http://www.photography-schools-colleges.com/images/photography-colleges-film-roll.jpgPHOTOGRAPHY 101

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/6/6a/Camera.jpg Photography is the process of making pictures by means of the action of light. Light patterns reflected or emitted from objects are recorded onto a sensitive medium or storage chip through a timed exposure. The process is done through mechanical, chemical or digital devices known as cameras.

The word comes from the Greek words φως phos ("light"), and γραφις graphis ("stylus", "paintbrush") or γραφη graphê, together meaning "drawing with light" or "representation by means of lines" or "drawing." Traditionally the product of photography has been called a photograph. The term photo is an abbreviation, many people also call them pictures. In digital photography, the term image has begun to replace photograph. (The term image is traditional in geometric optics.)

Master Dudz and Sir Francis, we, the wannabe photographers are requesting your presence. We hope you could check out this thread regularly and check our progress and at the same time give some critique and some tutorials/tips for our improvement. Thanks.

Wannabe Photographers:
1. sinjin
2.
3.

Guys, what do you call these effects, and how to? thanks! :)

both pics by Gerald Yuvallos of flickr.com:

1. http://img210.imageshack.us/img210/6527/14054167961d5930cc77pw.jpg


2. http://img513.imageshack.us/img513/7796/13695852721e02225c41an.jpg

^^ add me in the list sinj..

sir dudz at sir francis salamat sa tips.. dabest kayo!!!

^^ yeah thanks to master dudz and sir francis and to all the other masters and sirs for their free lectures. hehehe

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some of my old pics..

Guys, what do you call these effects, and how to? thanks! :)

both pics by Gerald Yuvallos of flickr.com:

1. http://img210.imageshack.us/img210/6527/14054167961d5930cc77pw.jpg


2. http://img513.imageshack.us/img513/7796/13695852721e02225c41an.jpg


Yan yung tinatawag nilang Motion Blur sa Photoshop. Dun ko lag kayang gawin yan hehe :D

But sometimes I get that kind of effect by accident. Like this one:
http://photos.friendster.com/photos/36/74/3174763/24038765113667l.jpg
(My friend Mitch riding a moving carousel)

This one I made through Photoshop:
http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b332/ashley_30303/photoshop/dangels2copy.jpg

^^ thnx ash. ako nga din eh by chance lang kung makakuha ng motion blur effect. hehehe.

btw, ur friends are pretty. hehehe. pero syempre walang-wala sila sa'yo. ;)

ayus 2nd thread.

^^ thnx ash. ako nga din eh by chance lang kung makakuha ng motion blur effect. hehehe.

btw, ur friends are pretty. hehehe. pero syempre walang-wala sila sa'yo. ;)

LOL. Humirit pa si @Markiiboy. :okay:

Sorry, yun lang ang contribution ko muna :D

^^ thnx ash. ako nga din eh by chance lang kung makakuha ng motion blur effect. hehehe.

btw, ur friends are pretty. hehehe. pero syempre walang-wala sila sa'yo. ;)

nyeh.. hehe salamat. :)

Guys, what do you call these effects, and how to? thanks! :)

both pics by Gerald Yuvallos of flickr.com:

1. http://img210.imageshack.us/img210/6527/14054167961d5930cc77pw.jpg


2. http://img513.imageshack.us/img513/7796/13695852721e02225c41an.jpg


for the first pic... it's called panning... you get this effect when you follow the moving object with the camera and clicking it a the same time...

for the second pic, it's a picture with a long exposure time... you expose the film for a long time to create the streaking light effect.

^^ how to control the exposure time? hehehe sorry i really have no idea...

^^ what camera are your using? usually sa menu ng mga cameras, there's an option for LTE or Long time exposure...then you'd be given choices kung ilang seconds katagal open yung shutter...this is very useful when taking taking night shots...depending on how long the exposure is, kaya nagiging streaks of lights na lang yung mga sasakyan...and, don't forget to mount your camera on something stable like a tripod ;)

Mine is a Sony cybershot. so it depends on the camera also? coz i dont have an LTE option. too bad. but thnx for answers and for the advice coke. :)

My camera (Panasonic DMC-LZ2) has a night feature (scenery and portrait) but it automatically determines the exposure time. :( Kung pwede ko lang ihack yung database nya! :D

Well, perhaps if you know how to manually adjust exposure settings, you won't need to use nightmode since proper speed and exposure can deal with the darkness of night.

For me, I practiced finding out what speed and exposure settings to use by sitting in one spot and taking like 50 pictures of the same subject using different exposure settings... Until I got confident about which settings to use for what amount of light.

repost ko lang, parang mas bagay kasi dito

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myambassador! tama ka diyan. the first pic is simply called panning. that's what they do usually sa sports - sa car racing or motocross. you can use 1/30 sec or slower shutter speed settings. again, if you are not using a SLR or prosumer camera, then you would not be able to do this. but take heart, try using your night mode and try to see what the outcome is. i've never tried this myself nor the panning thing. i usually get trash photos. :D but if you get one, it would feel great. that's one of the marvel of photography. well, assuming you don't have photoshop to do all the trick! :) way to go Ash...hehe...

for the second photo, that's indeed is a long exposure shot (thanks myambassador). if you are using a compact cam (point-and-shoot), the chances are slim that you will get something like this one. if you don't want any car to appear on your frame, make it sure that you set your shutter speed at 10 seconds or lower. 15 seconds will also do. If you have this so called "Bulb" setting, then you can set shutter speeed to longer duration, let's say 30 seconds. Again, only SLR cams and some prosumer cams (e.g., Canon S2/ S1 IS, Sony DSC H1) can do that.

Now what is bulb setting...?
Bulb Setting
http://www.butkus.org/chinon/kr-30sp/body37.jpg

This is the shutter speed setting where your cam's aperture is open as long as you wish...Can be hours. This is the principle behind the photos of multiple moons in one frame. (again, PS is capable of doing the trick). You may opt to cover your camera with paper or anything to prevent too much light from coming in, then open it again if you want to capture that scene. This can be done when taking multiple bursts of fireworks.

hey sinjin, thanks for opening a new thread. and hey marvs (sugbuanon), you sure those are old shots? seems like there's a lot of improvement on your composition compared with your earlier tries. :)

Kenny taking on the Mall of Asia... (as posted sa SM CBP thread)

the following photos were shot using a Nikon F3 (the jurassic SLR) with a fish-eye lens that give the pictures a "huge" feel... (o diba may theme?! :lol: )

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v31/mbassy2003/MoA/moa8.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v31/mbassy2003/MoA/moa7.jpg

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http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v31/mbassy2003/MoA/moa5.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v31/mbassy2003/MoA/moa1.jpg

sorry nakalimutan ko na ung apperture and shutter speed settings ng pic... :(

*photos were croped and tagged for public viewing... if you wish to see the untagged uncropped HQ version and negitive information.. PM niyo nalang ako :)

Nice photos mbassyambassador :okay:

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Gerald, ano yung pinost mo? parang gelatin? :D what an abstract!
Myambassador, galing naman ng fish eye view mo. they should use that for promotion of MOA.

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cool, where did you take this? Israel? hehe

markiiboi, i like the greenery of your photo. the more serious version of that can be done this way:

- palapitin mo yung sheep sa tubig, then make it sure na lahat sa sheep kuha sa reflection.
- you can either make it simpler, by maintaining the scope in your frame but positioning yourself the farthest distance para blurred ang background
- or by moving away not using any zoom, and take a landscape shot including as much as you can into your frame :)
aesthetics ko lang naman...:D

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cute :)

Gerald, ano yung pinost mo? parang gelatin? :D what an abstract!
Myambassador, galing naman ng fish eye view mo. they should use that for promotion of MOA.

yung pic ni gerald, i think ceiling yun ng Shangri-la Plaza dun sa bandang crossings dept store :D

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^^ now, that's a really good shot! :okay:
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Yellow Lotus

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markiiboi, i like the greenery of your photo. the more serious version of that can be done this way:

- palapitin mo yung sheep sa tubig, then make it sure na lahat sa sheep kuha sa reflection.
- you can either make it simpler, by maintaining the scope in your frame but positioning yourself the farthest distance para blurred ang background
- or by moving away not using any zoom, and take a landscape shot including as much as you can into your frame :)
aesthetics ko lang naman...:D


thanks sir francis!! :)

actually there a bunch of them in the frame but only this one has the reflection so i just cropped it. hehe and i thought that the background will be blury but it turned out otherwise. this is the max zoom of my cam already.



^^ now, that's a really good shot! :okay:


thanks master coke! hehe :)

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:applause:

^^ thnx man! :)

i'm learning from you guys... ;)

^^ @ MarkiiBoi: Very good work! Iapil na sa UUPC. :D

^^ thnx jin. okay i will.

yeah Markii! post na na sa UUPC! ;) haha togoinks, master coke ka dyan! :bash:

Child In Flight

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Innocence

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^^ Hala, more UUPC entries. :D

^^ hehehe. maybe in the coming weeks jin. :D

^^ Btw, you can post 2 entries per contest. ;)

Child In Flight

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Innocence

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master!

^^ hahaha not quite yet, mbassy. marami-rami pa akung kakaining bigas. hehe. thanks! :)

Nice photos MarkiiBoi! :okay:

Child In Flight

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Innocence

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WoW! bai... I never knew that you have a hidden photography talent... You said yesterday during our tree planting that you don't know how to take pictures but here you are, prof indeed :okay::okay:

^^:master:perfect timing markiiboi

^^ hahaha not quite yet, mbassy. marami-rami pa akung kakaining bigas. hehe. thanks! :)

alam mo, photography isn't really about the technical stuff... it's about capturing the beauty of life... and you know what: you have talent... you do good in spontaneous photography... not alot of photographers can do that.

^^ thanks @ BoNduRanT, slerz, dxpsycho and mbassyambassador! :) tsamba lang talaga. i was just in the right place at the right time. hehehe. :D

Ang ganda ng pictures ni Markii! Super!

^^ waaah thnx ate Lili. pero mas maganda ka pa rin.. ;)

VOTE FOR MARKIIBOI in the FINALS!

http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=358253

^^ waaah thnx ate Lili. pero mas maganda ka pa rin.. ;)

waahhh! ok ka talaga Markii. You get my vote! :okay:

UnUrban Photo Contest 2006/12

1 The Sun`s Awakening 9.67 (MarkiiBoi)
34 Yellow Lotus 7.77 (c0kelitr0)
36 Reflection: Part Two (On the Table) 7.72 (sinjin)
42 Reflection: Part One 7.53 (sinjin)

Thnx for the info jin.

Vote for me guys HERE (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=358253). Thnx :)

^^ thanks @ BoNduRanT, slerz, dxpsycho and mbassyambassador! :) tsamba lang talaga. i was just in the right place at the right time. hehehe. :D

you know @Mark, tsamba happens during 1sts and somtimes during second tries but majority of your photography works are worth outstanding. I can sense the meaning and the story behind of your first-rate pictures :okay:

nice shots MarkiiBoi :okay:

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WOW! markiiboi!... breath taking! keep it up! :okay:

^ Nakita mo ba may rainbow effect pa across the sky. :)

^ Nakita mo ba may rainbow effect pa across the sky. :)

wow oonga ano, wow I luv the rainbow effect! galeng galeng markiiboi!

oo nga eh... parang kumpleto yung elements...

and I think markiiboi's going to win the UUPC! :cheer:

nothing to brag about.. napagdiskitahan ko lang yung breakfast ko ngayon... :lol:


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Markii! haha daug na ka sigurado!
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hope this will encourage everyone to join UPC and UUPC ;)

THANK YOU VERY MUCH

sa mga ni vote sa ako pic sa UUPC.

You guys rock! :rock:

Skyscrapers
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Harmony of Nature
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Guys, please vote for our entries in the UUPC:
Harmony of Nature : http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=358578
Towering Skyscrapers? : http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=358579
Shells and Lines: http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=358481

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VOTE FOR ME (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=358668)

Thank You!!! :)

MarkiiBoi's on a roll!!! GOOD JOB! :okay:

^^ thnx budz. :)

@sinjin: the first pic is actually good because of the silhouette effect of the sun, but i guess the second one has too much of the sun, too glaring. (but dont listen to me, im no pro. hehehe.)

great image mark. golden. the line that divides it horizontally turns green. may lumot and water sa isang side then sa lifeless side andun yung person. ang ganda ng composition. astig pa yung texture ng sand. palabo ng palabo papalayo.

wow! galing ng idea of composition ni anthony. that's something i'm not so good at. kahit mg interpret ng short story or poetry nung college di ako marunong.

@ markiiboi, keep them on coming. you have an eye of a good photographer. galing ng sunset shot mo. the right timing and right lighting. good job!

@ sinjin, i like your first photo. for me it's too serious. for some this is superb, but can be boring for others. really subjective. one way to improve this is by putting an accent. you can do this by adding something that's conspicuosly different from the whole thing - maybe a dragonfly or a bright-brown leaf, or perhaps a flower.

the second photo, as maskiiboi said is overexposed. again, blame it to the sun...errr...i mean the cam. hehe...things you can do to improve it: more canopy...the more the leaves are, the less light would come in making more dramatic effects to your photo. second, be simple. do you want to show the guava leaves? or palm leaves? choose only one. :) hope that'd help. keep on clicking. practice more and be excellent!

oh by the way, i know this is already worn out suggestion, but again, to be different, i suggest everyone to try angles which are not so common. what's so common can become a bit cheesy sometimes. so if you have to lie down to take that great shot, then do so. or if you have to climb a tree to get a vantage point, then go ahead. everything for the sake of...SSC? no...for the sake of ART! hehe...: there you go. being different however is no easy job. even as a person. you will be the object of ridicule. but not in photography. the process is tedious and not easy, but you will be rewarded by fulfillment by being different! :)

^^ thnx weirdo!. yeah i love the rich color also and how the green stands out. :)


and sir francis, thnx too! :)
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anyway I practiced panning and the light-streak effect today. (at last my idea na ako how to do them. hehe)

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wow! markiiboi, i like the panning shots. siyempre pa...i'm amazed at something i don't know! what settings did you use for those?

sir franz, i just set the shutter speed to 30. then point to the moving subject, half-click, and follow it (in the same speed) until it reaches in front of you, then click.

drop the sir. di naman ako master...:)
you probably mean 1/30th of a second. keep on practicing. you can try sports. but only those who run in straight lines like motocross, car race, athletics, but not the ballgames. tas turuan mo ako. kasi di ako maalam diyan...:D

@markii! i'm so amazed with your talent! i just so love this forum, sa totoo lang, ang dami kong natutunan dito :cry: senti mode...alabsyou guys :lol:

^^ naks. papunta pa lang ako coke, kayo pabalik na. hehehe.

@markii! i'm so amazed with your talent! i just so love this forum, sa totoo lang, ang dami kong natutunan dito :cry: senti mode...alabsyou guys :lol:

ako rin! ilabsyoutoo!!! and you! and you! and you!

^^ naks. papunta pa lang ako coke, kayo pabalik na. hehehe.

ngek!... mali... papunta ka nga... hinahabol ka naman namin!

^^ :rofl:

http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a238/MarkiiBoi/IceCream.jpg

...Mamang sorbetero, tayo'y sumayaw
Kalembang mong hawak, muling ikaway
Batang munti, sa 'yo'y naghihintay
Bigyang ligaya ngayong tag-araw...

^^ omg, another sure win sa UUPC!

^^ Wow, Selective Desaturation! :applause:

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Nice picture, try to balance the horizon and if I am going to shoot this picture, I would prefer the bangkero towards the left, not so much centered.

Some photos I took in Laguna Beach.
http://photobucket.com/albums/v635/jbkayaker12/sf1.jpg

http://photobucket.com/albums/v635/jbkayaker12/sf2.jpg

http://photobucket.com/albums/v635/jbkayaker12/sf3.jpg

^^ thnx bro. you mean like this one?

http://img163.imageshack.us/img163/1765/sunriseatliloan2229uk.jpg

:laugh: dami mo pa palang extra shots eh. Maganda pa din!

^^ hindi kasi sure, kaya click lang ng click. hehehe.

For an amateur daw, the best thing to do is just to shoot, shoot , and shoot some more and learn from each shot. Kaya ayun, in a single setting, ang daming kuha. hehehe.

but thnx budz! :)

nindot sad bitaw nang second bai kay mas makita ang motion :okay:

^^ thnx bro. you mean like this one?

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No, yong bangkero should be at the left hand side kasi the direction of the moving bangka is towards the right if you're looking at the picture. Pero puede na yan kasi beauty is in the eye of the beholder naman eh.

went to Intramuros kahapon and caught this guy having a siesta...

http://i55.photobucket.com/albums/g138/jafhoy3/100_0994copy.jpg

^^ love how the color stands-out from the white background. :okay:

one more...

http://i55.photobucket.com/albums/g138/jafhoy3/100_0985copy.jpg

nakakainggit kayo... nakaDSLR kayo kaya ang dali lang kumuha ng pic... samantalang ako kailangan ko pang gumawa ng trips for photo processing para makapagshare...

^^ ngaks...di po DSLR yung camera ko...it's just a compact digicam ;)

^^ ako din point-and-shoot na digicam lang. cant afford pa ng dSLR. hehehe

hehehe...making the most out of what we have...
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Laguna Beach on a foggy day in June.

Crescent Bay
http://photobucket.com/albums/v635/jbkayaker12/lb4.jpg

http://photobucket.com/albums/v635/jbkayaker12/lb5.jpg

http://photobucket.com/albums/v635/jbkayaker12/lb6.jpg

http://photobucket.com/albums/v635/jbkayaker12/lb7.jpg

jbkayaker12, nice photos there! ok yung pagpili mo what to put on your frame and what not to, and how much of your frame should be occupied by a particular portion of your subject! unconscious? now you know...:) hehe...
downside: some photos are overexposed. PS could do the remedies here. plus the weather was not so cooperative. it's a bit difficult to take shots when the sky is gloomy.
your photo searies with a surfer creates a story. galing. parang enthusiastic sa una, then parang lupaypay na nung umuwi. di man lang nakapag-invite ng kaibigan na sumama sa kanya. hehe...a single photo tells thousand stories talaga. (tama ba?)

fhoy, ang galing ng composition mo. i like the first photo...pati yung kabayo nakadoze off. this is the downside: if you want to emphasize your subject being asleep, then on the immediate glance of the photo, dapat makita ko yung tulog na mama. kaso, medyo nakatago. mahirap naman pag lumapit ka pa ng husto! :D good job...

by the way, tama ka dun, you can make the most out of what you have. you can do compositions kahit point-and-shoot ang cam. so take heart for those with no SLR or DSLR or even the prosumer cams.

markiiboi, ang galing mo na. gusto ko yung trick na ginawa mo sa selective coloring. ano nga ba tawag dun? i've tried doing that on photoshop, pero tinamad na ako. perhaps you could coach us do it on our own? :) kita mo, ambopol ko sa digital photography. hanggang film pa lang ata ang alam ko. :D

^^Master Franz, choose mo lang yung area na gusto mo (either using magic wand or lasso tool), then adjust the saturation. then adjust din yung saturation ng base pic mo into black white.

i hope this helps. nag experiment lang din ako sa PS. hehehe

jbkayaker12, nice photos there! ok yung pagpili mo what to put on your frame and what not to, and how much of your frame should be occupied by a particular portion of your subject! unconscious? now you know...:) hehe...
downside: some photos are overexposed. PS could do the remedies here. plus the weather was not so cooperative. it's a bit difficult to take shots when the sky is gloomy.
your photo searies with a surfer creates a story. galing. parang enthusiastic sa una, then parang lupaypay na nung umuwi. di man lang nakapag-invite ng kaibigan na sumama sa kanya. hehe...a single photo tells thousand stories talaga. (tama ba?)

fhoy, ang galing ng composition mo. i like the first photo...pati yung kabayo nakadoze off. this is the downside: if you want to emphasize your subject being asleep, then on the immediate glance of the photo, dapat makita ko yung tulog na mama. kaso, medyo nakatago. mahirap naman pag lumapit ka pa ng husto! :D good job...

by the way, tama ka dun, you can make the most out of what you have. you can do compositions kahit point-and-shoot ang cam. so take heart for those with no SLR or DSLR or even the prosumer cams.

markiiboi, ang galing mo na. gusto ko yung trick na ginawa mo sa selective coloring. ano nga ba tawag dun? i've tried doing that on photoshop, pero tinamad na ako. perhaps you could coach us do it on our own? :) kita mo, ambopol ko sa digital photography. hanggang film pa lang ata ang alam ko. :D


Thanks, I try to balance everything in the photoshoot from the foreground, main shot and background. Regarding the photos it was foggy, the first photo was foggy, ganyan talaga early morning sa Laguna, zoom shot pa siya kaya parang overexposed. I have more shots of surfers in groups. I lost all my shots with the heavy fog accidentally kaya I took all the shots once again. I was not able to reshoot everything for obvious reason especially some surf scenes late afternoon, oh well.....

Three friends enjoying the surf in Laguna.

http://photobucket.com/albums/v635/jbkayaker12/sf6.jpg

http://photobucket.com/albums/v635/jbkayaker12/sf4.jpg

http://photobucket.com/albums/v635/jbkayaker12/sf5.jpg

i missed skim boarding!

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The Coffee Bean

i missed skim boarding!

Where do you reside and where have you gone skim boarding?

i live here in cebu city, and i do skim boarding in Liloan, a northern town here in cebu.

Are there places in Cebu where you can purchase or rent the board? Just curious, anyway I go kayaking here in Vegas pero I have not done it in a few years. Yong kayak ko it's collecting dust at my sister's garage but I might go to the lake this weekend. I'll take some pictures of the islands at the lake and the lake itself if my trip pushes through. :)

^^ i dont have my own board too. i just borrowed it from a classmate. but board-making has become the bread-and-butter of some folks there so you actually have your own custom-built.

^^^Good to hear that, better to have people in coastal areas get involved in other business ventures instead of always relying on the bounty of the overfished sea.

^^ yep exactly. ;)

http://i5.tinypic.com/125jad2.jpg



bukas nalang yung iba... tinatamad nako e. :D

planet of the apes.. :lol:





http://i5.tinypic.com/125jct5.jpg

tambay mode!

http://i6.tinypic.com/125jddi.jpg

Galing! :okay:

^^ ui, thanks.. :colgate:

bukas naman yung iba... ireresize ko pa.. :D

^^^^Just an observation, you can have the same silhouette effect on your pictures by not blocking the view of the sun. Mas dramatic ang effect.

my version of silhouette effect ;)

d coconuntnat
http://i55.photobucket.com/albums/g124/slerz3/as46.jpg

^^^^Just an observation, you can have the same silhouette effect on your pictures by not blocking the view of the sun. Mas dramatic ang effect.


ganito ba? :D


http://i6.tinypic.com/13yf7dh.jpg

Yes, but try to make sure yong horizon is straight and not uneven.

More of Laguna Beach, birds in flight.

http://photobucket.com/albums/v635/jbkayaker12/lbh10.jpg

http://photobucket.com/albums/v635/jbkayaker12/lbh9.jpg

http://photobucket.com/albums/v635/jbkayaker12/lbh11.jpg

Yes, but try to make sure yong horizon is straight and not uneven.


ok.. sabihin ko sa kumuhan ng pics sakin... hehe..

Share ko some pics from.........as usual, MoA this afternoon.

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y153/GeraldBlack/Picture_019.jpg

Nasaan na kaya ako?

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y153/GeraldBlack/Picture_041.jpg

.......................

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y153/GeraldBlack/Picture_028.jpg

rocks.

ito pa pala....

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y153/GeraldBlack/Picture_020.jpg

Cebu City at Dusk

http://i67.photobucket.com/albums/h282/MarkiiBoi3/DSC01874copy.jpg



The Beauty of Marcelo

http://i67.photobucket.com/albums/h282/MarkiiBoi3/marceloFernanBridge.jpg



One Lucky Strike!

http://i67.photobucket.com/albums/h282/MarkiiBoi3/DSC01926copy22.jpg

astig ka Markiiboi! Ang gagaling! I'm speechless! hehe...
by the way, di you use your zoom on your first frame? the result would be a blurred sky. you might want to try not using your zoom, then take the whole scenery. never mind the cropping.

markii! nice photos there bud especially the first photo; the horizon's a bit tilted but that's just minor! good job! :okay:
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and never sacrifice quality...don't compress the file too much when saving ;)

^^ thnx master franz and coke. yeah the first pix is zoomed to the maximum to get some skyline detail. buti na lang maganda yung color ng sky. hehehe

I like the bridge, middle picture. The first picture is too busy, skyline, clouds and whatever is on that water, the bangka is a nice touch. The last picture is blurry/soft!

^^ the last pic jb was really too grainy due to wrong ISO used, that's why i have to reduce the noise and in effect blurring it. hehehe. but thnx for that.. :)

Talk about night shot, driving to Westwood this tower was sticking from afar so I took a picture from inside the car while we were waiting for the light.
http://photobucket.com/albums/v635/jbkayaker12/city.jpg

A silhouette picture of the Mojave Desert with a ray of the sun.
http://photobucket.com/albums/v635/jbkayaker12/silh.jpg

We had lunch today at Red Rock and on the way back to the car I took this picture of palm trees.
http://photobucket.com/albums/v635/jbkayaker12/palm.jpg

hi guys, just sharing this for a folio i'm developing.

http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b74/paulkrps/sample1.jpg

http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b74/paulkrps/sample2.jpg

http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b74/paulkrps/sample3.jpg

http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b74/paulkrps/sample4.jpg

http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b74/paulkrps/sample5.jpg

http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b74/paulkrps/sample6.jpg

http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b74/paulkrps/sample7.jpg

http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b74/paulkrps/sample8.jpg

http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b74/paulkrps/sample9.jpg

http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b74/paulkrps/sample10.jpg

http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b74/paulkrps/sample11.jpg

Awesome job Paul! :applause:

nice job paul! :okay:

^^ thanks fhoy and kimber.

^^ Nice Paul. :) You do like macros and it suits the theme of your project. I love flora shots, especially green-themed. Very refreshing to the eyes.

^^ thanks lili. it's part of my life project folio. i've been at it since last year. i'm just trying to do stuff and then sort it according to seasons. been wanting to do a book aptly titled "life details" so these macros are a perfect fit. probably a year more compiling these images and i think i have more than enough materials to start on it.

hi everyone! i'm back! sorry for not coming here the past several weeks. 2nd thread na pala! :okay: and wow!!! nakakagulat ang mga photos ngayon. pang-contest na talaga! congratulations to everyone! happy you guys have taken the time to learn and improve your craft. keep it up! and thanks a lot to francis, also jbkayaker for the feedbacks and tips. kelangan ko rin nyan :). and to everyone, of course, for appreciating the photos. pag ipopost sa ssc, ang sarap kumuha ng pics!

markiiboi: you definitely are one of the best here. you're good at almost everything. that's a great leap! together with mbambassador/kenny, weirdo/anthony, sino pa ba?! si fhoy din pala! tremendous talent. and congratulations! nanalo ka pala sa UUPC ha! :okay: i like your portrait of the laughing kid so much...it's infectious! :haha:

sinjin also improved a lot on the technical side. si myx naman, mukhang serioso na rin sa photography. mahilig ka pala sa silhouette:D also gerald and slerz and to all who shared their works...keep those cameras clicking!

@paulkrps: awesome work, paul! lamig sa mata :okay: and great idea too!

@paulkrps: awesome work, paul! lamig sa mata :okay: and great idea too!

thanks dudz. i think i was trying to capture a fleeting moment. kaya sometimes may blur or movement. it exactly what i was trying to do. parang impressionistic baga. very simple lines and subject. these are mostly weeds (di yung alam mo na) or flowers you can see anywhere. i was trying to capture the moment and the poetry, hehehe.

http://i55.photobucket.com/albums/g124/slerz3/as41.jpg

http://i55.photobucket.com/albums/g124/slerz3/as42.jpg

http://i55.photobucket.com/albums/g124/slerz3/as45b.jpg

markiiboi: you definitely are one of the best here. you're good at almost everything. that's a great leap! and congratulations! nanalo ka pala sa UUPC ha! :okay: i like your portrait of the laughing kid so much...it's infectious! :haha:



salamat master dudz! tsamba lang lahat yun. :D

ei... please include me... I am currently practicing my photography skills... :)

you can check my photos in multiply: soulmaker27

Mr. Paul...nice composition...medyo over exposed lang yung mga shots and most are out of focus...is it sadya?

Mr. Paul...nice composition...medyo over exposed lang yung mga shots and most are out of focus...is it sadya?

talagang sinadya ko as i've explained in my previous post.

thanks dudz. i think i was trying to capture a fleeting moment. kaya sometimes may blur or movement. it exactly what i was trying to do. parang impressionistic baga. very simple lines and subject. these are mostly weeds (di yung alam mo na) or flowers you can see anywhere. i was trying to capture the moment and the poetry, hehehe.

talagang sinadya ko as i've explained in my previous post.

:)

pasali na rin...

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v285/dagbagsit/yeloflower.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v285/dagbagsit/red.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v285/dagbagsit/phink.jpg

The photos shown here in this thread are all beautiful! Ang gagaling niyo lahat! :okay:

Talk about night shot, driving to Westwood this tower was sticking from afar so I took a picture from inside the car while we were waiting for the light.
http://photobucket.com/albums/v635/jbkayaker12/city.jpg


This is the Beverly Hills City hall

salamat master dudz! tsamba lang lahat yun. :Do, linya ko yan ah! :D. no markii, really, you are very good at it. so, keep that up. tuloy tuloy lang ang practice and btw, don't forget to critique your own photos. it's good! :okay:

ei... please include me... I am currently practicing my photography skills... sige lang! lahat naman welcome dito. but it would be better if you can post some of your photos here :)

@slerz: o, saan ang bird sa second photo? nagtago yata o lumipad na :D. a few suggestions, slerz: on the first photo, since your main subject is the bird, better if you placed it more to the left of the frame, probably lower (remember the rule of thirds), and so that you can have more of the sky which gives more color contrast than the concrete wall, para di rin sya agaw-attention...maganda kasi ang pader eh :D. now, if you want the bird centered, you can zoom-in closer so that it fills the frame and will show more details about the bird and probably what it's doing. also select a shallow (lower f/ value) depth of field. on your second photo, well, kulang sya sa focus saka...hmmm, mas maganda kung may kasama rin na kalapati o anything interesting, tubig na tumutulo siguro...catch it as it drops (kakaiba, kasi umaaraw eh :D j/k), pwede rin kung may nakasulat o drawing na kung ano sa kahoy, 'yun and i-focus mo. sa third photo naman, ang focus ay nasa...pebbles ba 'yan? siguro the same suggestion...focus on something interesting. exposure-wise?...okay naman ng lahat ng photos. okay ba, bai?

@donbagsit: galing, don. ganda ng colors :okay:. san kuha 'yan? saka, what camera do you use?

thanks dudz. i think i was trying to capture a fleeting moment. kaya sometimes may blur or movement. it exactly what i was trying to do. parang impressionistic baga. very simple lines and subject. these are mostly weeds (di yung alam mo na) or flowers you can see anywhere. i was trying to capture the moment and the poetry, hehehe.
yeah, it really is different from many macro shots i've seen. it's less 'academic'. none of those mindblowing details. more of the simple forms that the lines and the gentle curves create and with the predominance of green, it's more of comforting. great, paul!

Thanks master dudz for giving mo those tips coz I've learned something new. ;)
But nothing more serious pa sa photography, naadik lang sa digicam dahil sa ssc..hehe
oo nga, wala man diay bird sa second pic, baka nagtago sa ibaba :lol:

another set. sensya na, pinaliitan ko.

http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b74/paulkrps/sample21.jpg

http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b74/paulkrps/sample20.jpg

http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b74/paulkrps/sample19.jpg

http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b74/paulkrps/sample18.jpg

http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b74/paulkrps/sample17.jpg

http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b74/paulkrps/sample16.jpg

http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b74/paulkrps/sample15.jpg

http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b74/paulkrps/sample14.jpg

http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b74/paulkrps/sample13.jpg

http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b74/paulkrps/sample12.jpg

@paulkrps: nice macro work! are you using a macro lens?

@donbagsit, whoa nice colors!

@donbagsit: galing, don. ganda ng colors :okay:. san kuha 'yan? saka, what camera do you use?


thanks dudz and cokelitro...those are from my lola's garden...i took it on a cloudy moment para lumabas yung colors and not overexpose the subject from the sun.

I used a Canon Powershot A60 2MP digicam ;)

here's another shot from my Canon P&S...walis tingting

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v285/dagbagsit/32159531_9db3f83cc3.jpg

^^ nice works don!

@paulkrps: nice macro work! are you using a macro lens?

thanks markiiboi. actually it's a 62mm macro filter i bought over ebay. i'm using it with my 70-210 lens.

@slerz: subukan mo na rin, bay. adik ka na rin lang sa digicam eh :hehe:. sabayan mo si markii saka si arnold!:)

@paulkrps: another great set, paul! i especially like the first two photos. parang i'm in a dream. iba dating talaga. thanks a lot, paul! sometimes i do some macro. pero i think usual lang ang result.

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y91/imagesaver1206/bataan/semana%20santa%2006/80d72bb4.jpg
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y91/imagesaver1206/bataan/semana%20santa%2006/90d257e9.jpg
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y91/imagesaver1206/bataan/semana%20santa%2006/a40883a5.jpg





@donbagsit: akala ko sa park eh. nice garden ha. siguro matagal na ring photo yan, A60 pa eh. pero right now you're using dslr. cause in your avatar (is that you in your avatar?) you're holding what looks like a 300D, hula lang :D. saka natawa ako sa photo mo ng walis tingting. kasi i also took a photo of something similar...barbq sticks naman.:haha: kaya lang pangit eh. eto...

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y91/imagesaver1206/bataan/semana%20santa%2006/10132077.jpg

and also want to share some photos i took in iba, zambales. early cloudy morning so the colors are a bit subdued...

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y91/imagesaver1206/zambales/62186302.jpg
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y91/imagesaver1206/zambales/a1b08ff3.jpg
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y91/imagesaver1206/zambales/d1e03850.jpg
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y91/imagesaver1206/zambales/35bca8a8.jpg
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y91/imagesaver1206/zambales/307f70a8.jpg

late afternoon till almost sunset...
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y91/imagesaver1206/zambales/3834a29c.jpg

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y91/imagesaver1206/zambales/5745177b.jpg

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y91/imagesaver1206/zambales/d8bc1e92.jpg

Ang ganda talaga! I especially like the contrast of the vibrant red banca here amidst the subdued seascape.

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y91/imagesaver1206/zambales/d1e03850.jpg

And here, it's not the usual seascape horizontal shot but effective in drawing you in into the dynamism of the wave activity as contrasted to sheltering orange-hued sky. It's almost surrealistic.

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y91/imagesaver1206/zambales/d8bc1e92.jpg

^^ i had goosebumps seeing those two photos quoted by Lili above! great work dudz!
i love the contrasting colors of the first photo...the bright red boat immediately catches the attention of the viewer...

and for the second photo, what else can i say? pwede bang post mo na yan sa UUPC? :lol: 10/10

This is the Beverly Hills City hall

Nice there, I love the monolithic trees in Beverly Hills, same within the beach cities of Orange County . The ocean front area in Santa Monica reminds me of the bay area in Manila albeit just a bit darker in Santa Monica.

@paulkrps: another great set, paul! i especially like the first two photos. parang i'm in a dream. iba dating talaga. thanks a lot, paul! sometimes i do some macro. pero i think usual lang ang result.

thanks dudz. yung pangalawa. i think it's just the talahib, yung stem nya. hehehe. i've been a lot of these experimentations. i myself and my wife was also surprised with the results. kaka-adik na. hehehe.

placed some shots at my flickr site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lifeproject/

thanks lili and fhoy :). the beach is quite different here. during low tide those 'rocks' (actually dead corals) emerge and form a seascape that's unique.
and i think that's the only red boat amongst dozens near the beach! and did you notice those small black figures in the lower part of the photo. those were fishermen standing(!) on their boats as they go out for night fishing! and with plenty of them, it's an amazing sight...like this

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y91/imagesaver1206/zambales/54c8c880.jpg

@paulkrps: talahib? may talahib pala dyan :D. and yeah, this hobby is quite addictive. i guess any hobby for that matter. though i go for some serious photography only on weekends, i have my camera all the time! err, make that almost all the time :haha: :) and your site is amazing! unbelievable beautiful images all! congratulations! :okay::cheers1:

^^ this is a great shot dudz.

ewan ko kung anong klaseng damo, basta talahib sa tingin ko. hehehe. i started on photography siguro mga 7 years ago. kaso off on dahil nga film e. i bought my nikon d70 last year. kaya medyo naging adik na dahil di mo na aantayin ang developing. ang wishlist ko ngayon e yung d2h. hehehe. sobrang mahal, baka pupugutan na ako ni misis.

Thanks Sir Paul! :)

@donbagsit: akala ko sa park eh. nice garden ha. siguro matagal na ring photo yan, A60 pa eh. pero right now you're using dslr. cause in your avatar (is that you in your avatar?) you're holding what looks like a 300D, hula lang :D. saka natawa ako sa photo mo ng walis tingting. kasi i also took a photo of something similar...barbq sticks naman.:haha: kaya lang pangit eh. eto...


I still use my A60 til today...yup that's me on my avatar and holding a company owned 300D (tama ulit) and tested it on a mirror...pero i don't use it kasi they don't allow their employees to use that dslr (kj no)

ok lang yung barbq sticks :D astig naman yung the rest ;) galing!

-EDIT-

A getaway from the searing heat of Las Vegas.

06.18.06
Toiyabe National Forest
http://photobucket.com/albums/v635/jbkayaker12/mtch8.jpg

http://photobucket.com/albums/v635/jbkayaker12/mtch10.jpg

http://photobucket.com/albums/v635/jbkayaker12/mtch11.jpg

http://photobucket.com/albums/v635/jbkayaker12/mtch12.jpg

Thanks Sir Paul! :)



I still use my A60 til today...yup that's me on my avatar and holding a company owned 300D (tama ulit) and tested it on a mirror...pero i don't use it kasi they don't allow their employees to use that dslr (kj no)

ok lang yung barbq sticks :D astig naman yung the rest ;) galing!

sama naman nyan kung di nila ipapagamit. pano mo ima-maximize yon kung walang makakahawak? anyway, kung anong meron, sige na lang.

sa lahat, nilagay ko mga shots ko temporarily sa http://www.flickr.com/photos/lifeproject/ habang ginagawa ko pa ang website ko.

http://img149.imageshack.us/img149/121/candle2tg.jpg

Singularity


http://img155.imageshack.us/img155/2449/scrosses2lz.jpg

Magellan's Crosses

:applause: ganda nyan markiiboi

thanks donbagsit! :)

magaling mark! parang ang peaceful..:)

salamat dex! :)

great composition mark! i like the interplay of the lines on the second and the light on the first. keep it up!

salamat paul! :)

Share ko lang. Lilies from my garden.

http://www.wam.umd.edu/~jbaino/lily5.jpg

http://www.wam.umd.edu/~jbaino/lily3.jpg

Speck of Red


http://img529.imageshack.us/img529/673/dsc02518copy9bc.jpg

http://img120.imageshack.us/img120/1672/dsc02336copy2yx.jpg


http://img529.imageshack.us/img529/6127/dsc02503copy27bi.jpg


http://img418.imageshack.us/img418/300/dsc02580copy3fd.jpg

:applause:

thnx coke! :)

mark, i enjoyed browsing your flickr account. pro na kaayo imo mga shots like heavenly bodies, tunggoy-tunggoy, blank face, etc.

^^ salamat bai dave.

You got a very good eye Mark!!! Very good compositions, Bravo bai!!!

^^ salamat bai. ;)

Waiting in Vain
http://img195.imageshack.us/img195/4583/waitinginvainfiltered8kc.jpg

All Aboard
http://img280.imageshack.us/img280/3165/p1010786copyfiltered0te.jpg

buhi pa diay ang M/V Filipina Princess?

Gift of Light
http://img261.imageshack.us/img261/6355/giftoflightfiltered0xi.jpg

Hidden Paradise
http://img350.imageshack.us/img350/9762/secretgarden0tp.jpg

Ghost in Disguise
http://img289.imageshack.us/img289/4845/ninafiltered4uq.jpg

The Beach
http://img289.imageshack.us/img289/9678/beach8sq.jpg

@ mark, where's your flicker account? pacencia na di na ako masyado nakakapagbasa ng posts niyo. seems like you are too good to receive any opinions from us anymore. hehe...let's reverse the process. you share to us your ideas.

ganun pa man...let me share my ideas.
mark's photo # 1. The pattern did great well on the photo...and the accent of red of course. I like photos with accent. This is the trick where you include something very contrasting in color into a rather uninteresting background.

example:
markiiboi's photo (by the way, the background and accent are equally interesting)
a flower against a bark of tree
or a flag in a buildings facade (just like Dudz photo)
or a boat along the shore of a beach

ang napansin ko lang, me ibon sa kanan. hehe...mas ok siguro pag wala, kasi medyo na camouflaged na sa bench. anyway, it looks nice! very nice!
actually lahat. you got the rule of thirds on your 2nd photo.

good job mark! ikaw na magturo sa min. we want to learn your expertise as well.

@ Terrapin, I always liked macros. something that i'm not very good at. The colors looked great. This is one element in taking photos. The more pronounced the colors are, the better. Siguro next time you can add something for size comparisons, let's say...insects, or water droplets. And try increasing the depth of field if you would like to show the entirity of the flower. But just like Paul's photos, showing just limited part of the subject creates a good effect. Keep up the good work!

Now sa photo naman ni Sinjin...
2nd photo muna. I can't see anything unusual with this one unless you are planning to market the ship...:D jowk lang. But if it's the scenario that you would like to show...you can do the following...

- the ship should not comprise majority of the frame. You can do this by including only half or 1/3 of the ship or take the photo from afar. NO zoom. Either way, the result would be better.

- Use rule of thirds. How: you have 2 options. 1/3 should be occupied by the sea...sky - 2/3 or the other way. But since there's nothing much interesting on the foreground, you can go for the first option - 1/3 sea, 2/3 sky because the cloudy sky can be more interesting than a plain sea. What do you think?

Example...
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid206/pf486d33f56a09092a2220c4109d5fd2e/eee44323.jpg

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid206/p9a2178990c967652c9f634327555d270/eee44490.jpg

cloud formations are always interesting.

Exceptions: when you are using a scale or accent. Let's say, a small boat on the foreground, or a boy watching the ship. :)

Keep in mind tho: include as much sky as possible when taking landscape photos...or skyline photos. but of course, you can try to experiment all the time, and let's see how it works.

opps...i forgot to comment on your 2nd photo.
Looking nice! You created a story. This is one aspect to create dramatic photos. Just a little honing needed.

Like minimizing the black portion of the tree. But hey, not too hasty. You can use the tree to 'frame' your subject.

Or simplifying: Like including only few boys watching the ships to pass by.

Well, that's from me who likes simple subjects. Avoid including too many stories or subjects on one frame. Imagine including only the boy with his palms on head and one ship on the frame plus framed by the tree. That would be dramatic.

Good job overall. Keep these ideas in mind the next time you click that button again. But again and again, you can opt to experiment on your shots. that's one of the marvel of digicams. you can just shoot and shoot then choose. however, we would be able to save time and battery life if we take shots the way we want it the very first time.

hmm...magagaling na ang mga enthusiasts! keep on clicking guys! and it should not be me alone ang nagcocomment. i should also post my photos and you comment on them okay? positive or negative! that's the way to learn. can be easy, but most of the times, it's difficult (and costly)...

but take heart everyone. let's not make this hobby a burden, Enjoy lang while doing something we really want to do. :)

^^
Maraming salamat for your encouraging words. It has been a while since I have taken pictures for the "art" of photography, seeing everyone's pictures and constructive encouragement has strenghtened the desire to practice again.

yes right. we are here to give you the moral support. :D whatever it is that you are very good at or very interested at, then go for it. just don't forget to share with us your creations.

....and don't alter or enhance your pictures for the sake of fishing for praises. Now with digital cameras, I post my pictures the way it comes out of the memory card, the only thing I most certainly do is to resize the pictures. If there is something not quite right with the picture, I look at it and study it hopefully correcting the mistake, next time around.

Pearl of the Orient Seas - The Philippines (http://community.webshots.com/user/jbkayaker12)

Saturday Art Lecture at Lopez Museum
Into the Groove: Introduction to Prints

To complement the ongoing exhibition "Impress: Hallowed Notions of
the Self and the Divine" at the Lopez Museum's Rare Book gallery
the Philippine Association of Printmakers (PAP) will give a lecture on
prints -- the different types of print, how to distinguish one from
another and how to take care of prints. Ambie Abano and other members of
PAP will conduct the lecture on July 15 (Saturday) from 2-4 pm. Fee is
P120 inclusive of tour.

The Philippine Association of Printmakers (PAP) was founded in 1968
through the pioneering efforts of Manuel Rodriguez, Sr. PAP maintains a
facility for the use of artists, conducts workshops and demonstrations
throughout the countries, holds exhibitions and organizes annual
competition. The PAP has gone to over 20 regions, facilitating a series
of workshops and exhibitions through the Bakat ng LImbag Sining project.

The Lopez Memorial Museum is at the ground floor, Benpres Building,
Exchange Road corner Meralco Avenue, Pasig City. Museum days and hours
are Mondays-Saturdays, 8am-5pm, except holidays. For more information,
call 6312417 or e-mail pezseum@skyinet.net

thanks for the info @wonderboy. sounds interesting :)

tagal ng walang photos. course break yata, sir francis :D. and it really is a big leap for everyone. at tama si francis, we can learn from each other.

....and don't alter or enhance your pictures for the sake of fishing for praises. Now with digital cameras, I post my pictures the way it comes out of the memory card, the only thing I most certainly do is to resize the pictures. If there is something not quite right with the picture, I look at it and study it hopefully correcting the mistake, next time around. hi jon. I think this is more of a personal preference. for me this is okay. Just don’t overdo/abuse it. like most photographers (professionals and amateurs) i do some minimal standard manipulation on my photos. adjusting contrast, saturation, sharpness, removing noise/grains, also correcting barrel distortion. Though I can do most of these in-camera, I opt to do them in the computer. it's much easier. Others do more depending on their need or purpose. i think that’s their choice. But again, just don’t abuse it to the extent that will significantly alter or change what’s in the photo. Di rin talaga maganda. Lalabas na hindi natural. and the viewer will know. And these are different from errors in composition, focus, exposure, white balance, lighting which are the main areas of control of the photographer and which can be corrected/improved through practice. :)

share ko lang uli some photos. iba-iba ang theme :D

tried black and white this time...

invader...
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y91/imagesaver1206/photography%20101/1eeabe33.jpg

take the queen!...
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y91/imagesaver1206/photography%20101/85b3c30c.jpg

don't tell them we're up here? :D
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y91/imagesaver1206/photography%20101/e25626a7.jpg

jesus...
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y91/imagesaver1206/photography%20101/1ef000c1.jpg

experimented on water drops...
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y91/imagesaver1206/photography%20101/1190d9e8.jpg

awooo.... :D
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y91/imagesaver1206/photography%20101/882029b4.jpg

:)

great shots dudz! i like the water drops.

@ mark, where's your flicker account? pacencia na di na ako masyado nakakapagbasa ng posts niyo. seems like you are too good to receive any opinions from us anymore. hehe...let's reverse the process. you share to us your ideas.

ganun pa man...let me share my ideas.
mark's photo # 1. The pattern did great well on the photo...and the accent of red of course. I like photos with accent. This is the trick where you include something very contrasting in color into a rather uninteresting background.

example:
markiiboi's photo (by the way, the background and accent are equally interesting)
a flower against a bark of tree
or a flag in a buildings facade (just like Dudz photo)
or a boat along the shore of a beach

ang napansin ko lang, me ibon sa kanan. hehe...mas ok siguro pag wala, kasi medyo na camouflaged na sa bench. anyway, it looks nice! very nice!
actually lahat. you got the rule of thirds on your 2nd photo.

good job mark! ikaw na magturo sa min. we want to learn your expertise as well.




Thanks Sir Francis! My flickr account is actually the link on my sig. All i can share is that just shoot and learn, open your mind's eyes, and enjoy the beauty of life. Then the same beauty will come out in your pictures. :)

http://img212.imageshack.us/img212/8307/asscopyrg4.jpg

The Colors of their Simple Life



http://img154.imageshack.us/img154/7305/untitled1copycq8.jpg

Luv this Lab


http://img163.imageshack.us/img163/2008/dsc01796copyru0.jpg

Twilight Zone

nice photos guys. looks like you're shying away our dear students by posting those pro shots! :D dudz! duddish as usual. guess what? i have the same water photo as yours. kulay red nga lang yung sa akin. i like your awooo photo. nakaka goosebumps! :)

markymark...same awesome photos as usual. know what? your photos tell tons of stories. keep em up man...we're learning from you!

Dudz and Markii, grabe, ang gaganda ng mga photos nyo! Keep it up! :cheers:

dudz, markii! grabe ganda ng mga photos nyo!

^^ Thnx @ Francis, sinjin, and coke. :)

jujst curious...are canon ixus range expansive or cheaper in Phils??...

im looking to get a canon ixus (maybe mid ixus range....ranging from ixus 40 to 70 i think)

i just checked out ixus 55....its only 5 megapixels...but i was happy with its movie mode & for its prize...

does anyone here own or use any ixus range digicams?

http://asia.cnet.com/i/r/2005/dc/39095634/sc001.jpg

http://asia.cnet.com/i/r/2005/dc/39095634/sc002.jpg

gold Phiilippines coins :D
http://i55.photobucket.com/albums/g124/slerz3/goldmoney.jpg

^^ Wonderful details... :)

...

Meron ba kayong alam na film scanning/digitizing service provider sa Metro Manila?

Stories about Preserving Cultural Heritage Series #7
Digital Photography for Architectural Heritage and Conservation
With Architect Paulo Alcazaren

Architect Paulo Alcazaren, The Lopez Memorial Museum, in cooperation
with the Museum Foundation of the Philippines, presents the seventh in
the series Stories about Preserving Cultural Heritage on August 12, 2006
(Sat) at 2-4 pm, at the Lopez Library. Architect Paulo Alcazaren's
talk will focus on the basics of architectural photograph using digital
camera to document heritage buildings, monuments, landscapes and sites.
His talk will also touch on the choice and use of equipment, tripods,
lenses and lights along with techniques to faithfully capture a
building's technical as well as aesthetic characteristics in various
shooting conditions.

Alcazaren is editor-in-chief of BluPrint Magazine and columnist for the
Philippine Star. He is also an architectural photographer who has shot
for both local and international publications. An architect, urban
designer and landscapist by training and profession, Alcazaren is an
advocate of Filipino design, smart urbanism and heritage conservation.
He is also an assistant professor at the College of Architecture at the
University of the Philippines.

Lecture fee is P50 for Museum Foundation members and P100 for non-
members. The Lopez Memorial Museum is at the ground floor, Benpres
Building, Exchange Road corner Meralco Avenue, Pasig City. Museum days
and hours are Monday-Saturday, 8am-5pm, except holidays. For more
information, call 6312417 or email pezseum@skyinet.net.

For more information please visit http://museumfoundationph.org/
<http://museumfoundationph.org/> or send e-mail to
inquiry@museumfoundationph.org

Practicing taking action shots. This guy was a good subject!

http://www.wam.umd.edu/~jbaino/bora2.jpg

http://www.wam.umd.edu/~jbaino/bora1.jpg

nice capture bro!

http://img108.imageshack.us/img108/7404/dsc03375copyeg7.jpg

Frozen in Time
Homo sapiens



http://img86.imageshack.us/img86/3882/butterflyms8.jpg

Flutterby
Morpho peleides

I'm awed by your shots, wonderful job everyone! :applause:

Nice photos, mark...:okay:
ganda ng detail ng butterfly..hehe

pansin ko lang, parang dumudugo yung ankle nung bata..yoiks..
haha, umandar ang pagka morbid^^

^^

Thankx jin and dex! :)

No its not blood but an orange 'ankle band'.

@sinjin and @markiiboi - salamat again

@markiiboi - Your photos always inspires. Next thing i'm going to tackle is camera panning like your "Frozen in Time". :bow:

^^ thnx terrapin. :) Yeah you should try panning. Nakaka adik din yan. hehehe :D

^^wowoweee!
foreigner bai? click it now to defreeze...hehe

--
ngayon lang ako nakabantay, ang laki pala ng dinadala ng katawan ng butterfly pag naka steady pero pag lumilipad na, ang katawan ang dinadala ng pako...

WOW! that's really something markmark! :applause:

galing! elibs! astig! whow! kablam! :D

Hey guys, im fairly new to the forums. Just thought id share some of my photos =]

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y53/Isaric/streetlight.jpg

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y53/Isaric/sunset-1.jpg

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y53/Isaric/sunsett.jpg

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y53/Isaric/light.jpg

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y53/Isaric/tree.jpg
note* this tree is 2,300 years old

Hey guys, im fairly new to the forums. Just thought id share some of my photos =]
Welcome to the forums. Where were these pictures taken? Looks pretty cold.. :cool:

Gracias :)

The first three pictures i took here where I live in SoCal

The last two were both taken at the Sierra Nevadas :banana:

Rush Hour

http://img138.imageshack.us/img138/8493/dsc01850copy2copytp8.jpg


http://img154.imageshack.us/img154/2951/6copy2lx0.jpg

The Kolours of Downtown

http://img92.imageshack.us/img92/8296/dsc03752copycb0.jpg


http://img528.imageshack.us/img528/9018/dsc03714copyyb6.jpg


http://img224.imageshack.us/img224/9937/dsc03687copynb6.jpg


http://img224.imageshack.us/img224/7531/dsc03568copyeh2.jpg


http://img92.imageshack.us/img92/5637/dsc03749copykl8.jpg

[b][center]Rush Hour

http://img138.imageshack.us/img138/8493/dsc01850copy2copytp8.jpg

ganda!galing mo mark!kasi naman may inspiration. :D :jk:

@Markii: Why don't you start your own thread in General Photography... For sure, magkakaroon ka ng maraming fans

@ kevin: IA! hahaha. thanks. yeah iba na yung inspired ka. :colgate:

@sinjin: hindi pa kaya ng powers ni markiiboi. :D

http://img527.imageshack.us/img527/5342/dsc03611copyuv5.jpg

Photograph and Memories



http://img527.imageshack.us/img527/8088/dsc03726copykv0.jpg

Crime Scene

@Markii: Why don't you start your own thread in General Photography... For sure, magkakaroon ka ng maraming fans

@Markii - I second the motion! Wow ang ganda!! :applause: :applause:

^^ hehe thanks man. :)

share ko lang...

Sepia-toned Pinhole image

http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b73/Butchik/PICT5872.jpg

eti yung kuha mula sa isang lata na may napakaliit na butas na maliit pa sa butas ng kasayum na nilagyan photopaper sa loob, tapos inexposed sa kung anong scenerey ang nais mo'ng kunan, tapos i-porcess sa darkroom, pagkatpos isang negative image ang lalabas. Maari ring gawing positive (kailangan sa darkroom) kung ipapatong ang isang blank photopaper doon sa negative image, tapos depende na kung gaano katagal i-expose sa enlarger. tpos process uli sa chemical at yun may positive image ka na. At kung nais mo namang i-sepia tone e idaan lang sa chemical process na pang sepia tone hehe.

http://img240.imageshack.us/img240/3295/dsc03566copynm5.jpg

My Army Knife

Just want to share a self portrait during one of my trips...

http://i37.photobucket.com/albums/e80/PinoyBroker/SSC/Austria_2505.jpg

Using a Kodak DX6440 4MP digicam
Pic was taken using only 2MP resolution
Generic Tripod
Night Shot Mode
Self-timer


For us who can't afford yet a good camera, an entry level digicam with special features like sport/night mode will come in handy.

Invest in a good, steady and sturdy tripod since you will still be using this even if you upgrade your camera.

Since this is in night mode (slow shutter speed), once the shot was taken, I did not move an inch for 4 whole seconds.

Practice makes perfect... especially if self portrait.. hehehe.. I had to do this shot more than 5 times just to get this "pwede na" shot.

Enjoy!

i'll definitely buy a tripod na, pagkatapos kong makita si sir dudz at ang kanya cam na may tripod napag isip isip ko na bumili na ng tripod lalo na ang cam ko eh ung slim na DSC T-7 na ang hirap nya sa night mode kase magalaw at sobrang sensitive pa, so kelangan ko ng tripod nga...

here's a photo of a very cute landscape in front of UST Hospital...
http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e345/ishtefh_03/DSC06017.jpg

Markiiboi: Try mo pag-aralan High Dynamic Range Imaging (HDRI). Para siyang combination ng 4-7 exposures ng isang picture. If your using Photoshop CS. Meron cyang feature dun ng Merge to HDR ata under File>Automate. Im not really sure how it works cause di ko pa natatry. I saw the term sa Construction thread ng SWFC dito sa SSC din.

Example:
http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c3/abercromb24/HDR-16-thumb.jpg

Check this out: http://www.cambridgeincolour.com/tutorials/high-dynamic-range.htm

and http://www.gregdowning.com/HDRI/stitched/

Post ka ng sample works ha? :)

^^ Thanks BoNduRanT. Sure ill try to learn that one. But my cam is only capable of upto 3 exposures. Will it still apply? And im only using the Photoshop v7.

Puede ata kahit 3 exposures lang. Try mo 2. Underexposed saka overexposed hehehe. La pa yung "Merge to HDR" sa version 7 kasi. Yun din gamit ko.

Meron ako CS2 pero pag gagamitin ko, gumagapang pc ko. hehe. Sige ita-try ko yan. ang ganda ng resulta ng pic mo above.

Di ko kuha yun :laugh: nakita ko lang sa net nun niresearch ko about it hehehehe.

^^ ah ok. so pinag-aaralan mo pa rin pala. :lol:

Yup :laugh:

^^ Na try mo na ba? hindi ba mahirap?

Di pa nga eh. Puede yung digicam ko kaso wala akong Photoshop CS. Pag meron ako CS, ta-try ko.

^ ang dami pirated na CS. hehehe. pakita mo rin work mo ha. :D

cge. popost ko agad pag meron na hehehe

Brownout kanina, and i noticed the beautiful pattern of the light reflected on the glass holding the candle sitting on the floor.


http://img105.imageshack.us/img105/2234/dsc04025copyid0.jpg

Art in Brownout



*Cropped and sharpened with PS.

Cool :okay:

^^ Thanks man! :D

Nice pic, markii. :okay:

Salamat bangkay poke! :lol:

nice Markii! very nice. :applause:

Brownout kanina, and i noticed the beautiful pattern of the light reflected on the glass holding the candle sitting on the floor.


http://img105.imageshack.us/img105/2234/dsc04025copyid0.jpg

Art in Brownout



*Cropped and sharpened with PS.

very very nice mark. shoot on!

Markii - you have the eye. Especially finding beauty during a brownout!

thanks ash, paul, and terrapin. :)

share ko lang ito..

a long but nice and very informative read..

HOW TO (http://www.kenrockwell.com/tech/howto.htm)

Sepia-toned Pinhole image

http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b73/Butchik/PICT5872.jpg



The Peeping Tom Art
inspired by Culiat's Pinhole image



http://img88.imageshack.us/img88/8739/dsc04051copyrv6.jpg

Baluga Bulaga!
Cebu Pari-an Heritage Monument


http://img219.imageshack.us/img219/9724/dsc04082copy2hi2.jpg

The All-Seeing Eye
Cebu Cathedral Adoration Chapel

i'm planning to buy a new camera soon but i'm torn between Canon Powershot S3 IS and Panasonic Lumix DMC-FZ7...which do you guys recommend?

yey I've just bought a Canon Powershot A700 ... at last I can post pictures here, yey.

hi guys. nice to know the thread is still alive. ey chymera, congratulations for the new cam. i imagine how excited i was when i got my first true "digital" cam. :D

coke, i'd trade my S2 IS for your S3 IS. And guess what, street price for S3 IS can now be as low as Php20000 if you're going to buy it in HK. Hehe...buy hey, look somewhere else. sa Hidalgo, you can buy S2 IS at around 20K. I'll recommend Canon or Sony to you. Go for S2 IS or Sony DSC H1. Price for both is now below 30K. Pag authorized dealer, you have to shell out 30K. Pero pag street price, 20K. In fact, you can buy it from the US at less than 20K na.