Nail them!

Well, literally. Here are just few of the stuff I shot for a construction company recently. I never knew such nails exist. They look like missiles and believe me, there's even a bullet used as nails? Wala lang, naaliw lang ako. :-D

I want to thank boss Errol (a former co-worker) for reminding me that it's always nice to go back the basic. During my jewelry shoot prior to this, I was like "if only I have that four studio lights I need...". Errol reminded me about taking advantage of what I have now and stop with those "if only". With those in mind, I did a good job with just natural light by the window and two flourescent lamps overhead. You have to love photography. You don't need expensive stuff to come up with pro-level shots. :)















P.S. I still need to get those lights! :-D

Another jewelry shoot but this time...

... let's post more than two or three photos. :-D

But first, it's been a while. I really miss shooting but I made a promise (oh boy, I hear someone shouting "is made to be broken") to shoot more from now on. I have a new shot list: HDR. But let me not talk about that for now. So how am I? Mmm... saying the phrase "been very busy lately" is so "plastic". :-D Ok, I have been busy with my wife and our business. It is simply time consuming to plan, strategise, decide, worry, and all, and see the outcome. I'm enjoying it however. It's just that I miss shooting. Let me squeeze in HDR tomorrow and I'll update my blog right away. And oh BTW, I've been quite busy also with Friendster. :-D I freakin' don't know how to use it. :-D So I won't be sharing it for now. I'll try improving it first. I hear some of you laugh... yeah, laugh! :-D A very good friend was actually laughing hard when he found out I have a blog, I have my own website, but I don't have a Friendster account. Even a 5-yr-old gal has a Friendster account! I was speechless. :-D So anyway, before I get this typing to nowhere, here are the photos I'll be sharing. It's a photoshoot for my wife. She'll be selling her sister who is abroad some jewelries. So basically we'll be sending these through email first... then fly to Australia. Not! ;-)













Here's an interesting subject. My wife wants me to emphasize on this ring and I sucked. The first pic below was the most decent already among my repeated shots. Others we blurred. And this one is somehow blurred still. Good thing, I used RAW. :) RAW files are great to enhance. It saved my butt. :)

Before:


After:


The photoshoot turned out not so bad. Photographers however will criticize these photos as awful. They're right. I only used two lights for this shoot. I will need at least four lights. And to really please my fellow photogs, I'll need that 27k lense. I'm poor. No budget for those. I have to save up. Someday... Someday... :)