Ok, let's not talk about photography today (something new huh). :-D Let's focus on "mik toldoya" as an everyday life. Omit "photography" for now.
While I was very busy doing my homework few weeks back, my brother keeps on watching this movie called Rent. It's a 2005 musical film. An adaptation of 1996 broadway musical. Nice songs. Superb voices. One great movie. "Rent" is quite a controversial movie. Watch it. Not only you'll be touched by the music and voices, you'll love the movie itself. It's not something like "Sound of Music" or "Mary Poppins" musical films that we got used to when we were young. It's a film that's simply... touchy. Sorry, can't think of any other words to use. O:-) Ok, it's a movie of young friends struggling on issues like drugs, HIV, love relationship, and homosexuality. I'm not a good movie critic so just watch it. :)
Here are some clips. See how the songs and performances got my attention.
See what I mean? :)
Wednesday, January 30, 2008
Wednesday, January 23, 2008
Calibrated finally!
Now, my monitor is calibrated! And now as well, I'm very shy with some of the photos I posted here. :-D
Just to give an idea to those who haven't heard of monitor calibration, it's just actually making sure that the color you see in your monitor is correct. The white color should be white color and not blue or violet. Skin color should be an actual skin color and not something that's yellowish. In the photography world, it's very important. Color management is very important. But in the other world, it doesn't really matter much. :-D So why I calibrated my monitor then? Because I'm a photographer and I'm in the photography world. Sounds very logic huh. :-D But people know how to appreciate photos and colors. They might not notice properly managed colors, but they can see its beauty without them knowing it exactly. Natural instinct.
Cheers. :)
Just to give an idea to those who haven't heard of monitor calibration, it's just actually making sure that the color you see in your monitor is correct. The white color should be white color and not blue or violet. Skin color should be an actual skin color and not something that's yellowish. In the photography world, it's very important. Color management is very important. But in the other world, it doesn't really matter much. :-D So why I calibrated my monitor then? Because I'm a photographer and I'm in the photography world. Sounds very logic huh. :-D But people know how to appreciate photos and colors. They might not notice properly managed colors, but they can see its beauty without them knowing it exactly. Natural instinct.
Cheers. :)
Thursday, January 10, 2008
Carmela's 18th Birthday
While I have my leisure time now, I'll keep up with my backlogs. :)
After my trip to Baguio and a day rest, it was my pleasure to cover a lovely debut celebration held at Shangri-La Makati last January 5. Carmela Bustos-Briones is one simple gal blessed with loving parents and siblings, as well as cheerful friends and prominent family friends. It's the best debut celebration I've been so far. I was shooting with Ryan Puno and Alvyn Cahili's team. We're like four photographers and two videographers and assistants. We started shooting around 2:30PM and it lasted until past 1AM the following day. Non-stop. Very tiring? Suree!!! :-D But I enjoyed it. It was great working with Ryan and kuya Alvyn's team. No dull moments. Always on the move. :)
Here are some photos:
Most of the guests were Kabalens. And there's this singer who I think is also a Kabalen who never fail to amaze everybody with his voice. A tenor singer like Josh Groban named Lee Lorenzo. I'm not sure with the first name. If any one of you knows the person, let me know his name and I'll correct this blog.
Time for dinner. TTFN. :)
After my trip to Baguio and a day rest, it was my pleasure to cover a lovely debut celebration held at Shangri-La Makati last January 5. Carmela Bustos-Briones is one simple gal blessed with loving parents and siblings, as well as cheerful friends and prominent family friends. It's the best debut celebration I've been so far. I was shooting with Ryan Puno and Alvyn Cahili's team. We're like four photographers and two videographers and assistants. We started shooting around 2:30PM and it lasted until past 1AM the following day. Non-stop. Very tiring? Suree!!! :-D But I enjoyed it. It was great working with Ryan and kuya Alvyn's team. No dull moments. Always on the move. :)
Here are some photos:
Most of the guests were Kabalens. And there's this singer who I think is also a Kabalen who never fail to amaze everybody with his voice. A tenor singer like Josh Groban named Lee Lorenzo. I'm not sure with the first name. If any one of you knows the person, let me know his name and I'll correct this blog.
Time for dinner. TTFN. :)
Baguio Jan 2, 2008
I greeted the New Year with a Baguio trip. :) It's my wife's first time to be in the place. My first time also to drive around with no guide but managed to visit all the tourist spots. Thanks to a 50-peso map I bought in SM Baguio. :) But a lot of my friends also recommend commuting. Taxi fares in Baguio are cheap. And no more long driving. :)
I consider my trip as a travel photography. What I noticed when you do travel photography is there's not much time for you to double-check your camera settings. With the bright daylight, it's hard to tell the quality of the images even if you have a big camera LCD. Therefore, I learned to check the camera settings before going out. And try not to ask someone to hold the camera for you. I did that and they accidentally messed up the settings. It cost me some great images. :-D
Another thing, it's hard to mix family quality time with travel photography. :-D I was not able to do much creative shots since my goal that time was to capture moments with my wife. :) I was, however, able to manage some good shots while she does shopping or while sleeping. :-D Here they are:
The first one is my favorite. Very artistic photo. It's not editted. No tripod used. No need since I took it not on an evening, but mid-afternoon. ;-) The second one was taken 7AM from our hotel's balcony. The last one, well, just took it for stock. :-D
I consider my trip as a travel photography. What I noticed when you do travel photography is there's not much time for you to double-check your camera settings. With the bright daylight, it's hard to tell the quality of the images even if you have a big camera LCD. Therefore, I learned to check the camera settings before going out. And try not to ask someone to hold the camera for you. I did that and they accidentally messed up the settings. It cost me some great images. :-D
Another thing, it's hard to mix family quality time with travel photography. :-D I was not able to do much creative shots since my goal that time was to capture moments with my wife. :) I was, however, able to manage some good shots while she does shopping or while sleeping. :-D Here they are:
The first one is my favorite. Very artistic photo. It's not editted. No tripod used. No need since I took it not on an evening, but mid-afternoon. ;-) The second one was taken 7AM from our hotel's balcony. The last one, well, just took it for stock. :-D
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