌工幹時想起他，心都軟下來，笑起來。每當回家看到他時他都興奮極地叫 daddy daddy，然後看著我的背包說“你是不是有買 car car 給我呀! 給我看看你的包包啦! 我知你有嘅!”九成時間我都令他失望，但他也是笑著的彈來彈去。

物質充逾，內在更重要，所以我會為他做紙 car car，也玩得一整天。劃幾幅由他主導的畫，看極也看不厭。造了這個俄羅斯公仔，每次一起看了，大家都會微笑。把這些拍下來更有意思，不止紀錄了事實，也紀錄了造這些東西時的心情。

My son is now 3.5 years old, his face literally changes on daily basis.  Photos I shot of him a few months ago show a completely different him.  I like to take photos him as much as possible, it is not difficult to find surprises and I love the fact that I'm recording his happy childhood we'll treasure a lot in the future.  Gradually, this blank piece of paper emerges a character, how do I record his character?

When he holds his "car car" he always smile, when he smiles the tip of his upper lips has a tiny little peak.  When I think of his smiles during my business trips my heart would melt and I keep smiling.  When I come home he would be so excited shouting "daddy daddy" and often ask "did you buy car car for me?  Let me see your bag, I know you have" but 90% of the time I disappointed him, yet he would still be smiling and jumping around in my presence.

Living in this materialistic world, inner self development became much more important.  I would make paper cars for him and play for a whole day. Draw a few pictures directed by him and the results are pleasant to look at together.  When we look at this Russian doll I painted, there are always smiles.  Photos of these not only record objects and facts, but also the precious feelings during the process.

Biography:

爸爸喜歡欣賞及收藏中國字畫，也靠它維生。每天都看著他看畫看得入神，想東西想到自得其樂，說起畫時都眉飛色舞。這些都是內函的外在，量度不到也形容不到。我就是被這種內函浸吟著長大的。喜歡了劃畫，攝影，西洋書法...，做了city'super的文具採購已經五年。每天都能把爸爸傳受的內函活出來，已經很精彩，也喜望能對兒子有著相同的啟發。

Dad loves to appreciate and collect Chinese calligraphy and paintings, his interest also became his career.  I would see him looking at paintings in deep pleasant thoughts, when he talked about them his eyes brightened.  These inner bliss or satisfaction can't be described and measured but I was grown up in such environment without knowing it.  I developed interests in drawing/painting, photography and western calligraphy, became a stationery buyer at city'super 5 years ago.  I feel tremendous thankfulness for what my Dad passed on to me unintentionally, hope I'll be able to do the same for my son.