More Boracay pictures here.
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Memoirs of Boracay
Tag: Photography
Here are some shots taken in Punta Fuego using a set of colored creative filters. The vignette you see in some shots is an effect of a full zoom out using the A-series adaptor (it just means its a small adaptor) of the creative filter on my 18-55 kit lens. I shoot using a Canon 350D.
On an unrelated note, I’d really like to spray paint my camera body the way Jake Versosa does it (he’s selling his 20D by the way). I dunno. Maybe spray it white. Or zebra. Or sexy leopard. Will this void the warranty?
Badminton partner and iBlog speaker Anton Diaz of Our Awesome Planet
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The Two Sides of Photography
Sometimes I argue that photography has enshrined the superficiality of experience. It has contributed to the over-valuation of appearances to a point where image has (subconsciously) replaced the reality as reality. – Gang Badoy
I get excited whenever someone calls me over the landline. It is partly attributed to the surprise that the caller assumes I’m home coupled with the mystery factor of not knowing who that person is (I don’t have caller ID). in an age where we’ve replaced our landline with mobile phones, we hardly get surprised by who’s on the other line. We can reject the call if we don’t want to talk to the other person and make up some excuse like “hey I was at the spa and had cucumbers in my eyes so I couldn’t answer.”
In a similar light…
Is it better, as a tourist to have never seen a picture of your destination so that there are no pre-conceived notions of what the place looks like?
European Food Festival @ Serendra March 2007
Can the same be said for photography? I see many great pictures of the sights – that look so much better than the actual image itself. Is picture perfect an oxymoron? Here’s a simpler analogy: food stylists for instance try as much as possible to make the dish look really good on camera. Take for instance how appealing a Big Mac looks on the product shot. Not that it has anything to do with Sharon Cuneta, but does the real image justify what the consumer was led to believe?
This isn’t a bash on photography. It is actually a reaction to a post made by Gang Badoy about photography and how it can be used as a double edged sword. The first side is here. And the “>other side here.
I was able to finally talk to Wil Pascual, the creator of the Lagalag Project, which is an experiment of sorts that features Filipinos around the world and two traveling moleskines. We enjoyed a good 20 minutes talking about photography, moleskines and blogs.
This podcast was recorded using Gizmo and edited using GarageBand on a Macintosh. I need to make an erratum. Gizmo does not save files in MP3 format. It saves them onto WAV first which allows you more options in terms of manipulating the audio file.
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Wil and I were speaking in both English and Filipino. Would like to apologize for those who cannot understand some parts.
Show notes:
- Gizmo Project is way cooler than Skype because it allows you to record conversations
- Wil talks about the Lagalag Project and how it came to be
- Wil discusses his moleskine page for the project
- A short explanation on my picture of Foz’s smile that was captured on YouTube
- A short note on the Philippine Blog Awards and who’s going
- We love moleskine and Benedict Bueno