Basic lighting

I am yet to get a basic photography course or be enrolled in one, pero ako itong malakas ang loob dumiretso agad sa basic lighting na kung tutuusin ay isang advance course. Hindi naman ito sa isang photography school kundi initiative ng aming grupo sa Flickr, ang Flickristasindios. Hindi rin isang professor ang resource person namin, pero si Ten Paras ay master na sa pagtitimpla ng ilaw.

Pinasadahan nya ang basic terminilogies sa lighting (primary light, fill-in light, etc.) tapos nilatag naman ang practical applications ng mga ito base na rin sa mga experience nya. Of course, he still encouraged us to enroll in a photography lighting course as what he had shared with us in 2-3 hours normally take about 2-3 days of discussion. Ayos, hindi naman kami nagmamadali nyan hehehe.

Seriously, para malaman kung me natutunan ba kami syempre kailangan me application, kailangan me shoot using a one-light set-up, tapos two-lights, tapos studio shoot TAPOS ME MODEL!!! ako kinabahan dun sa huli kasi mahiyain ako di ba, pano ko kakausapin yung model? ahihihihi.

When it was already my turn to shoot, despite the intimidation and nervousness factor, i get to instruct Christine and Kaya (oo, dalawa pa yung model!!!!!!) on what I want them to do and it also helps that they are very professional and won't hesitate to do a pose that we told them to do. Tawanan nga kami kasi pagkatapos ng lighting kailangan naman namin ng seminar on how to deal with models and how to be a supermodel (kailangan naming i-pose kapag malabo sa model).

Tingnan nyo na lang kung papasa na ba sa panlasa nyo ang ilang kuha ko, one-light set up lang ang ginamit ko sa mga yan.

Halata bang hindi ako nakapagpa-pose ng marami? hehehe

Next: Model shoot in a professional studio with complete lighting accessories (nag-overheat ang brain ko kakaisip ng poses sa mga model hehe)

flickring hope: the entries (and the winner is...)

on my post a couple of days back, i promised that i'll post all the entries in our photoshoot and since i already got the nod of all the photographers involved to have their pictures posted here in my humble blog, ladies and gentlemen, with pride, the entries in flickring hope: (and good luck to me for all the links, andami nito! hehehe)

1. from Buboy1

2. from kool.angot

3. from zippinoy (uy, ako pala yun hehe)

4. from W512W

5. from bullish1974


6. from uckhet


7. from fatal.vampyre



8. from [2]rokbot[2]y

9. from angrylittleboy

10. from jobarracuda

11. from canlasa

12. from hiraya


13. from lalaine_garcia


14. from manfrommanila


15. from dbqueen


16. from chriscab


17. from mrbinondo


18. from i_am_bishop


19. from carvin22


20. from wen_cam


21. from marct


22. from rene_apilado

jobarracuda won the nikon d40x (his entry was my bet to win the top prize, as his shot is really interesting, he captured it beautifully and i was awed the first time i saw it, galing ng composition nung shot no?)

w15w was second place and got the giottos carbon fiber w/basic ballhead tripod

marct was judged third place and went home with the lowepro camera bag.

and zippinoy went home tanned hehehe. with all honesty, it was worth the experience and given the chance, i'll do it again.

again, in behalf of all the participants, we bow our heads to Flickr Philippines Administrators for coming up with this event, and we're looking for revenge, este, looking forward for more photoshoots pala. hehehe (me pamamam yung si jobarracuda kaso di ako nakapunta).

speaking of di ako nakapunta, di muna ako makakapunta at makakapasyal sa mga blog nyo for at least a week, mamamasyal muna ako. but i'll be back with pictures and answers to all the memes thrown my way.

happy weekend everyone, kanpai!!!

flickring hope

yesterday was the much awaited flickr philippines one day photoshoot at the QC Memorial Circle. it was a contest but more on the fun side and at the same time an EB and the opportunity to meet the faces behind the flickr forum was as exciting as crossing the Elliptical road.

at first, being a point and shoot user, i was intimidated with all the awesome dslr's around me, can my four year old digicam compete with them? but a couple of minutes after the orientation and with the assurance that the playing field is leveled, i have forgotten about the competition, this shoot is for fun nga pala, and with all the laughters, who'll think it's a contest?

it was a four-hour shoot with the title of this post as its theme. quite a theme, right? you can see the theme in two ways, either as positive or negative, like a half-empty, half-full scenario, like meron pang konting pag-asa o pawala na'ng pag-asa. i am overly excited that i can't think of any concept, quite ironic that the area is so big and so full of happenings and then here i am pounding what's left of my brain to have that creative juice flowing. it took me two hours plus some shots that are not really related to the theme and walking the entire circle (twice or thrice ha) before i can can come up with my little entry. kelangan ko lang palang maalikabukan hehehe. but seriously, i think for the first two hours i put so much pressure on myself to come up with a shot, a good shot. but it's not coming. so i relax a bit and loosen that stiffness for thinking that it's not good enough, or that scenery is so common, or it has been done already, etc...

i am not expecting anything from my first photoshoot/contest or that my shot will turn the world upside down so the last two hours were spent just enjoying what i am doing and look what just happened, i am taking more pictures, more ideas, better angles and oh my, i am satisfied with them (but still, not related to the theme hehehe).

the flickr philippines group is a bunch of nice guys who are sharing the same passion for photography, the get-to-know-you after the contest was spent almost all the time laughing. these guys are serious about this stuff, although i am not yet the good photographer that they are, at least i can try to mold myself like one, sabi nga nila, practice lang yan. what's so amazing about them is that they are more than willing to share what they know and will offer you a technique or two about photography. nice di ba? nalimutan ko na nga ang friendster dahil sa flickr eh hehe.

and with the dslr-point and shoot discrepancies as to the overwhelming technical and technological superiority of dslr agains the p&s , well, it's not really a big deal to them, madalas nga nilang sabihin "wala yan sa pana, nasa indian yan".

true, but i still want a dslr. hehehe (and did i mention that the grand prize is a Nikon d40x?)

NOTE: my entry is not among those posted above.