Me Studying Photography

More than 2 years of Work Lost......

2010-03-13T20:42:00.000-08:00

My 1 Terabyte HDD gave up wahhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Lesson, Backup your files .................

Macro Year Ender

2009-01-11T05:57:00.000-08:00

Oh.... Its been 2 months since I have not Blogged anything.....

Anyway, New Year, New Dreams, New Hopes, New Resolutions, and of course some new Macro Shots... =)...

Patterns and Colors in Macro

2008-10-27T07:22:00.001-07:00

Last saturday I wake up so early because I was too exited to shoot macro. So at around 6am I went alone to U.P. Diliman to shoot macro. And because of my stupidity I forgot that I Did not charge the batteries for my Flash. So what I did was I bought some alkaline batteries, I found out that its not good to use alkaline batteries for flash because the recycle time for the flash is slower... anyway I managed to shoot some decent images..

Macro at UP 10.10.08

2008-10-27T06:23:00.000-07:00

I went to UP last October 10 to meet some Macro shooting guys from PiPho. I was there at around 6:30 am, I tried using my new toy, my Canon 580EX2 with a Spectra Light Diffuser.

What I found out is that external flash helps a lot in improving the sharpness and adding depth of field since I can use up to F11 without any problem.

Here are some of my my shots....

Sunset at M.O.A.

2008-09-20T23:32:00.000-07:00

Yesterday I went to Mall of ASIA (MOA) to meet some guys who do HDR (High Dynamic Range) Photography, the guys are friendly and they even set up a small lecture on how to use Photomatix,A software used for doing HDRs, for some of the Hobbyist who attended.

Yesterdays' sunset was beautiful because it was not so cloudy, so instead of composing some shots for the HDR I did some exercise for my self, I tried shooting different looks of the sunset yeasterday, and with a little luck I have this shots.

Faces of Binondo 08.18.2008

2008-08-19T08:19:00.000-07:00

Yesterday I went to Binondo (where the oldest China Town in the world is) together with some PinoyPhotography org members and forumers (Http://PinoyPhotography.Org). The aim of the group is to do street photography and learn with each other, and of course food trip, since Binondo is known for some good chinese restaurants.

The group was divided into several smaller groups and some of my groupmates are Christopher Tano, Carl Roldan, Lambootz (Cant remember his whole name), Orly Ocninon.

First, my problem was what to shoot, there are simply a lot of subjects and of course a lot of shooters around. So what I did was used my 18-55 kit lens and just think that I was the only shooter around, I also tried to go away with the group for some time so that I can look for some subject worth shooting. So looking around I have met a guy from Santiago City Isabela, an Ilokano (First Picture Below), and I tried to talk with him, he told me that he just walks around everyday looking for food and places to stay, gaining some confidence talking with total strangers, I then decided to just shoot portraits using my 1 week old Lens A Canon 70-200mm F4 IS USM lens, since of course its great for portraiture. So during the whole half day I walked with this big lens and talking with Total strangers just to gain their trust and later shooting their portraits.

first part of the whole set can be found on Http://Www.HumpreyCogay.Multiply.Com

Here are some faces I tried to capture

macro Photography at Pulilan

2008-07-11T20:18:00.001-07:00

Last week we went to San Ildefonso Bulacan to Shoot some kids. After the shoot we went to Pulilan to visit a butterfly farm... Of course this is a Macro Chance.... =)

A photoshop trick

2008-06-16T03:15:00.000-07:00

I was looking at one of my picture i took during my trip to ilocos and tried to make something out of it. While checking it on photoshop I saw that the histogram tells that there are no clipped shadows or highlights (Those excess graph on the left most or right most), which means that i can just use the levels to brighten it up a little. So sitting on it for a few minutes and after adding some more layers, I got this.

With Special Effects

Digitally enhanced
Original Photo
Original Photo showing histogram
Enhance with histogram and layers pallet (Click to view full size)
Final image with histogram

Another Photoshop Exercise

2008-06-15T23:28:00.000-07:00

Photoshop is one of the hardest Application I tried to study and until now I'm not that good at it. We'll some says its easy but well, the basics are easy but there's always room for more....

Dark Tones
Old Sephia
Semi Cartoon HDR 1
Semi Cartoon HDR 2
Experimenting Filters 1
Experimenting Filters 2
Experimenting Filters 3

2nd Generation Aetas @ Callao

2008-06-15T23:23:00.000-07:00

When we went to callao caves, we saw some aetas selling orchids, My Uncle was laughing because why are their nose not flat and their hairs not kinky... We'll Everything Evolves...

2nd Generation Aetas

Trying HDR

2008-06-12T20:04:00.000-07:00

I have nothing to do last night so i tried to use some of the apps installed on my laptop, Photomatix and Dynamic Photo HDR....

I have tried several settings and at least i got some realistic effects

Exercise 1

Normal Exp

2 Stops Under

2 Stops Over

Using Dynamic Photo HDR

Using Photomatix

Exercise 2

Using Dynamic Photo HDR

using Photomatix

Exercise 3

Using Dynamic Photo HDR

using Photomatix

Exercise 4

Using Dynamic Photo HDR

Using Photomatix

Exercise 5

Using Dynamic Photo HDR

Using Photomatix

Exercise 6

Using Dynamic Photo HDR

Using Photomatix

Exercise 7

Using Dynamic Photo HDR

Using Photomatix

Third day of our 3 Day Ilocos and Cagayan Valley Trip

2008-06-12T04:23:00.000-07:00

During the Third we went to Callao Caves. Shooting caves is very challenging, first you have the problem getting the correct exposure, the solution? get a tripod, Next is how to focus when its dark? Get a flash light =P, here's a view of the cave

After visiting the cave we have some boat ride

end of journey =)

Second day of our 3 Day Ilocos and Cagayan Valley Trip

2008-06-12T04:05:00.000-07:00

I still cannot forget the view this place gave me

Pictures on my previous Post

Day 2 of our ilocos/cagayan trip was fun.
Early in the morning we where greeted by a very warm Sunrise

After the sunrise I slept for about an hour, then i tried to do some compositions

And of course I played with my sister =P

and Before leaving the place we tried some rides =)

At around 10 am we went home and shoot some more

First day of our 3 Day Ilocos and Cagayan Valley Trip

2008-06-11T21:46:00.001-07:00

Last weekend we left manila for tuguegarao, it was a 10 hours bus ride, but luckily we ride inside a sleeper bus so the long trip was a breeze. When we arrived at tuguegarao we took breakfast on my parents place and rested for about an hour and traveled another 6 hours for Ilocos. =) .

It was funny because my Korean friend Roy did not slept all night because it was so cold inside the bus and he was only wearing shorts =P. I told you roy =)....

The first stop was in Paraiso ni Anton, its a mini falls just before Patapat Via duct bridge...

the next stop was a view deck showing the China Sea...

Before arriving at the Blue Lagoon, we stopped for several times to shoot....

When we arrive at Blue Lagoon, we rest for a while and took some shot of the shore, and we left and went to the wind mills.

When we returned to Blue Lagoon we take some pictures of the shore again and tried to compose some images with subjects

During the night, we have some beer and I tried to take an extreme Long exposure as requested by my friend sarrah, It was really hard because it was so dark so i have to light up some subjects and try to focus on the subject, next is to try several exposure periods. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 10, etc. because Metering is imposible since I am using Bulb Exposure. I have some good shots, but are too noisy, Next time i'll try this with a better lens and try to experiment more with the settings..

Sneak Peak Pagudpud Ilocos

2008-06-08T09:08:00.000-07:00

We just arrived from Ilocos so i'll just try to post some picts from the trip

Macro at UP Diliman 060208

2008-06-03T10:48:00.000-07:00

Last Saturday I woke up very early because I am exited to join the macro E.B. of PiPho (Http://PinoyPhotography.Org). At exactly 6am (call time) I arrived at the meeting area, there was a Pipho Member also waiting for the others, It was my first time to saw him and I did not expect he was the great Macro Shooter Arbill.... Anyway the whole E.B. was fun and I have some fairly Good Macro Shots....

Fruit Fly

Cotton Stainer

Beatle

Slant Faced Hopper

Grasshopper Eating

Water Due

Fruit Fly

Eco Park

2008-05-29T03:36:00.000-07:00

I visited the Lamesa EcoPark along with some friends last Sunday. The place was full of lush greeneries so I thought it would be great to capture some macros....

Some Random shots of the place

We also Played paint ball but sad to say the management are a little bit disappointing, why? we paid 350 for 50 bullets and we only played 1 game, with almost all of the members still have some bullets. What we did? We played Practice shooting with some targets =(.

Sad to say one of my friends was shot badly during the briefing because one of the guns where not locked =(

After the paint ball we went boating have some Rowing Contest, =) we won

And Some Group Pictures

Studying Photoshop

2008-05-27T21:49:00.000-07:00

Last night I was doing nothing so I tried some techniques I learned from a Photoshop Video Tutorial. I opened the accompanying work files and started working. Here's my output....

Tha Accompanying Work Files

My Output

FireWorks Batch 2

2008-05-26T18:11:00.000-07:00

I was Doing nothing last night so I checked the shots I took last Saturday if there are still pictures I can post, here are them.

2008 World Pyro techniques Competition

2008-05-26T02:52:00.000-07:00

Last Saturday after work, I went to the 2008 World Pyro Olympics held at the SM Mall of Asia Esplanade. It was the last day for photographers to practice and experiment taking moving lights at night.

The Best Images that I shot have a

Shutter Speed - set to bulb Mode, and my clicks Range from 1 to 6 seconds, Of course the Shutter Speed Depends on the light intensity of the firework and the number of fireballs, more light and more fireballs needs less exposure time (Shutter Speed)

Apperture - I played with apperture ranging from 9 to 11

ISO - i used ISO 200, Dont ever use ISO 1600 based on my experience last saturday.... Not Good....

Focal Length - i used the widest i can use which is 18mm on my kit lens

But before the main event, I took some random shots

The Sky while waiting and Before It Get Darked

Ordered some fruit juice but i have no shot of the juice, only the fruits

And Some Fire Power

I have reviewed My shots and seen this pict, Taken from the first presenter

Im thinking of what the first two pictures above resemble and got my answer in this shot, which I took from the show of the second country

Island with palm trees

Here are my shots of the First Country who showcased their work

There was a one hour set-up time for the second country so we decided to visit and shoot the Mitsubishi car show nearby.

Here's the show of the Next country

After the fireworks show while my Cam is still on tripod I Did some Abstract Light Painting =)

My ALIWAN Portraits By Sarrah

2008-05-22T03:11:00.000-07:00

My friend sent me a picture when i borrowed Sir Chito Cleofas Camera... It was soooooo heavy hehehe......

So here it is My dream Camera and Lens, the setup almost half a million wahhhhh.......

American War Memorial To UP Shot

2008-05-22T02:48:00.000-07:00

Last May 4, we went to American War Memorial to shoot, then after a an hour we went to UP Diliman because we are approached by an american who told us "I a'm not comfortable with you guys shooting here, Because it seems like you are making this place as your studio" which is I think very true......

at UP diliman we tried some Pre Nup Shots... Well.... Its not that easy.... so I think I have to do some homework first before trying this again....

I'm planning to go back to AWM to shoot the place, without a model of course, again and hope I'll be blessed with beautiful clouds....Here are few of my shots...

Raining Aliwan

2008-05-22T02:36:00.000-07:00

One of the Bad things that happened during the Aliwan is it rained, So for more than 2 hours we are stranded, but Its my lucky rain because I shot my favorite photo of the day, the first Photo Below

Aliwan Portraits

2008-05-22T02:20:00.000-07:00

Some of my favorite missions is to shoot portraits. Here are my portrait shots using my 18-55mm Kit Lens......

Aliwan in Motion

2008-05-22T01:59:00.000-07:00

One of the field that a Photographer must learn is how to shoot motion in events such as Aliwan, Should i freeze it? or should i use a slow shutter?. Well Here's my first time captures

My Youngest Sister at Aliwan

2008-05-21T02:37:00.000-07:00

One of my task during the Aliwan festival is to take Friendster Shots of my Little Sister hehehhe....

First Picture was taken by Sarah using her Canon 400d with 70-200 mm 4L lens

Aliwan Misc Shots

2008-05-21T02:09:00.000-07:00

I have a lot of portrait and Movement Shots during the Aliwan Festival but of course I still try to apply what i learned during My stay at FPPF.

Patterns

Reflection

Patterns

Depth of Field (fake hehehe)

Contrast

The Group Shot from left to right Jon, Sarah, Cecchine, Karen, Doc Alex

Stripping On Aliwan =)

2008-05-20T23:37:00.000-07:00

I'm checking some picts I shot during the Aliwan festival 2008 last night and decided to crop some Images... =) I dont know what to do with some so I tried Stripping =)

But then problem is, when I tried to view the pictures on CRT monitors the pictures look soft and dull =(, Now I'm trying to look for a way to at least make my pictures look the same on Crts and Lcds

My picture First time on newspaper

2008-05-13T02:39:00.000-07:00

A friend of mine Nestor (Http://NTMJR00.Multiply.com) told me that he saw my shot on the newspaper. Although this was my shot a few months ago, It still brought a smile on my face =)

Here's the link to the Manila Buletins Page http://www.mb.com.ph/PIPE20080513124478.html

Baguio

2008-05-10T05:02:00.000-07:00

last March 12, 2008 I went to baguio without anything but my Low Bat camera. =) I was disappointed because it was not the Baguio City I was thinking about, Fresh Flowers, vegetables, fruits, fresh air but what I have scene anywhere are Beggars, dirty streets, deteriorated buildings, polluted area and traffic.

I'm planning to go back to shoot more of Bagiuo and the everyday Lifes of its Everyday People.

here are some of the shots I made before my Battery Died..

BEGGARS

EVERYDAY PEOPLE

SCENES

Tagaytay E.B.

2008-05-04T22:26:00.000-07:00

Last May 1, I went to tagaytay with some classmates from FPPF. We where lucky because when we arrived, the clouds are beautiful, but after some time it began to rain which led us to stay inside starbucks. After the rain, We went back shooting and I borrowed the Wide Angle Lens Converter of Kim Roy, a Korean Friend, some of the picts below was shot with it, asside from the shots i took using Nesto Makalinaos' and Sarrah Arevalos' Telephoto Lenses. But what I found out is there are some Color Quality Loss using the wide angle lens converter=(.

After shooting at tagaytay we went to Balite Cavite home town of my classmate at FPPF .

here are Some Macro Shots i took with a handheld Reverse Lens after the rain, Please dont try it if you dont want your sensor to infested with dust ehehehhe, both at tagaytay and Cavite... STILL NOT SHARP =(

my 3 favorite Shots, I dont know who is this pretty lady but I have seen her playing along the grass land, and so I took a shot. hehehe =), Taken at tagaytay

Girls at the resto where we ate lunch,

Shots at Tagaytay

When we arrived at Balite laguna after a 30 minutes ride, I tried to challenge my self to shoot Triangles, Patterns and Motion, Luckily i found some subjects

Shooting Motion

I have borrowed a CPL Filter from Sarrah because without it i cannot shoot with exposures longer than 2 seconds.... So Again, I have to save some money to buy my own hehehe....

Shooting Some Patterns

Shooting Triangles

Some Artworks that can be seen at Balite

Scouting the place

Awake for 2 days

2008-04-29T03:26:00.001-07:00

Last Saturday I went to office to render Overtime because we have to install a new system on our AS400 Machine. While waiting for my part i borrowed a USB thumb Drive from one of my colleague because i have to copy some files, Luckily it was infested with a virus that my Norton cannot def fend, and my laptop now needs hospitalization =(.

We continued working and another problem arrised, We have some issues regarding the system which forced us to be wake until the following day, luckily, 4 pm of sunday we are finished.

Last night I'm done fixing my laptop and a while ago I'm back to my photoshop business. Here's the first Image i Edited applying the effect I tried during my last Post, Semi Black and White.

I took this picture during my last day at the FPPF workshop, It was lunch time and I saw this girl asking for some penny, and what I did was took a close up picture of her. =)

Semi Black and White Part 2 (Practicing shooting a portrait with a very sharp eyes...)
Click on the image to view the Full Size

Before

After

Trying Semi Black And White

2008-04-25T19:40:00.001-07:00

Last night, I with some of my classmates from FPPF attended a meeting of LIKHA photography club, the members are friendly and they even let us judge their photos because they have to select the pictures they need to submit for the FPPF monthly Photo Contest.

Before sleeping I try to Post Process a picture, and my product......

Original

Post Processed

Looking Back

2008-04-25T02:21:00.000-07:00

Last Holy Week I went home to my Home Town and we went to the beach, Sta Ana Cagayan. As a photography Hobbyist, I will not let a day past, specially a vacation like this, without taking any picture.

It's only today that I have looked back at my shots and have some time Processing them. I am glad that i have filtered some usable picts. =) because back then I was Trigger Happy and my ratio for good to bad shots is like 50 is to 10 hehehe...

Flowers Subdued

Cars Cars Cars (trying hard to be John Chua)

Sta. Ana

Lighting E.B. at AdPhoto Studio

2008-04-22T00:48:00.000-07:00

Last saturday after the manila zoo event, I went to AdPhoto at Enriquez st Makati, sir John Chua's Studio. A friend of sir john, Jessie Pastor with partner J.A. Tadena, both from BlowUpBabies shared some basic lighting lessons.

After some discussions we practice shooting and guess what, It's not that easy. You have to put the theme of the shoot in mind while directing the models. I'm lucky because some of my companions, fellow PiPho Members(Htt://PinoyPhotography.Org) knows some basic stuff.

The whole session was fun and of course, my corney jokes will always be there....

So next stop, the advanced photography course at FPPF maybe this coming May, There are still a lot of things to learn and I have to atleast step forward everyday....

Here are some of my Shots...

MODEL SHOOT

Models with the Stylist

BEHIND THE SCENES

Replika and Kitalad

Roy with Model Fish
Jessie Pastor
Playing with Photoshop 1
Playing with Photoshop 2
Model Fish and Replika
Replica

Wilson Lu with Orion Lighs

Sir Jess
Wilson Lu discussing some technical Specs about the Orions'
Sir Jess
Group A Group Hug

New Friends

2008-04-20T22:25:00.001-07:00

Last Saturday I volunteered for Sir John to tour Blind Children at the manila zoo. At first I really don't know what to do, but as I cracked corny jokes on my sister (Blind Kid assign to me) I gain some confidence.

Photographing for this type of event is harder than I first thought. You must be at focus every time but must keep on communicating and must have some sense of humor, so that they will not get bored. At the end of the activity I was glad that I made someone Smile.....

Starting Line(Kath With Maricor Feeling the Small Horse)
Maricor Smiling After Feeling the Ears of the Small Horse
Albert Smiling While Riding the Horse
Maricor with Camille (Best Friends)
Maricor With Mother Cora Feeling the Pig
Holding Each other at the hanging bridge
Maricor and Camille Laughing at the bridge
Maricor with the Albino Python
Camille telling Maricor it feels like "CALAMAY"
Best Friends Laughing
Mother Cora Telling Maricor not to be afraid of the bird
Mother Cora Telling Maricor that Camille is holding the bird
Maricor Laughing Why does the bird has its Horns hehehe..
Maricor and Mother Cora.. .At Last "Di sya natakot" hehe
Pretty Czarina Holding the Crock.... Telling "This is my baby..."
Ostrich's Neck
Best Friends
Sir John Giving Maricor some Peanuts
Camille Asking why does the elephant knows how to falsetto

Green Belt With Roy Kim

2008-04-17T20:41:00.000-07:00

I have a korean friend named Roy Kim and invited us to shoot because he just have bought a new Lens. So we went to green belt. I have some shots although not all of them are pretty...

Tomorow I will be at the manila zoo to shoot some special childs with their parents and Sir John Chua and its also a good time to brin Roy there....

Click Images for Full Size View (Prettier Promise....)

Manila Bay Night Scape in Blue

2008-04-16T22:18:00.000-07:00

One of the favorite Spots of Newbie Photography Hobbyist like me is at the manila bay, Specially at sunset, So i have to think of something else so that my shot will not be similar to the thousand of images shot at this site....

I remembered, one of the challenges gave by one of my proffesors at FPPF, Prof. Cecilia is to shoot a night scape with a blue sky. So i tried to shoot at the back of MOA and hope and pray that i can do the shot because "luckily" i dont have my tripod with me =(....

No post Processing except for the 4rth image which i brighten a little...

Taller

A day at the Manila Zoo

2008-04-15T23:04:00.000-07:00

Last night I went out with some friends because Roy Kim, a korean friend, invited us to join him test his new Lens, after dinner the data center operator of the company where I am working for called because there was a problem in one of our branches so I went back to the office. After fixing the problem I visit the Pipho Forum and read some post about not knowing what to buy next.

IMHO Buying a new camera gadget needs a lot of decision making because we need to elimite buying the wrong equipment and not knowing what to buy is just the same with compulsive buying. The only time to buy an equipment is when, several times you cannot do the composition you want simply because you have the wrong lens or You dont have the equipment.

In short Not knowing what to buy means you still hav'nt used the full potential of your equipment. Like what my friends and masters at PiPho suggest, Attend a good workshop and Shoot Shoot and Shoot and after that you'll Know what you need....

Here's some of my other shots at manila zoo last saturday using a 40D and a Kit Lens...

Macro with a handheld reversed Lens

Knjo at the stage

Alone

Looking
Fun at the Greens
Sniper
Mr Brown Eyes

Glow
Peacock
Sharp
The Look

Atty. Raymun Fortun Triangle
Ice Cream
Follow the leader
Next Step

A little Dream To make you Laugh

2008-04-15T01:35:00.001-07:00

My friend sarah(http://www.flickr.com/harrassed) send me a mail a while ago containing my pictures shot by her while i was looking for subjects at the manila zoo last saturday during the PiPho Activity which was sponsored by Canon...

and I remember, I told a friend of mine that some day I want to be a CANON EOS Endorser (Dreaming is Free, Dont Argue with me hehehe....).

I found her images suits my dream hehehe...

This is my favorite picture, This is before i was attacked by the bird... I'll try to ask if she had shots, with me running with the bird hehehe...

My Pictures taking the free Printer =) Thank you Canon

SOMA

2008-04-14T21:36:00.000-07:00

One of the assignments given to us at the FPPF workshop is to shoot Night Scapes, Fireworks, etc. Luckily one of my classmate invited me on her Condo to shoot, Badly because we will have similar shots hehehe...

Here are some of my SOMA and Fort Bonifacio night scape shots

Click Images to view Full Size

1 happy Weekend

2008-04-13T20:22:00.000-07:00

Last thursday and friday i did not come to office because i was feeling a little bit ill,

Saturday came and I'm feeling a little bit better. I went to manila zoo because there was a PiPho (http://pinoyphotography.org/) event which was sponsored by Canon. One of the main event was an On the spot Photo Contest which has a theme that has something to do about summer, So of course as a participant of the event i want to win. At first I have a problem on what to shoot simply because there are a lot of subjects and almost everywhere i saw shooters shooting what I think is Nice to shoot.

Then I saw the fountain where almost every shooter is also shooting, Some kids are playing there and tried to tell them to have a group hug and shoot several frames, even though i knew a lot of shooters has a shot on that area, I still submit that shot because I like the smiles on the kids faces playing on the fountain, and the splash of the water is nicely caught in the frame. Guess What? I won first price... (Beginners Luck indeed) To Canon thanks for the Printer =).

Sunday came and still I'm happy because of what i recieved the previous day. It was our graduation at FPPF and we have a competition about Portrait and Still Life. At first I really dont expect to win because a lot of my classmates images are better than mine. I submited a kettle pouring over a cup for my still life entry and a Kid beggar for my portrait. Guess what again. I won second place for my Portrait entry. =) this time a gor a trophy

So enough talk, Like what sir John Chua our guess speaker on our graduation said "Enough Talk, Its Bull Sh!@#!@#t" (hehhehe) Lets images do the talk... But not like what sir John Chua showed us his images are really incredible.... Here's My Winning Entries.

Smiles (Theme "CANON SUMMER NATION?")

Future (PORTRAITURE)

Border Copied

2008-04-03T20:16:00.000-07:00

Just another boring night hearing my addict housemates(D.O.T.A.) play. So to make my self a little bit productive, I selected a few photos from our shoot last sunday, But what am i going to do? So i tried to remember about some of the photos Shot by my friends, and i remembered Sarah's work. (http://flickr.com/harrassed). And guess what I copied her Border hehehe... At least i ask permission but she refused, Anyway congrats on your new lens.....

Project Skae

2008-03-31T21:35:00.000-07:00

Last holy week i went home to tuguegarao city cagayan, my home town. the whole family went to Sta. Ana cagayan the game fishing capital of the philippines. And of course i am not going to make this opportunity past to take some experiments... This time my guinnea pig is Stepahine Kulchar. SK for Short. =)

NightScape FPPF Assignment A.K.A. SOMETIMES

2008-03-31T01:35:00.000-07:00

Yesterday one of my classmate at FPPF invited us to join him shooting at PICC, since we are dismissed erlier than expected I joined, first stop was bayview at around 3:30 and went to break waters after 2 hours and guess what we stayed there until past 9.

I have learned a few things
1. Longer exposure sometimes is interesting for nightscapes

2. Bring a tripod.

3. Always check your settings, I sometimes adjust my ISO depending on the situation, and sometimes forget to reset it again after a few shooting. and last night Since i was excited on shooting what is interesting, I sometimes only focus on the shutter and my apperture. and because of that sometimes hehehe look at my picts below ..... GRAINY =P

Click the image for a larger view

Shooting Star

Parked
Parking Lot
Rugby Effect

Fisher
CityScape
NightScape 1
NightScape 2

NightScape 3
Blue Red Boat
Centered
At Work
Fast
Unfocused 1
Unfocused 2

My fathers' 30 years in govt service

2008-03-24T20:01:00.000-07:00

My father celebrated his 30 years in govt. service 2 weeks ago so he decided to go on local tour. One of the places we visited is Ocean Park. The entrance fee is 400 which is IMHO is sulit na sulit, although there's a wall of aquarium na hindi pa tapos and on the second floor, where the restaurant is situated, is near completion. Here are some of the fishes and snapshots i took =)

My Mother and Father at the souvenir Area

My Mom Happy looking at the stingray

Diver Feeding the shark

Shark

Bigest Shark

Garden Eel
School of fish
Hindi Ko sya Kilala

Kids Facsinated by the sting ray

Playing at the light show

Colorful

Di ko din sya kilala

Unknown

Butete

fish?

Lovi Poe a

Lovi Poe b

First Night at Tuguegarao Checking My Old Pictures

2008-03-19T04:30:00.000-07:00

This is my first night here at tuguegarao, we are going to Sta. Ana Cagayan, the fishing game capital of the philippines, tomorow morning.

I'm just here in front of my Mobile computer checking my old pictures and checking if there are pictures worth uploading.

Anyway i found the pictures i took last saturday at UP with me fellow PiPho Forumers and and some PiPho Org Members, We tried to Create a picture alphabet using the pictures we took on that day and luckyly i got L and X(see pictures Below Which hehehe).

Now I'm trying my best not to do any Post Processing, and im proud I did not do any with these images

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Here are some of my Portrait Shots

Gardener

Resting

Bike Talk

The Master

Simple Post

The Hunting

Some of my Flower Shots

Taller

Pink

Orange over Green

My Nature SnapShots

The Climb

SleepingLog

Dry

First day at the FPPF Basic Photography Workshop

2008-03-16T23:17:00.000-07:00

Yesterday was my first day at the FPPF Basic Photograpy Workshop, It was fun and i have to say my 3,000 Petot is worth it. It's not only about photography its also about meeting some new friends and learning how to talk with total strangers so that you can ask them to post, sabi nga nung isang mama dun pag di makapal mukha mo mahirap kumuha ng magandang shoot hehehe...

I was there at around 8:00 AM pero nawala ako kc iba yung pinuntahan ko hehehe buti n lang di ako na late..

Sir Ador and Ka lito was our mentors and we talked about Shutters, Apperture, ISO and Lenses.

Here are some of my shots from Fort Santiago.

A little of "Me" Designing

2008-03-02T23:17:00.000-08:00

I always wanted to try to create something that looks like those good abstract and very well design wallpapers found around the web. But until now have'nt created something that has that special uuuuuuummmmpppppp. Though below are my tries. Tried to use the images of C2 and Carl (My officemates) I shot at intramuros a few weeks ago.

Sunset at MOA

2008-03-02T22:53:00.000-08:00

We went to MOA yesterday to shoot the sunset, but we where unlucky because it was too cloudy and it looks like its raining. below are some of my shoots 200 in all i think hehehe I did not include the Sunset Pictures because i have seen a lot of similar images already =).

Lessons Learned:

1. The cloud pattern suddenly changes including the reflections of the suns rays. Keep an eye for those beautiful patterns.

2. The golden hour is indeed just a few minutes. Focus on the subject (sunset) because sometimes there are a lot of things around you that might caught your attention. So If the sunset is your subject and project. Focus on the sunset.

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Deep Beyond the Clouds(See Lower part of the image)

knocking on heaven's door

Snapshot

Project Intramuros

2008-02-26T01:31:00.000-08:00

Its a long weekend and of course we find time to shoot something. So with 2 of my officemates we went to Intramuros and at around 2:30 PM and here's some of my shoots...

My First Real State Related Shoot

2008-02-21T23:33:00.000-08:00

Last Wednesday i attended a Birthday party of the Tita one of my prettiest friend Hannah at Red Woods Taguig. While waiting for the food i tried to take pictures of the place and here are my shots....

Backyard Shoot

2008-02-14T21:18:00.000-08:00

I was doing nothing 1 sunday afternoon so i went to the backyard and tried to practice some camera settings...

Its really true that we need to master how to use your own camera because as you can see below the images are not so sharp =(...... All of the picts are just cropped no post processing......

And hope next post i can really grasp the propper settings on how to get sharper images.....

The exif data is not stripped so you can suggest maybe on where did i go wrong.....

My First Morning Shot

2008-01-25T18:46:00.000-08:00

I walk Floffy, My Pet, Every Morning. She just loves running around the village and playing with the children whenever she sees one. This morning is just great, I have seen some children playing with spiders so i went home to get my camera and came back where i saw them, luckily they are still there.

So here's my trophy for waking up early everyday =). My first Morning Shot.

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My First PiPho EB

2008-01-20T17:29:00.000-08:00

Yesterday i went to U.P. to attend the PiPho Strobist Lecture and E.B.

HartSord and Rench where the lecturers, the Lecture went ok and i have to say i learned a lot of things about flashes, D.I.Y. and of course meet new friends like Replica and Kitanlad. Thanks to Kitanlad for the Ride =).

Here are some of my shoots.

This are the output of sir rench technical skills using the strobe, He asked me to set my camera to this settings and viola....

Added some PP and .......

Thanks Pipho, HartSord and specially to sir Rench........