New Friends

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

A day at the Manila Zoo

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

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

1 happy Weekend

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)

Back to Manila Zoo After 2 decades

Last Sunday we went to Manila Zoo, Its 2 decades since i last went there... It was only last night that i have time Cropping and adjusting the levels of my shots....

Here are some lessons that i've learned

1. I finally tried shooting at f3.5 apperture and with a zoom lense, it actually remove the Bars from the cages (see Pictures Below)... Thanks Manual hehehe...


2. Shooting at burst mode when not using a tripod actually helps in getting sharper images, If for example i have 7 shots, more or less 3 will be sharper than the others....


3. Patience is a virture.... If you dont have patience you cant get what you need... Look at the owl... it took me almost 15 minutes waiting for it to look into me...


4. Smile is your secret weapon. If you want to get shots of children or people you dont know. Learn how to smile and you'll be surprised you'll make new friends.....


Here are my favorite shots.....

Children at the fountain

Mga Batang Manila Zoo 1

Mga Batang Manila Zoo 2

My Favorite shot 3 birds in a row....