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…

on film : chairs

taken with the canon av-1 + konika minolta vx100

Chowking will always be one of my options for take-out when I’m lunchless or I want a little add-on to my lunch. Whenever I order I would sit in these familiar orange chairs at times with my cameras and look around for anything to shoot (and keeping watch for the FDBC guards prowling the area).

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.

The last of my rooftop escapades.

All good things must come to an end…

taken with the Canon IXY 910 IS

I’ll tell more when I get home.

the world through my eyes

I always wanted pictures were I can show my artistic side inside my own photos. I had no tripod and I was left to search for my own makeshift tripod. (mental note: buy a tripod soon). There were no other mediums available but a cooler for some air-conditioning device. This is my favorite.

medium : Canon IXY 910 IS
shutter speed: 1/159 (seconds)

exposure : 1/160(seconds)

aperture : F/8 (seriously? not a 2.8? *surprised)

ISO : 80

After playing around some more, my camera died on me. Hahah. Anyway I was happy with this one :)

the kalayaan flyover and the makati skyline on digital

medium : Canon IXY 910 IS
shutter speed: 1/251 (seconds)

exposure : 1/250(seconds)

aperture : F/2.8

ISO : 80

I have found a haven. 3 flights of steel stairs, hands dusted with gray, powdery, concrete dirt, a leap over cemented hollow blocks and I was greeted by a vast immense space of buildings, bridges and sky.It was 7:30 in the morning. I took a chance to catch what horizon I will be seeing. So far, every chance that I am free for a photo-op, I was blessed with the cloudiest of gloom. But interestingly with patches of golden-orange rays and a peek of blue. Will make do.

Anyway. It was always breath-taking to stand and just watch the world spin madly on.  :) and yes, yes! Here are the pictures.

medium : Canon IXY 910 IS
shutter speed: 1/159 (seconds)
exposure : 1/160(seconds)
aperture : F/2.8
ISO : 80

I could stay here and look on from dusk till dawn. Smoking a cigarette and drinking cheapass/gourmet coffee. I love wide open spaces. But too bad the next time I climb up here the view will be blocked with some big-ass building. :(

notice anything else? :D
medium : Canon IXY 910 IS
shutter speed: 1/403 (seconds)
exposure : 1/400(seconds)
aperture : F/2.8
ISO : 80

I will continue standing here until they block the magnificent view from the distance.
I took these in film as well, I wonder how will they turn out :)

on lomo film : starbucks, the fort

the chairs are still lined up for the taking…

medium : vivitar ultra wide & slim

film : kodak elitechrome slide flim

lighting conditions : morning sun