Buti na lang start ng 3-Day Sale sa SM Manila. There some band playing in front of the entrance nonstop. Perfect opportunity to take some FOUND PORTRAIT…:D
Camera: Nikon D40
ISO: 200
Shutter Speed: Around 1/80 sec
Aperture: Around f/5
Location: Liwasang Bonifacio/Arrocerros Forest Park/SM Manila
“Any arrangement of everyday objects that forms a please composition, but has not been put together specifically to be photographed”
Still working my stuff in doing still life. Maybe by tomorrow, I’d get it better this time.
ISO: 200
Camera used: Nikon D40
Aperture: around f/5.6
Shutter speed: 1/80 sec
Venue: Liwasang Bonifacio/Arocerros Forest Park
Fotogra DMA1
ISO: 200
Equipment: Nikon D70, redhead, Lightstand, Tripod, Backdrop
Model: Christopher King
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My own critique: I’m quite disappointed as to how this shoot came out. First, my model can’t act nerdy enough. Second, the kind of facial expressions that I wanna make him do doesn’t show in the output (even if I demonstrated it myself on how he could effectively do those expressions on face). Third, he found the costume I brought for him too large for him to wear, which was basically the point. He pretty much preferred the other shirt I brought for my studio still life shoot. And lastly, he can’t act the way I want him to act in some of the shots. Sorry though I need to say these things so I could roundhouse kick my face to do better. Beh 😀
Oh well, first time to be an art director. Next time, I will have to make sure my models do listen to me. Grrr…Why oh why do I have to be the nice guy? 🙁 Hehehe
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Mga kumento, kritisismo, at suhestiyon ay higit na inaasahan.
Pics from the Benildean League, and the Study Opportunities seminar from the representative of New- Zealand-based Wanganui School of Design.
Please comment on my found still life photography.
May nakita ako kagabi na magkasintahan. Ang si-sweet nilang tignan, halatang mahal nila ang isa’t isa. Nasa may jeep ako na nagaangkas pa ng mga pasahero so habang nangyayari yon, nood muna ako ng drama unfolding sa harapan ko.
Iyun nga, may dumating na bus. Akala ko sabay na sila sasakay pero mukhang iyung girl lang ang papasok sa loob. Bago sila maghiwalay ng landas, nagyakapan sila’t naghalikan as if hindi na babalik ang isa sa kanila.
Umalis na iyung bus. Akala ko hanggan dun lang pero mukhang may continuing drama na nangyayari sa part ng guy. Sasakay na rin siya sa jeep kung nasaan ako nakasakay. Bago siya pumasok, kinakamot niya mga mata niya na mukhang may nagtutulong mga luha.
Umiiyak siya.
May hawak pa siyang pink na rosas na baliktad ang paraan niya ng paghawak: nakatalikod iyung bulaklak mismo habang nasa harap iyung stem ng halaman. Sumisinghot pa siya, kaya tingin ko tumutulo rin ng luha palabas ng ilong niya kaya pinipigilan niya to.
Eh bored ako kaya magandang entertainment ang manood ng real-life soap opera na nangyayari ngayon dito sa loob ng jeep.
Singhot dito, singhot doon. May hawak siyang cellphone, mukhang may tinetext siya. Malamang girlfriend niya yon. Iniisip ko na ganito iyung eksena:
BF: “LUV, HOW N U? MIS N KTA…<3"
GF: “OK NMAN, KL2XKO LNG S ME 3NOMA. MIS U N RN XOXO”
BF: “PKIRAMDM KO PRANG MXADONG LONG TYO DI MAGKITAKITS
GF: “LUV, K2XYANIN NATIN 2…2 WIX NAMAN ME SA ANTIPOLO”
BF: “TAKOT ME. BKA DI ME MABUHAY NA WALA U :(“
GF: “LUV, MAHAL U B ME?”
BF: “OO, WID ALL MY <3"
GF: “DEN TRUST ME IN DIS. PARA SA BEBE NATIN SUMDAY”
BF: “TAMA K. PRA SA BEBE, ANTAYN KTA U. I LUV U!”
GF: “LUV U 2 WID MY <3 AND SOL"
Bago tumawid ng Tullahan Bridge, bumaba na iyung guy na mukhang hindi na umiiyak pero malungkot pa rin.
Tsk tsk. Lovers….
I just came back from being sick last night and was hoping I could slow things down nice and easy. I know I had some stuff to do for this day we call “Wednesday”, but I was kinda expecting something that could kinda not get me back to the SDA clinic once more.
But turns out, it didn’t.
A. As I Open My Eyes
-I was kinda wondering where I put my cellphone. I may have placed it somewhere in my room but I was kinda in a hurry to sleep right away that I figured that my mom would wake me eventually.
Quarter to 6 was the time, and my mom suddenly yelled me wondering, “Do you have classes today?”. I was surprised by her call, but my brain’s still working. So I took a quick bath, dressed up but skipped breakfast. I know I have to prep my things for Fotogra so I quickly search for props I’m gonna be using for my portrait photoshoot and some clothes in my closet to be used for still-life.
As if that wasn’t enough, I turned on the PC to print out my research about the theme I’m using for my portrait shoot.
I had all the clothes I need placed inside a plastic bag while the books that I’ll be using as props were placed on my big multipurpose all-in-one black bag pus my usual handcarried bag.
B. Off We Go!
– As it has been whenever have early morning classes, I would join my mom and my brother in a carpool that would fetch us to our respective places of work and study. Not to far from our subdivision, I checked my bag if I forgot anything (I almost left my wallet inside my camera bag which I did not intend on bringing it to school for the meantime). I can’t seem to find my Ipod Nano which I often use as a flash drive. I thought I left it on the PC while printing what I was supposed to print.
Fortunately, I failed to check the other zipper that my bag possesses and when I saw what was found inside, I finally got some reliefe after finding my Ipod from inside my bag.
C. Kargo
-I decided to have breakfast in McDonald’s-Taft so coming out from the carpool, I was armed with a medium-sized handcarried plastig bag, a big black bag that’s as heavy as a big screen TV. Add to that was my Fotogra folder where I keep some important files and mymega-ton heavy “Book of Photography” which I’ve been borrowing for 3 weeks now.
Imagine having all of what I’m carrying all the way to SDA!
D. Set Up, Pack Up, Set Up, Pack Up
As early as 8:30 AM, I started setting up equipment I borrowed from the ML-0 of the 10th Floor SDA in one of those photography studios in the 11th floor. I checked if there was someone who already reserved one of the rooms and thank goodness that one of them is good until 11 in the morning. Although I have to go back to another nearby photography studio (A1116) for this week’s Fotogra session with Ms Dolly. She just came back from her trip in Camarines Sur with the other photography professors and students; and was showing to the class all the shots she took plus those from one of our classmates who actually tagged along to CamSur as well.
Astonishing as it may sound, I had to resume my photoshoot for my still-life. Jus before 11am, I was already done. I had to leave the stuff there for now so that I could submit something important for Miss Dolly and also asked if I could pass my studio portrait and still-life photos later in the day.
So I had all the equipmnt moved to another room. Quite unsure if it was already reserved, me and my partner decided to have lunch. Early in the afternoon, my partner started setting up the equipment while I was checking CSB’s iReserve if someone already saved a spot on the room that we were in. Turns out there was a reservation.
We all had to pack up again but despite this, I finally found the right room that we could use, our classroom A1116. Eventualy, half-an-hour before 3pm, I was finally done with my shots and had all the equipments returned sans the Nikon D70 and a USB port cable I need to transfer my files.
E. Nerderrific!
-The problem though while shooting my partner-model for my studio portrait is that I find it difficult for him to fully grasp the kind of convincing factor to believe that he is a nerd (which is my theme for the shoot). One factor, he doesn’t look nerdy at all, second, he’s not comfortable with the long sleeved polo shirt I gave him to wear as his costume. So many of he good shots I took of him aren’t that much convincing.
F. Stairs and Up
-Then I almost forgot that I also am going to print out my assignment for Profes1 so after finsihing my midterms early for the subject, I quickly went to a comlab and accessed the Profes1 Yahoo Group. I was kinda hoping I could download my ile from the Files section of the group but turns out it’s no longer there. I told my prof that I can’t find my file, she recommended checking the Sent folder from my Yahoo email account but told her that it was off since the moment I have this email for 6 and a half years.
She finally gave me my file from her email add so I quickly went to the techroom at the 11th floor and had it printed. But the report is 6 pages long so I have to pay for the last three of the six pages. The tech guy told me to go down to the 3rd floor fast to pay for the printing just before they close down for the day. Good thing that I did manage to reach the accounting office as fast as I could.
G. Photocopied
-After getting my printed report, I climbed up the stairs to the 9th floor and went to the xerox center so that I could have my course cards photocopied before submitting it to my academic advisor.
H. The Return
-I had both the D70 and its USB port cable returned finally. So I was more than happy to see my ID again. I left my stuff for some friends to watchover while leaving the building to have my files for studio portrait and still life burned into one CD.
J. The Giving
-Now feeling very tired, I went to the 14th floor to submit my CD for Ms Dolly. And after that I went to the caf to arrange my things so I could finally go home.
K. Quicktrip
-I made a quicktrip to the 7th floor to renew the book I mentioned a while earlier for another week. I also headed for the 3rd floor’s SDA clinic to give myself some strepcil candy.
L. The Road Home
-Finally, I got the chance to go home! As you could sense from G below, I’m already getting sleepy by now after writing this entry for about an hour. But just to wrap this up, I had a hard time commuting because of the extremely heavy load I was carrying from school all the way home. But thank goodness, I could now finally get some rest! 😀
END!
DMA1’s first Sondesn class under Sir Zahn Paul Yu
First photoshoot for Fotogra.
CP: Portrait
Model: Christopher King
Theme: Nerd
Equipment used: Nikon D70, redhead, tripod, and lightstand
Location : Darkroom a.k.a. Rm. A1115, SDA Campus
ISO: 200
Comments, criticisms, praises and suggestions are pretty much welcome.
Note though, I’m gonna reshoot againt next week. Kailangan ko lang talaga ng backdrop for this plus the time given for me to shoot was inadequate so I decided to continue it by next week. 😀
[Patagu-tago mode…]
Calling out to my four-some look-alike geeks ehehehe. I know kung sinu-sino kayo, hindi niyo lang alam na kayo pala ang tinutukoy ko.
Medyo masaya ako ngayon kasi lagpas na isang taon nung nakilala ko kayong apat na kahit magkaiba sa iba’t ibang paraan ay iisa ang parehong interes. Isang interes na natutunan kong mahalin.
Siyempre nauna na dito iyung isa na pumunta minsan sa Multiply ko. You’re very much of a rebel, a person with a cause. Minsan medyo over pero may sense rin kasi nagbibigay ka lang ng opinyon. Masyado ka nilang minamaliit pero wala silang pinagkaiba sa ating lahat kasi entitled tayo sa ating mga views at opinions. At sa lahat ng pagkakataon ay ikaw ay nasa tama, in the sense na may punto ka na hindi nila maintindihan.
Susunod naman ay isa na alam kong frustrated ngayon sa kanyang bagong kabanata ng buhay niya pero kahit papano ay nakakahanap pa rin siya ng time para sa kanyang sarili. Hehehe, medyo mahirap kang i-describe pero masasabi ko lang na ikaw ang isa sa mga tao na talagang nagbuka sa mga mata ko sa kakaibang mundong pinasukan ko. You somehow managed to pull it through the hardships of being a part of the ‘higher ups’ with fail but somehow you were able to make friends with your idols, something I’m always afraid of doing if I have the opportunity. Your take on life always amaze me, your words of encouragement and wisdom never fails to help me when I’m down.
One…two…three…four. Di kapanipaniwala ang mga ginagawa mo. Something of a hobby that became a lifelong passion, a passion shared by many. Despite how busy you must be now, you’d always find a time to count the songs that come out in every chart aired on every medium available. Other than that, we somehow shared a liking towards a network most often underestimated because of its affiliation to a bigger one. Hindi mo lang siguro alam pero kungdi dahil sa yo, malamang ay forever adik ako sa mga bagay na iilan lang ang nakakaalam. Ngayon, at least, lumago na ang mga interes ko, mga interes na meron din mula sa mga kaibigan ko sa eskuwela.
Last but not the least ay ikaw na naging guro ko sa maraming paraan na di ko akalain ay posible. Nilaan mo di lang sakin kungdi sa iba ang daan para malaman namin ang kasaysayan ng mundo na kung tawagin natin ay telebisyon at radyo. Dala na rin sa pagiging ‘history buff’ ko, ang dami dami kong natutunan mula sa iba’t ibang taong bahagi sa industriya na dati kang naging bahagi. Halata na magkaiba ang mga pinapanigan natin, hindi ito hadlang para ma-share natin ang kinahihiligan, mula sa palabas hanggang sa discussion ukol sa kasaysayan. Hanep talaga ang kaalaman mo sa nakaraaan! Hanga ako sa bagong hamon na iyong kinahaharapan sa buhay, basta wag ka lamang susuko dahil siguradong nasa likod mo ang mga mahal mo sa buhay. Continue what you’ve started and you’ll go a long long way! (Teka, commercial ata ng Petron iyung binanggit ko ah?)
Hindi binabase sa kung gaano kahaba ang mga nasusulat kong paragraph sa inyo para lang malaman niyo kung gaano ako nagpapasalamat na nakilala ko kayo. Kahit na hindi pa tayo harapang nagkikita, isa lang ang sigurado. Utang ko sa inyo ang lahat nang pagbabago na pumasok sa buhay ko noong nakaraang taon.
Maraming, maraming salamat sa inyong APAT!
Waghh! I happened to have a dream about this last night other than “Derailment 2”. It was a mix of time-travel and comedic boohoo! I don’t know why I’m getting these freaky dreams in the first place…As if me having premonitions are not enough 🙁
So okay: In my dream, I was time traveling back in the past, maybe around 2-3 years ago. Destiny’s Child was by then an obsolete girl group and Beyonce was set to do DreamGirls. I, somehow, had knowledge of the future but was stuck in my pre-college self.
Inside my house, I saw my sister watching Beyonce on TV, who was doing “Oh oh oh oh oh ohoho….Oh oh oh oh oh oh hohoho!”. She was kinda amused by the music video because of the silly choreography that the singer is doing. This kinda gave me an idea.
“Ate…”
“Yes…”
“Alam mo ba iyung ‘Single Ladies’?”
“Ano ‘yun?”
“Bagong kanta ni Beyonce pero di pa eto napapalabas sa TV iyung music video niya”
“Ows?”
“Nakita ko to kaya sa Youtube! Nakakatawa grabeh!”
“Sige nga, ano iyung kanta doon?”
“Oh heto…Pati dance steps pakikita ko sayo!”
Now put your hands up
Up in the club, we just broke up
I’m doing my own little thing
Decided to dip and now you wanna trip
Cause another brother noticed me
I’m up on him, he up on me
Don’t pay him any attention
Just cried my tears, for three good years
Ya can’t be mad at me
Cause if you liked it then you should have put a ring on it
If you liked it then you shoulda put a ring on it
Don’t be mad once you see that he want it
If you liked it then you shoulda put a ring on it
Oh, oh, oh
If you liked it then you should have put a ring on it
If you liked it then you shoulda put a ring on it
Don’t be mad once you see that he want it
If you liked it then you shoulda put a ring on it
I got gloss on my lips, a man on my hips
Got me tighter in my Dereon jeans
Acting up, drink in my cup
I can care less what you think
I need no permission, did I mention
Don’t pay him any attention
Cause you had your turn and now you gonna learn
What it really feels like to miss me
Cause if you liked it then you should have put a ring on it
If you liked it then you shoulda put a ring on it
Don’t be mad once you see that he want it
If you liked it then you shoulda put a ring on it
Oh, oh, oh
If you liked it then you should have put a ring on it
If you liked it then you shoulda put a ring on it
Don’t be mad once you see that he want it
If you liked it then you shoulda put a ring on it
Oh, oh, oh
Don’t treat me to the things of the world
I’m not that kind of girl
Your love is what I prefer, what I deserve
Here’s a man that makes me then takes me
And delivers me to a destiny, to infinity and beyond
Pull me into your arms, say I’m the one you own
If you don’t, you’ll be alone
And like a ghost Ill be gone
All the single ladies, all the single ladies
All the single ladies, all the single ladies
All the single ladies, all the single ladies
All the single ladies
Now put your hands up, oh, oh, oh
Cause if you liked it then you should have put a ring on it
If you liked it then you shoulda put a ring on it
Don’t be mad once you see that he want it
If you liked it then you shoulda put a ring on it
Oh, oh, oh
If you liked it then you should have put a ring on it
If you liked it then you shoulda put a ring on it
Don’t be mad once you see that he want it
If you liked it then you shoulda put a ring on it
Oh, oh, oh
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Oh, see? It’s sooo weird!