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'm back. :)

After being out for almost two months, I'm finally back. Glad to be back. :) So where I've been? It's a long story. Ok, let me just describe it...



Now, you know. :) Big thanks to our family, relatives, friends, our ninongs and ninangs, Fr. Mon Torres (a very good friend), Mimosa (especially Jayne), Chapel 2, Mixed Elements (coordinator), Vic Sison (main photographer), Alvyn Cahili (videographer), Mr. Lansangan (musical director), my legendary choirmate (Edna, Art, and Lodiver), etc. Of course, thanks to our Big Boss who just celebrated His birthday the other day. It wasn't easy for me and Tere but He was there all the way with us. :)

So now, I'm back. :) What's new? Nothing much really. I actually missed a lot. No giant lantern pics for this year. No SM fireworks photos for this month. No nothing. :-D But what I do have is a new lense. Yeap, I've upgraded my beloved kit L-ense. :-D It's now a certified L-ense. ;-) It's very heavy and the new range is new to me. I'm loving the color and sharpness! I'm getting used to it little by little already. I'll be a backup photographer on a debut at Shangri-La Makati on January 5 and it'll be my lense's first official project. Wish me luck. :)

I want to share some photos I took three hours ago. Jewelries. I like what I did, however, some results were "nyarp" when zoomed very closely. Shots were taken handheld (left my tripod at home). What I'll do is reshoot the items once I'm back home then share them here. :)

Got to go for now. Belated Merry Christmas! :)

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Hi guys! Sorry, I haven't updated my blog yet. I never knew getting out of my day job will make me a lot busier instead. :-D I have some new photos and stories to share but they're still in my camera. They're called backlogs. :-D Anyway, just dropping by to say "Hey, I'm still here! I hope things are ok there".

TTFN. I need some sleep. I promise to update my blog frequently... as promised. LOL.