saying goodbye to wordpress

going into the new horizon :D

canon ixy 910 is

to my faithful readers (if there are any…), I have moved my photoblog into a new home at my own .net. if you have me on your links and all that please do update your blogrolls and bookmarks and whatnots into this new address :) :

http://www.wastefulspace.net/sidemirrorshooting

Thanks wordpress.com for being such a gracious host/hideaway for the past month. But now I use your very yummy wordpress publishing platform.

:) It’s time to fly.

on film : the blue sky

canon av-1 + centuria 200 film

I took the blue sky with me that day, I saw this picture and it took my breath away. The hues and colors that infused on my mind, makes the clouds and the colors stand still in time…

my best photo of 2007

This is from self-consideration, and the multitude of flickr comments. I tagged this my best photo because of the recognition it got at flickr. and I felt that I really thought about this well.

taken with the Canon IXY 60

Cebu Tops “Tunnel” a continuous oval of benches that serves as a picnic area…I reall didn’t know why people didn’t bother with such an amazing architecture.

Then I remembered, everybody was gaping at the view…

lost in photoworld.

Sounds like some horrible rendition of a video game. But I was able to go to Photoworld this afternoon despite me getting irked from not being able to go tomorrow for the b&w seminar.

I got there around 5:30 in the afternoon. And was greeted by a throng of people milling around the activity center. Here were the Bigger exhibitors : Canon, Nikon, Fuji, Kodak, Olympus, Hp, Panasonic, and others.

And yes, poor me was once again enticed by the sparkly, shining film and bought a couple of rolls of Max Versatility,som e Ekta/Elitechrome (eek, bai will spank me for that o_o), and 5 rolls of prophoto.

I only brought these home for cooling.

*blushes. Av-1 and Vivi would be very happy. So would be Smena if it gets home. :)

I was trying to look for the dpp booth and I eventually found it when I saw the other booths set up at the walkways of Glorietta.

I saw Nino talking up storm with a bunch of other people in the booth. I was trying to catch his eye and he finally did.

We exchanged hellos and French-style kisses, and introduced me to a whole lot of people whom I obviously didn’t catch any of their names, He broke away from our conversation to continue on chatting with his guests, while I looked at the back issues.

When I found out it was only 150, I bought the black is back issue (for the love of black and white).

I have no actual photoworld photos except for the next one.

When the crowd died down, Nino sat on the carpeted floor of the booth. I sat down as well and we chit-chatted for a bit while people came and went :) I took a pic of us at the booth, and here’s the crappy result. :)

the happy tard and the skippy tard. :P

I met up with frank and jas after and we looked around, since I was waiting for the 7pm shuttle back to the office, I had to bid them a goodbye and waited for it.

Since the Digiprint booth was near the SM exit, I went back and chitchatted with Nino before leaving.

I’ll go back to take pictures on Monday or Tuesday. :)

c&c (comments and criticisms) sessions

The AWM was really one of the most unaccomplished practice shoots to date.

I was showing the other pictures that didn’t made the cut to my teacher. Whom I share photos to each night over at yahoo messenger and here are the our c&c session. (translation of some words are inside the parenthesis)

picture#1 : the mis-angled shadow

him: this would look nice
me: if?
him: from the other end
him: left side
me: ahh :)
him: you know the feeling na parang putol ang paa or kamay mo (your arm or leg is chopped off) with this picture
me: ooh
me: wait (wait)
me: i take it from the left side?
him: yeah
me : oooh
me : :)
me : sige (alright) next time :)
kaotep: something to do with the light

c&c (comments and criticisms) sessions

The AWM was really one of the most unaccomplished practice shoots to date.

I was showing the other pictures that didn’t made the cut to my teacher. Whom I share photos to each night over at yahoo messenger and here are the our c&c session. (translation of some words are inside the parenthesis)

picture#1 : the mis-angled shadow

him: this would look nice
me: if?
him: from the other end
him: left side
me: ahh :)
him: you know the feeling na parang putol ang paa or kamay mo (your arm or leg is chopped off) with this picture
me: ooh
me: wait (wait)
me: i take it from the left side?
him: yeah
me : oooh
me : :)
me : sige (alright) next time :)
kaotep: something to do with the light

the american war memorial

I was determined to go to the American War Memorial (AWM) for a shoot of sorts and today I did. I picked a time where the sun was high and rising, and since it was a war memorial, I dressed up to pay respects for the dead, but still comfortable enough for shooting (meaning jeans, a collared shirt, a loose shirt, tie, and my chucks).

I drove there at around 12, missed a turn and wasted a good 5-10 minutes for the detour, talking to the guard, and parking. I hopped out of the car and into the hot, hot sun. I carried my messenger bag with Vivi, Av-1, and renault a notepad and pen and studied the area.

Mostly I gaped. I was greeted with vast plains of greens, a sea of whites, and a field of deep blue. I feel like I want to pull apart and do everything in that precious span of 30 minutes I have.

I have never been in such a vast landscape of crosses in my life. They seem to stretch out from a far distance and when you think they’re all in a straight line, think again as when you change angles they seem to go in curves..

God bless those who rest here…

photoworld 2008!

The yearly event for photography is back on at Glorietta Activity Center, Makati on January 31-Feb 5. Trade shows ftw!

PDF brochure here.

I asked a fellow photography enthusiast at work if he would like to join me in prowling the area. My only target was just to look. Highly emphasize on the word LOOK, tingin lang, 見るだけ, magtan-aw ra, and all other translations of look.

But hey, I can still dream among the clouds, right? (DSLR! FILM! FILM! MORE FILMS! LENSES FOR MY AV-1!! AAAAH!!!)

taken with the Canon IXY 910 IS

Because you taught me all I know

You’ve grown a year older..

wiser? maybe. :) but still more funny than ever…

I am proud to tell people that you are my teacher in this field that I love dearly. I love it so much that I have been dedicating at least a post a day for pictures and other related stuff for it.

It all started out over coffee and SPAM. Some grains and blurs and the slow synchro. Now we have advanced conversations towards DOFs Apertures, Bokeh, Film and a bit of dSLRs, SLRs and lenses.

I am (im)patiently learning, for you to be proud of your young padawan who hasn’t joined the dark side (yet).

maybe soon… d200? d80? meeh

We may have fought over crazy shit like Aperture and quitting photography, but we always patch things up in the end.

Maybe because you’re more than my mentor, you’re also the one I love most…

Happy Birthday :) To my master in Photography

Never stop giving me all the love and all the things I need to know to be better.

take flight to where earth meets the heavens.

I took a chance this morning to go sky-hunting with a close friend. I took my coffee, my cameras, and a pack of malboro lights and headed up my favorite place.

The sky was beautiful. And the floor was full of puddles waiting to be explored.