Amateur Snapper - easy to absorb articles about composition rules, tips on photographing different subjects (such as sculptures, spider webs, water drops).
Presets Heaven - for those who use Adobe Lightroom in editing photos. I just love their "fashion shoot" preset.
OlyclubPH.com - a forum for all those who own an Olympus camera in the Philippines. I'm still trying to get valid login credentials, howerver.
Big Huge Labs - add captions to your photos, create vintage photo booth strips, photo calendars, Flickr DNA, etc. Check it out and have fun with your photos!
Monday, December 21, 2009
Tuesday, November 24, 2009
entrance to the wharf
a photo i submitted to the dpp #29 issue (theme: HDR) which did not stand a chance to the works of the master photographers :)
i still think my work is decent enough and at least worth blogging about. this was taken hand-held around 2pm in the afternoon. the fisherman's wharf, which is just around 200 meters away from the ferry terminal, was the first of the many tourist destinations we visited in macau. this was during day 2 of our 3-day trip to HK.
my camera was already automatically set to produce bracketed shots because i was taking landscape images of the wharf. i realized i needed that in order to capture enough details on both the sky and subject. in the end, i forgot to remove bracketing and ended up shooting the door with three varying exposures as well. buti na lang kasi that gave me the flexibility to create this HDR image.
im not too happy with the framing and im somewhat bothered by the tilt. however, i love the golden colors produced. and in my mind, im imagining that these are doorways that will lead to a place that is truly grand and divine.
i still think my work is decent enough and at least worth blogging about. this was taken hand-held around 2pm in the afternoon. the fisherman's wharf, which is just around 200 meters away from the ferry terminal, was the first of the many tourist destinations we visited in macau. this was during day 2 of our 3-day trip to HK.
my camera was already automatically set to produce bracketed shots because i was taking landscape images of the wharf. i realized i needed that in order to capture enough details on both the sky and subject. in the end, i forgot to remove bracketing and ended up shooting the door with three varying exposures as well. buti na lang kasi that gave me the flexibility to create this HDR image.
im not too happy with the framing and im somewhat bothered by the tilt. however, i love the golden colors produced. and in my mind, im imagining that these are doorways that will lead to a place that is truly grand and divine.
Tuesday, October 27, 2009
the one where the great buddha says hello
since 2001, i have wanted to visit the island of lantau and have my photo taken with the big buddha. after 8 years, my wish was granted.
among the many shots i have taken of the sitting buddha, this one came out a favorite because of the unusually friendly expression of the buddha's face. from other angles, it seems to me that the buddha looks too dignified, too formal and impersonal. from this angle however, he looks as if he smiles and waves "hello," as if he knows my name.
i took three shots from this angle, bracketing with a difference of 2/3 overall exposure. i thought this was a good idea especially since the subject was backlit and i had little time to figure out how to expose my subject correctly. i used photomatix in order to generate the HDR image and photoshop to adjust the hue and sharpen the image.
the visit to lantau was during the third day of our 3-day trip. so although i had to catch my breath in each of the 268 steps and sweat profusely during the ascend to the "altar of heaven", i can happily say that it was worth it. i have saved the best for last indeed.
among the many shots i have taken of the sitting buddha, this one came out a favorite because of the unusually friendly expression of the buddha's face. from other angles, it seems to me that the buddha looks too dignified, too formal and impersonal. from this angle however, he looks as if he smiles and waves "hello," as if he knows my name.
i took three shots from this angle, bracketing with a difference of 2/3 overall exposure. i thought this was a good idea especially since the subject was backlit and i had little time to figure out how to expose my subject correctly. i used photomatix in order to generate the HDR image and photoshop to adjust the hue and sharpen the image.
the visit to lantau was during the third day of our 3-day trip. so although i had to catch my breath in each of the 268 steps and sweat profusely during the ascend to the "altar of heaven", i can happily say that it was worth it. i have saved the best for last indeed.
Tuesday, October 20, 2009
burst of colors
saw several plastic bags hanging by the back of a chair in the kitchen earlier today. the colors immediately attracted me and reminded me of an abstract photo which i saw from a magazine. i thought it may be interesting to create something like it.
i took my camera and chose a setting of 1/8 for the shutter speed. i shot the photo and tried zooming the lens out during exposure. after reviewing the output, i realized that i needed more time during exposure to exaggerate movement and create a more abstract pattern. i switched to manual mode and adjusted both shutter and aperture. the final setting for the photo is: 1/5, f5.6, iso 100.
i dont really do a lot of zooming in or out when taking photos, so that was the most challenging part for me. perhaps from the photo, you can see that my hands were a little shaky. thats my left hand trying to adjust the focal length, hehe. may pagka-pasmado kasi.
i took my camera and chose a setting of 1/8 for the shutter speed. i shot the photo and tried zooming the lens out during exposure. after reviewing the output, i realized that i needed more time during exposure to exaggerate movement and create a more abstract pattern. i switched to manual mode and adjusted both shutter and aperture. the final setting for the photo is: 1/5, f5.6, iso 100.
i dont really do a lot of zooming in or out when taking photos, so that was the most challenging part for me. perhaps from the photo, you can see that my hands were a little shaky. thats my left hand trying to adjust the focal length, hehe. may pagka-pasmado kasi.
Wednesday, October 14, 2009
Blue
one of the many photos taken while i was on my home from work. this one is along edsa, somewhere in the QC area perhaps. i had the window of the cab opened and my SLR in Shutter Priority mode (fixed at 1.3 seconds and the lowest ISO). i pointed the camera at anything that was illuminated such as commercial establishments, buses, taxi cabs, motorcycles and waiting sheds. that night, i thought that the quality and the amount of light is important, but not as important as your willingness to just let things happen.
once i saw that my settings were enough to capture interesting patterns and record streaks of light, i switched to point-and-shoot mode and had fun. i had so much fun that i kept shooting even while crossing the street. right there in the middle, hehe.
please feel free to visit the "abstract" set in my flickr for other photos taken that evening.
once i saw that my settings were enough to capture interesting patterns and record streaks of light, i switched to point-and-shoot mode and had fun. i had so much fun that i kept shooting even while crossing the street. right there in the middle, hehe.
please feel free to visit the "abstract" set in my flickr for other photos taken that evening.
Tuesday, September 1, 2009
The 10 Commandments in Photography
by Gezelle Rivera
1. Thou shall not covet thy neighbor's camera. Thou shall improve thy photography skills and match or exceed the performance of the camera before thinking of buying a new one. Though shall take good care of thy camera.
2. Thou shall not take the camera manual for granted.
3. Thou shall master the exposure triangle and respect the histogram.
4. Thou shall learn and follow good composition techniques but have the guts to break them once in a while.
5. Thou shall learn how to critique thy own work, be willing to have thy work critiqued by others and discover and develop thy own style in time. Thou shall avoid copying the work of others.
6. Thou shall learn how to lock the exposure, adjust the metering mode, the white balance, aperture, ISO and shutter speed of thy own camera by heart.
7. Thou shall not ignore the tripod, the various filters, the built-in flash, the off-camera flash, the reflectors and the diffusers and use them when necessary. Thou shall not rely on image processing software as much as possible.
8. Thou shall learn how to “salvage” a photo when the seventh commandment has been broken, using any chosen image processing software. Thou shall shoot in RAW on difficult lighting situations. Thou shall also learn how to enhance a photo (crop a photo, straighten a photo, adjust the contrast and brightness, sharpen a photo) and convert a photo to B&W.
9. Thou shall learn how to build a portfolio and learn how to protect thyself with copyrights.
10. Thou shall always charge the batteries prior to a shoot and bring enough CF/SD cards during the shoot. Thou shall bring the camera, the right lenses and thyself to the shoot. Thou shall have fun while shooting :)
1. Thou shall not covet thy neighbor's camera. Thou shall improve thy photography skills and match or exceed the performance of the camera before thinking of buying a new one. Though shall take good care of thy camera.
2. Thou shall not take the camera manual for granted.
3. Thou shall master the exposure triangle and respect the histogram.
4. Thou shall learn and follow good composition techniques but have the guts to break them once in a while.
5. Thou shall learn how to critique thy own work, be willing to have thy work critiqued by others and discover and develop thy own style in time. Thou shall avoid copying the work of others.
6. Thou shall learn how to lock the exposure, adjust the metering mode, the white balance, aperture, ISO and shutter speed of thy own camera by heart.
7. Thou shall not ignore the tripod, the various filters, the built-in flash, the off-camera flash, the reflectors and the diffusers and use them when necessary. Thou shall not rely on image processing software as much as possible.
8. Thou shall learn how to “salvage” a photo when the seventh commandment has been broken, using any chosen image processing software. Thou shall shoot in RAW on difficult lighting situations. Thou shall also learn how to enhance a photo (crop a photo, straighten a photo, adjust the contrast and brightness, sharpen a photo) and convert a photo to B&W.
9. Thou shall learn how to build a portfolio and learn how to protect thyself with copyrights.
10. Thou shall always charge the batteries prior to a shoot and bring enough CF/SD cards during the shoot. Thou shall bring the camera, the right lenses and thyself to the shoot. Thou shall have fun while shooting :)
Thursday, July 2, 2009
ma mon luk
sometime early this year, mavic and i made our way to hidalgo in quiapo to get a few essential photography resources. i bought an RF trigger and a lens pen and at that time, mavic went looking for a circular polarizer for one of her lenses. it was a worthwhile trip, i thought but mavic had another agenda: to eat mami at ma mon luk.
we both ordered siopao which ma mon luk is *famous* for and mami, of course. she had beef mami and i had chicken. the food was not as enjoyable as i had hoped, but i would prefer them over chowking's version of siopao and mami for sure.
i could not resist taking photos of the place because it looks something like what you would see in the old movies, when FPJ or Dolphy were still dominating the local silver screens. it was like being transported back in time! very nostalgic :)
we both ordered siopao which ma mon luk is *famous* for and mami, of course. she had beef mami and i had chicken. the food was not as enjoyable as i had hoped, but i would prefer them over chowking's version of siopao and mami for sure.
i could not resist taking photos of the place because it looks something like what you would see in the old movies, when FPJ or Dolphy were still dominating the local silver screens. it was like being transported back in time! very nostalgic :)
Wednesday, July 1, 2009
furry fellow
photo taken quite a while ago also. from the DPP Fort EB last april. mavic and i were on our way back from shooting construction workers at the serendra area, when we saw this cute little furry fellow with his human. we went closer to touch him and take photos of him. i had to go lower to the ground in order to take this portrait. the dog had other plans however and the next thing i knew, his two front legs were on top of my now bent knees and his nose was touching my lens. that surprised me a lot because i thought he wouldnt be able to move from his current position, seeing that his human had him on a leash. buti na lang he was small and really friendly kasi if he were bigger, i would have been really frightened. lesson learned here i guess is to change into a longer lens when shooting animals, especially when they are not caged or when they are not yours :)
happy day
i decided to take a break from editing numerous photos from a wedding event and thought id edit one of my own, that which is taken simply for my own pleasure. i recently installed nik software color effects pro and looked for a photo with which i can play around with. i chose this one, from a set taken last february and applied the "film effect" filter, among others. i also had to apply "cross balance" to modify coloring.
since i have not used a film camera before for serious photography work, i cannot really comment about the quality produced by the software. the film effect i chose supposedly emulates the result of a "fuji superia 100" film. im not familiar with that kind of film and im not really sure if it is a good one. from what i saw, it gave out vibrant tones which i dont think saturation adjustments in photoshop could have produced.
im loving the film effects and the nik software so far. its giving me a great many options in terms of editing photos.
since i have not used a film camera before for serious photography work, i cannot really comment about the quality produced by the software. the film effect i chose supposedly emulates the result of a "fuji superia 100" film. im not familiar with that kind of film and im not really sure if it is a good one. from what i saw, it gave out vibrant tones which i dont think saturation adjustments in photoshop could have produced.
im loving the film effects and the nik software so far. its giving me a great many options in terms of editing photos.
Saturday, June 13, 2009
swimmer version 2
photo taken from punta fuego. ive asked the avanade folks to swim in a circle and they happilly obliged.
Wednesday, June 10, 2009
ramiro-hannah wedding pictures
i havent finished the post-processing of all photos and haven't uploaded everything yet. but i'd like to share some which are my favorite from the ramiro-hannah wedding. these are mostly taken after the wedding ceremony and we were completely dependent on our external flashes. good thing my "lights men" were always around to assist.
more photos can be found in the following albums:
+ Happy Days Flickr
+ Gezelle's Flickr
more photos can be found in the following albums:
+ Happy Days Flickr
+ Gezelle's Flickr
Monday, May 25, 2009
north bound
photo taken at the boni mrt station, around noon time. i had my camera with me that week, because i had planned on taking photos around the city. we were asked to show the more urban side of the philippines for our club's first coffee table book. the idea back then was to come up with something that will show the country as being progressive and innovative. i immediately thought about construction sites and the mrt. we have a different format for the coffee table book now, but i hope to continue taking more urban landscapes when i can. hopefully i can take one or two today while i have my camera with me.
Wednesday, May 13, 2009
full moon
i want you to be gentle because the world is wild -susan musgrave
i have always preferred sunsets over moon shots but that night, something about the moon and the sky begs me to bring out my camera and take pictures. starting at f/11, ISO 100 and 1/100, i took shots. of the many frames taken, around 30 or so, this one was most decent.
i did not know at first whether to write about this photo or not. but this morning, while browsing through a magazine, i was reminded of this photo when i saw pictures taken by red ognita. his moon was bigger (but in a quarter) and his clouds were still. my moon was full although my clouds are drifting. i dont know yet which i prefer, but i vow to take another moon shot when im once again in a tall building or an elevated place.
Tuesday, May 5, 2009
wedding layout for hannah
this is the first wedding layout i came up with after finding photoshop brushes and actions in deviantart. i cant believe so many gifted artists are kind enough to share what they have created for everyone else to use while asking so little in return.
thanks to nightfate for the photoshop coloring actions and to hawksmont for the floral brush. thanks also to LadyVictoire for the script brushes which provided texture for the layout.
without these add-ons, my wedding layout would not have been possible.
thanks to nightfate for the photoshop coloring actions and to hawksmont for the floral brush. thanks also to LadyVictoire for the script brushes which provided texture for the layout.
without these add-ons, my wedding layout would not have been possible.
Wednesday, April 22, 2009
kuya
while shooting for a prenup sometime last march (nakisingit lang), i saw these kids walking down the stairs of the manila theater. im not sure where they are going and why they were in a bit of a hurry, but i cant help but take photos of them. it was noontime and i was in landscape preset mode, which was a good thing kasi the shutter calculated was pretty fast. however, i was not in a burst mode kaya there were a lot of good shots i was not able to take. at least i had my 150mm lens on. these kids were pretty far away from where i was standing.
for me, this was an endearing moment. something i hope my kuya and i had when we were kids. sana rin we had a picture similar to this, pero wala. hehe. we had a few pictures taken together, mostly wacky actually, we loved the camera even when we were young. but there were very few candid ones and none which shows he was taking care of me as my older brother. sayang. im sure that he did in his own way :)
this goes without saying i guess... but im saying it just the same: im dedicating the photo to my one and only kuya :) thanks so much for all the help especially during our recent wedding shoots together. salamat not just for lending me your precious canon 40D but also for making it easy for me to take photos as you worry about where the light should come from and how intense it should be. that way, i was able to concentrate on art direction and composition. i thought the collaboration was pretty successful based on how happy our clients were with our work.
bro, thanks uli! :)
Thursday, April 16, 2009
anawangin pictures
recently, im seeing a lot of people being redirected to this photo blog from google search results page. based on the URL, it seems they are mostly interested to see photos of anawangin cove in zambales. as such, i have decided to post three photos (most viewed in flickr) taken from anawangin when i went there last january. hoping i can make a few people happy with this.
enjoy!
...during sunset...
...on our way back to the beach front...
enjoy!
...this is what you'll see if you walk a little further to the back of the cove...
...during sunset......on our way back to the beach front...Monday, April 13, 2009
to have and to hold
this is my dear friend & sister hannah and her husband-to-be ramiro. i could not remember seeing her more beautiful than the day i saw her in her wedding dress. i have not seen her more blooming and happy either.
friend, may God richly bless your marriage and may He cause your love to grow more in each new day. stay in touch when you're already in the US. you will surely be missed.
...at the beginning with you...
...to have and to hold...Tuesday, April 7, 2009
wedding photography class
after weeks of planning and searching for models and the gowns, veil, tie, etc. that will be used by our models, we were finally able to conduct our club's first wedding photography class. many many thanks to the willing models (mavic and sherwin), the instructor (ferdie) and to all those who helped make the class such a happy and fun event. thanks to rica who let us borrow the gown she wore for her own wedding. special thanks of course to mavic for stepping up when the original bride had to cancel for the event. you were such a lovely bride!
there are so many learnings that day, and here are a few which i thought made an impact on me most:
- the preferred shirt colors for wedding photographers are gray or dark blue. i used to think it was white.
- when you create a service contract, you need to think of protecting yourself. be explicit in saying that you will not be covering any family dinner or gathering that will take place after the official reception.
- if the reception is not well-organized or does not have a program, be prepared to drive the ceremony yourself. you need to know the customs traditionally observed during receptions such as the eating of the cake, the drinking of the wine which follows after the best man's toast, the first dance, the release of the doves, etc.
for photos during the class, please feel free to visit my multiply or flickr site. your comments and critiques are welcome. thanks!
there are so many learnings that day, and here are a few which i thought made an impact on me most:
- the preferred shirt colors for wedding photographers are gray or dark blue. i used to think it was white.
- when you create a service contract, you need to think of protecting yourself. be explicit in saying that you will not be covering any family dinner or gathering that will take place after the official reception.
- if the reception is not well-organized or does not have a program, be prepared to drive the ceremony yourself. you need to know the customs traditionally observed during receptions such as the eating of the cake, the drinking of the wine which follows after the best man's toast, the first dance, the release of the doves, etc.
for photos during the class, please feel free to visit my multiply or flickr site. your comments and critiques are welcome. thanks!
Tuesday, March 31, 2009
those other flash modes
a helpful article from olympusamerica.com website delivered to my gmail this morning. you might have noticed that i havent been using flash in most of my pictures... i avoid situations in which i have to use flash (especially built-in flash) because the results that i get are seldom flattering and oftentimes flat. i prefer to use tripod and longer exposure times or shoot with artificial lighting that is constant and not triggered by my camera. however, i am fully aware that there are indeed many cases in which firing a flash would be unavoidable. and as such, it is important to know the different flash options available at our disposal.
anyway, here is where you can go to learn more about them.
for me the lesson really here is to keep shooting, whether in low-light conditions or not. hihi. now i cant wait to get my hands on my oly again.
anyway, here is where you can go to learn more about them.
for me the lesson really here is to keep shooting, whether in low-light conditions or not. hihi. now i cant wait to get my hands on my oly again.
Sunday, March 29, 2009
infinite sadness
this is my first attempt at off-camera flash photography using my newly acquired radio flash trigger (P1300 from quiapo) and old trusty Vivitar flash which I bought from kuya. I havent used my Vivitar a lot since I bought it second-hand three years ago from my brother due to its weight and size. it looks and feels awkward when placed at the hotshoe of my olympus e-500. very heavy and bulky. but the few times in the past that i have used it, i was always satisfied. i wasnt disappointed this time.
upon learning a few weeks ago (while shooting a prenup with sherwin) that i can trigger the flash off-camera, i was elated and immediately planned a trip to quiapo. i thank God for the fact that hidalgo is only 20-30 minutes away from my lola's house and only 2 short jeepney rides away. i can go there anytime i feel like i need cheering up.
anyway... to achieve the soft and directed lighting on the photo, i placed the Vivitar flash on the topmost row of a book cabinet (situated at the left-hand side) within the room and had the flash pointing upwards. i wanted the light to bounce-off from our ceiling. flash intensity was at 1/2 or full setting and ISO was at 100. my camera was placed on top of a large box, some books and magazines and as before, i have set the 12-second timer to allow myself almost enough time to walk-away from the camera and pose.
it took so many takes and a lot of sweat before i thought i had enough to work with. it was tiring but fun. yes, fun even though i do not look like im having fun in the photo. even more fun was the editing part. i used photoshop cs2's "omni" lighting effect to further enhance the mood.
your comments, critiques and even questions are welcome. thanks and God bless!
upon learning a few weeks ago (while shooting a prenup with sherwin) that i can trigger the flash off-camera, i was elated and immediately planned a trip to quiapo. i thank God for the fact that hidalgo is only 20-30 minutes away from my lola's house and only 2 short jeepney rides away. i can go there anytime i feel like i need cheering up.
anyway... to achieve the soft and directed lighting on the photo, i placed the Vivitar flash on the topmost row of a book cabinet (situated at the left-hand side) within the room and had the flash pointing upwards. i wanted the light to bounce-off from our ceiling. flash intensity was at 1/2 or full setting and ISO was at 100. my camera was placed on top of a large box, some books and magazines and as before, i have set the 12-second timer to allow myself almost enough time to walk-away from the camera and pose.
it took so many takes and a lot of sweat before i thought i had enough to work with. it was tiring but fun. yes, fun even though i do not look like im having fun in the photo. even more fun was the editing part. i used photoshop cs2's "omni" lighting effect to further enhance the mood.
your comments, critiques and even questions are welcome. thanks and God bless!
Thursday, March 19, 2009
andrew+angie collage
i have always wanted to create something like this even before we had the prenuptial shoot. i initially thought coming up with a template would be hard and coming up with the borders and the square photos would give me headache, but i discovered easy ways of doing so.
to generate the square photos from your original photos, you have to choose the "fixed size" option for the selector tool and indicate desired values. for this 8"x10" collage, each square photo has a length of 600px on each side. copying from the original photo and pasting into the collage should work after this. a new layer will be generated for each square photo copied onto the collage, which for easy reference, i renamed as "pic1", "pic2", until "pic9".
to generate the borders, i have used the stroke blending option and chose "inside" as stroke position and 80% as opacity. this blending option is applied to each layer containing the square photos. the color of the stroke had to be modified to cccc99. it was originally set to red which did not blend the palette i was aiming for.
choosing carefully what photos and what details to show and how to order them is the fun part and something which any story-teller should be able to do. there's no step by step tutorial that i can share with you in this one but i can say that experimenting would help a lot in here. i had to reorder the photos thrice before i was contented, i think.
im probably going to create another collage similar to this after the wedding, but hopefully using sloppy borders next time. ill share with you all the results afterwards.
hope you guys were able to learn something! let me know if you have questions :)
to generate the square photos from your original photos, you have to choose the "fixed size" option for the selector tool and indicate desired values. for this 8"x10" collage, each square photo has a length of 600px on each side. copying from the original photo and pasting into the collage should work after this. a new layer will be generated for each square photo copied onto the collage, which for easy reference, i renamed as "pic1", "pic2", until "pic9".
to generate the borders, i have used the stroke blending option and chose "inside" as stroke position and 80% as opacity. this blending option is applied to each layer containing the square photos. the color of the stroke had to be modified to cccc99. it was originally set to red which did not blend the palette i was aiming for.
choosing carefully what photos and what details to show and how to order them is the fun part and something which any story-teller should be able to do. there's no step by step tutorial that i can share with you in this one but i can say that experimenting would help a lot in here. i had to reorder the photos thrice before i was contented, i think.
im probably going to create another collage similar to this after the wedding, but hopefully using sloppy borders next time. ill share with you all the results afterwards.
hope you guys were able to learn something! let me know if you have questions :)
Wednesday, March 18, 2009
andrew+angie
a prenup shot of a young couple and one of my favorites from the set. this photo was taken at mckinley hill right before the sun began to set. we were lucky enough to see this empty bus parked at a shaded area and lucky enough that it was located far enough from the security guards patroling the area.
first time to use channel mixers to alter the colors of a photo. to achieve this effect, i used either the blue or the green channel to remove the the blue hues from the photo and highlight the greens. it surprised me to find out that there's this much "green" in the sky but i very much welcomed the unexpected effect.
first time to use channel mixers to alter the colors of a photo. to achieve this effect, i used either the blue or the green channel to remove the the blue hues from the photo and highlight the greens. it surprised me to find out that there's this much "green" in the sky but i very much welcomed the unexpected effect.
Friday, March 6, 2009
colored smiles
ever since i learned how to use gradient maps during our "enhancing your photos" class with nino carandang november last year, i have used and sometimes abused it in each and every photo i post-process. it is especially useful in either converting an image to b&w or changing the colors of your photo to whatever you like. in this case, i have used a gradient map preset that will introduce yellow, red and even bluish tones to my photo. i reduced opacity in order to achieve a more natural feel.
happy walk
this is me and a kid during the happy walk event in megamall, february 2009. the walk is an annual event organized to promote the welfare of oftenly neglected children with down syndrome in the philippines.
i took several photos of this adorable kid and i couldnt just leave without showing him what his pictures looked like. whether he liked his picture or not, i cannot tell for sure but i certainly hope he did. it is always a pleasure to shoot children, but i now believe that it is more special to shoot special children like this kid. every moment of interaction i had with them, however brief, will certainly cherished and hopefully, never forgotten.
thanks to mavic for taking this photo.
i took several photos of this adorable kid and i couldnt just leave without showing him what his pictures looked like. whether he liked his picture or not, i cannot tell for sure but i certainly hope he did. it is always a pleasure to shoot children, but i now believe that it is more special to shoot special children like this kid. every moment of interaction i had with them, however brief, will certainly cherished and hopefully, never forgotten.
thanks to mavic for taking this photo.
deep excavation
im slowly becoming a fan of low-light photography. i used to avoid situations wherein i will be compelled to use high ISO or slow shutters due to the grain and noise that my sensor will produce, but lately i find myself wanting to shoot during the night. nothing of this kind can be made possible of course without the help of a tripod and in my case, a supportive boyfriend who will drive me to these places, watch over me as i compose and shoot and re-compose and shoot and re-compose and shoot again and again... thanks, JP! thank you for 'spoiling' me from time to time and letting me shoot even during the odd hours of the night in the most unconventional places. i love you, be :)
settings for this photo was iso 320, f8 (or f5.6) and 2.5 seconds. i can lower iso and set the shutter to a longer time period but this is what i prefer. the final output had to be processed in photoshop to alter the colors and give the scene a purple & yellow cast. i wanted a warmer tone basically. exposure had to be adjusted as well to bring out the lights in the building.
this was taken in fort bonifacio, by the way at around 1AM. sa likod ng serendra. please feel free to send your critique and comments.
salamat and God bless :)
Thursday, March 5, 2009
mallows
one of the better looking photos i have taken from our on-the-spot contest last weekend. unfortunately i was one of the organizers of the said event and could not participate in the contest.
i have always wanted to capture something like this and im glad to finally be able to do it. i like capturing the softness of both the texture and the color of marshmallows and composing the shot such that you get a very relaxed and child-like feeling from it.
more still-life photos from my multiply set entitled, "still-life".
hope you guys can visit.
i have always wanted to capture something like this and im glad to finally be able to do it. i like capturing the softness of both the texture and the color of marshmallows and composing the shot such that you get a very relaxed and child-like feeling from it.
more still-life photos from my multiply set entitled, "still-life".
hope you guys can visit.
Monday, February 2, 2009
Anawangin Cove, Zambales
my first attempt at HDR (high dynamic range). created three copies of the same photo but with varying exposures in photoshop and then i used photomatix to generate the HDR image. within the tone mapping process, i selected a high to very high light smoothing to prevent the clouds from having a "gray lining". contrast and sharepening was further enhanced using photoshop.
do let me know what you think.
thanks and God bless!
do let me know what you think.
thanks and God bless!
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