Tag: Photography
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3 Different Ways to Shoot Fireworks
I’m posting the three “best” photos I took during the World Pyro Olympics and as far as I can remember, illustrate how I took them. May I reiterate that I am not a professional photographer and that most of the tips I got from shooting fireworks was taken from online tutorials and from Anton. Click…
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Tips for Taking Photos at the 2007 World Pyro Olympics
Last night, Anton, Ka Edong, Abraham, myself and a bunch of other folk went to see the second day of the World Pyro Olympics. I decided to post some tips I got from Anton as well as some of my personal thoughts if you decide to make your way to the other days. Click on…
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Don’t forget your camera this Christmas!
One of the things I love about the holidays is taking photos of people you haven’t seen in a long time. Call me a schmuck for telling you this – but if you were going to buy a camera, last week would have been the best time to buy it so you could use it…
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Photo Project: Concert Photography
I was asked to shoot the Burn Baby Burn Concert together with Elber. This was truly a crash course in concert photography (I learned a crapload of stuff on the spot) as two huge elements are ever changing – your subject and the stage lighting. Here are some shots of Johnny Allegre, Up Dharma Down,…
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Photo Project: Food Photography and Styling
Today, Jed and I attended a food photography and styling seminar by Jo Avila and Pixie Sevilla. We learned to cook and style two dishes – salad and pasta. I’ve taken an interest in photographing food because the opportunity to shoot horse de oovers has been getting more frequent because of F&B World Magazine (it…
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Photo Project: Lighting
We have a very friendly stray cat in the house named Ming Ming. While doing our once a year drinking binge slash photography session, Elber brought along his Nikon external flash which we used to do an impromptu portrait take for the cat. Click on the image for the full view. The result was absolutely…
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Around the World in One Camera
The Around the World in One Camera Project needs your help! They still need 2 – 3 more participants preferably from Africa. The whole idea is to create a photo album from images taken by 36 people from around the world using the same “travelling†camera and a single roll of film. Every participant will…
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Have you started Christmas shopping?
I’ve been making my list (and checking it twice) and composed a smile whilst I realized how the list gets longer and longer every year. I remember something Gail mentioned a few posts back that the true “rewards” of blogging aren’t the AdSense cheques or Xoom transactions, but the many sorts of ties we form,…
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November 2006 Photo Classes by Jo Avila
If you’re dead set on enhancing those photo skillls, or really just want to get those basic photography lessons, you may want to check out this schedule of classes for November. The year is about to end and it may be good to learn something new before 2007. The great legendary Jo Avila will be…
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Photo Project: Working with Frames
Yesterday concluded the end of our six day workshop for Batch 25 of Photoworks! I learned a lot from Leo Castillo and my classmates. It is a class I am recommending to those who would want to learn how to develop an eye for photography with (relatively) not a lot of technical information. To cap…
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