ma mon luk

ma mon luk v1
Originally uploaded by gezelle

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 :)

furry fellow

furry fellow
Originally uploaded by gezelle

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

happy day
Originally uploaded by gezelle

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.