Girls Night Out @ Cold Tea

© Photos by Lian & Qin Leng

Analog camera: Minolta X-7A

Film: BW 100ISO

~ Night Out @ Cold Tea ~ Meagan & Melissa

Cold Tea is definitely one of my favorite go-to location in Kensington Market~! 
Beer at a very decent price, great interior design with rustic wooden benches, molding details on the walls, and a mixture of detailed wall papers with vibrant green paint. And to top it all, plenty of stylish people~
Spotted those two girls from a distance on the patio and asked them for a photograph. I really loved the background in this shot, which I find complemented these girls' styles.
I was pretty excited that night as I had decided to bring a flash for my vintage Minolta. Unfortunately, it was so dark outside, that I could barely see the settings on my camera, which resulted in underexposed shots as my flash failed to trigger. Luckily enough, with the help of my friend's iphone and some of my photoshoping skills, I managed to get a not too bad photo of these two lovely girls.

Meagan (Left)

Top: American Apparel

Shorts and bag: Value Village

Boots: Urban Outfitters

Melissa (Right)
Jacket: Value Village
Shorts: Urban Outfitters

An eccentric bunch~

Camera: Minolta X-7A

Film: Agfa Vista 400

© Photo by Lian Leng

This group of artist (except for one of them) was quite unique in their own way.

A really friendly bunch~ They were talking so much, and about so many random things that it was practically impossible for me to follow at all :)

I don’t have names for any of them, so let me just go in order from left to right!

Blond haired guy

Favorite item: Boots from East Side, Vintage store

Green jacket guy

Favorite item: Jacket from Value Village

Red haired girl

Favorite item: Her black veil from Value Village

Sydney~ Visiting from Montreal! My home town!!!

Favorite item: white dress she got from some girl at a party

~Love vintage convertible~

Camera: Minolta X-7A

Film: Fujicolor 400

© Photo by Lian Leng

@ Kensington Market

I'm so pleased with this shot. The location, the people walking around the car, staring at it, those guys "à la James Dean", ...everything just works perfectly!

Annika & Shige

Camera: Minolta X-7A & Hasselblad

Film: Fujicolor 400 & Portra 400CN

© Photo by Lian Leng

@ Kensington Market

These two were such a pleasure to shoot! Really two sweet hearts, I'd love to run into them again some day.
When I asked them about their favorite item, Annika took out of her bag this lovely hand knitted sweater she received from her teacher in Norway during her stay there. It got so hot that day that she ended up taking it off and didn't have it on in the first shot. But as I requested for a 2nd shot of her sweater, she insisted on wearing it.

Notice my backpack on the ground, hiding her shoes....tsk tsk tsk, very unprofessional of me... 

The last shot was a lucky one. I actually wasn't looking through the viewfinder at all and pressed the shutter by mistake as I was setting up the camera.. glad it turned out fine !

Name: Annika & Shige
Hair: love that half shaved hair style... shaved hair on both guys and girls just does it for me
Favorite item: Annika -- sweater, Shige -- vintage washed out pink corduroy jacket from Japan (2nd hand for only 30$!!!) and green suede shoes from Japan as well.

Galaxy

Camera: Minolta X-7A

Film: Fujicolor 400

© Photo by Lian Leng

@ Kensington Market

Name: Galaxy
Occupation: U of T graduate, job hunting
Outfit: mainly from Urban Outfitters
Favorite item: forgot to ask her, but for my part, it was the shoes that I loved!

Jennifer the Hair Model

Camera: Minolta X-7A

Film: Fujicolor 400

© Photo by Lian Leng

@ Kensington Market

How lucky was I to run into a hair model that just happened to be coming back from a shoot!

Name: Jennifer
Occupation: Student.... in carpentry! talk about an interesting field, love it
Hair: Robin Barker, Yorkville
Favorite item: leather jacket