I had a corporate portrait and headshot schedule last week but it was cancelled because two of the supervisors from the group that called me got sick (and the one was hospitalized). Last week also, I got a call from different group asking me if I’m free next week for the same shoot, corporate portrait and headshot (for their websites. Really? Me?).
I told them to look for a theme of the shoot…and they want it to be with slight of commercial and corporate theme. I don’t know what to prepare. My first model shoot with lighting and all photography paraphernalia was last January…and my usual headshots and group shots were my gimmicks with my friends and teammates…and my good times with my nieces and nephews.
I asked the first group who called me why they want me to be their photographer. They said that they saw my works and they liked it, as simple as that. The second group that made an appointment with me said the same thing. I’m lost for words...
I don’t know what to prepare (in terms of photography stuffs). It’s going to be a one-man show for me (lights, story boards, styling. Hope I will not do the make up. Hehehe). I’m happy…and excited…and anxious.
I've watched Born to be Wild last Wednesday and they featured BIRI ISLAND in Northern Samar. Dahil sa alon, nagbabago ang anyo ng mga bato...Next summer, maghahanap ako ng makakasama para pumunta don...pwede ding magdiving.
Parang nasang ibang planeta kapag nandoon ka...at parang inukit at hinulma ng mga aliens ang mga rock formation.
Sa TV pa lang, makikita mo na sobrang insanely gorgeous ang lugar.
My sister enrolled my two year old niece for this school year, and she's now learning a lot (singing, dancing and coloring). She's busy na din doing her homework kaya deadma na niya kami minsan.
I think I'm producing good photographs now. I'm planning to create a site for my portfolio but maybe not. I'm giving myself more time to master photography.
With almost six months of being with the club, I discovered, every month, with our entry submission, that our club members are all genius in photography. No exaggeration, everyone is coming up with gorgeous and enigmatic photos.
I failed to join our other photo sessions because of work but from time to time, we are getting the best tips from our masters. Some best tips below. I'll post photos soon...I'm waiting for my two internet applications. Can't stand using my present connection. Ang bagal.
Tips: 1 – Simplify. 2 to 3 elements ok na. Don’t clutter your image. If with dilemma, choose what is more relevant. 2 – Don’t be shy. Photography is an art, not a crime. You can shoot anything, anyone in public places. 3 – Resist the tendency to put your subject on dead center. 4 – Learn to take photos from below or above the line of sight. The line of sight angle is the common angle (doesn’t apply to closeups). 5 – Watch your horizon. 6 – It is always better to catch people unawares and in action. 7 – Pay attention to small things. They too are oftentimes great subjects. 8 – When choosing between shutterspeed and ISO, choose to prioritize shutterspeed, unless you’re shooting a panning shot.
I was rushed twice in ER last month. I had a tremendous chest pain and was aggravated more by my coughing. It made me want to scream because of pain. I thought I was having a heart attack (umatikabo pa ang anxiety attack)…but it was just a muscle pain (plus the cough). I undergone x-ray and ECG, thank God, my heart is normal (just like last year). But why have all this pain? And why it’s more on my chest part? I can tolerate it more if it’s back pain.
I frequent our clinic now because I can’t focus at work. With all the pains that I’m suffering from the part of my chest, I want solution. Our company doctors and the doctors at the hospital gave me pain killers…and these pain killers will just ease the pain for a while and then the pain will be back, even the turok pain killer had small effects on me. Am I channeling Michael Jackson’s chronic pain?
I hope this drama (and this pain) will stop soon, July is my birthday month…and I want to be happy. God, please help me.
Why would someone turn his back on his long time passion? My officemate texted me this morning and he's selling all his photography gears.
I got email from him two months ago and I thought he was just joking. Subject was GOODBYE PHOTOGRAPHY and he attached his new purchase on the same email, its a flat screen TV for his condo...but everyone from the team was buying flat screen TV that month...
And last September on his trip to New York, he just bought a Nikon DSLR to add to his growing photography gadgets and gears (his first DSLR was CANON). 5 years ago, when we went to different provinces, I noticed him waking up early with his DLSR and TRIPOD to catch the sunrise...and he couldn't be found for early dinner because he was catching sunsets.
I saw some of his works (maybe 4 photographs only). He is not the type that will show you all his works...even his flickr account is empty. He photographs for his self only...that we all know. A person we can't read mind eventhough he's been with us for the longest time...not an open book type...and I always feel that there's an elephant in the room whenever I'm stuck with him alone in the work area.
When I bought my DSLR last December, I showed him my interests in photography and asked him few questions which was (expectedly) responded with very short (hiding his yawn) answers. I got an email from him congratulating me for producing nice (his verbatim was "Wow, nice!) pictures and wishing (was hiding my yawn) me to keep it up. He saw my many photographs that I took when I joined our company's photography club (he was invited to join the club few years ago but according to our club "CEOs", the invites were ignored) , I also shared some of the photos that I took from the trips with our Mountaineering Club.
Last year, when I had all my dramas (I still have now), I was searching for something to be excited about...and when I found photography, I hummed "I finally found someone...". Hahaha. ..and now that I am producing photographs that the others described as "kamanghamangha" (I'm not making this up)...and not just plain "nice", I get more thrilled.
I hope he will find his lost mojo and something new to be excited about .
...And why would someone go back to her old habit of smoking when she turned her back, cold turkey, from it 5 years ago?...and she's not hiding it from us. With all the totally-draining-overtime hours that we are doing now at work, she's always the first person to invite my smoker teammate for a smoke...and the invite is hourly.
I've been neglecting writing for the longest time...or maybe not only writing. Reading books, surrending on blank canvas through painting, dreaming with eyes wide open...things that I enjoy and I love doing. Worst, I changed my praying beliefs and habits.
I used to say a reflective prayers at night before switching off my bed lamp, and say a quick sincere prayers for guidance before I step out of our house's main door, but now, I seldom end and start my days with prayers...or any simple meditation and reflection.
It's hard to admit that I deliberately do not perform these things when I can totally do it. Admittedly again, I lost something that makes me want to do all these wholeheartedly...and I know that finding it is not mission impossible.
Or do I really have to look for it? Or the answer might be to disconnect to something that I have associated with all this time? The new thinking that I have accepted and is now clashing with my old self or the real me? I hope I'm not delaying the inevitable...
I always wanted to be a mountaineer. Every time I see pictures of people in the summit soaking up in the sea of clouds on sunrise or sunset, raising both their hands or waving flags while enjoying the strong cool winds, I get thrilled. Someday soon, I’ll have pictures taken like that. I can’t remember the last time I climb a mountain (I climbed Mount Pinatubo!!!...with the help of 4x4...and the Nagsasa Cove trip with the mountaineers few weeks ago was just a camping experience), maybe, when I was in Elementary Grade because my school is located in the mountain (foot of the mountain). Secretly, I always dream of ascending Mount Apo (or Mount Everest)...that remains a burning ambition.
Dreams are the key to the picture…I’ll join our mountaineering group at the end of the month in Mount Manalmon. I’ll stand at the crest of the windswept ridge, I’ll climb the summit.
This is going to be my mantra for the month - you have powers you never dreamed of. You can do things you never thought you could do. There are no limitations in what you can do except the limitations of your mind - by Darwin Kingsley.
