another pat on the back for me…
yesterday was the fort eb photoshoot for some members of dpp. it was a whole day event (9am-10pm), what was special about it (for me anyways) was you can’t just shoot at bonifacio high street/global city (bgc/bhs), you need to secure the permits.
and that was my job.
i was able to secure permits for them to shoot around bonifacio high street/global city. it was a way of showing people that you really can be able to do what you want, you just have to go for it.
there were numerous complaints on the restrictions of shooting, so why not try and make it unrestricted up to it’s supposed limits. due to these comments i went towards the bgc admin office and asked for the required permits. whom they were happy to assist me in getting the permits readied.
so after 2 letters of intent, payments, filled-up forms and all the other requirements. the permits are ready and i handed them to ronin for use on sunday (which gave him free dibs to shoot that night) together with spam and ivan. i was merely spacing out at Bo’s.
i was able to drop by the EB at sunday (sneaking off from powerplant to go to bhs) and i was happy to see the people there.
it was a nice feeling to be able to do something for people that made them happy.
plus, it made a point. to all the skeptics out there. if you really want it…you could get it…
now if i can only apply that to my life as wel…
some shame(less?) plugging?
If you’re wondering what happened to “something I promised to do more in 2008“? The whole clicking and composing she-bang? Since I didn’t want to drown people with all the photography brouhaha on my personal blog of life and sorts… I just dedicated it to my .net here…
http://www.wastefulspace.net/sidemirrorshooting
I blather and ramble alot more about photog terms and post more pictures there but not that nosebleed enough like the pros. (my eyes glaze over when he talks about all the other things like…and….and also… (yay for senile, dory-like syndromes, I will get spankings later for that).
So if you like pictures, and you like how I ramble, head on over to sidemirrorshooting. :) drop comments, give me some love/hate and everything else.
It took me quite a while to publicize it among people I know (except for a certain few), since I still have my insecurities and whatnots over being a pseudo-photographer/hobbyist. Haha, I suck!
(That site is dedicated mostly for that dude who taught me sh*tloads of stuff about the field), and to everyone along the way who inspired me to be better.
i’m really am f*cking serious.
this will be my last Starbucks drink I will buy for myself, until further notice.
with each penny I spend shatters a bigger dream…
the love of film.
remember this? well digiprint told me they’d be shipping the cd and negatives on monday. knowing that on Philippine time, it could be Monday night or early Tuesday morning. lol.
after a restless sleep, which resulted to tears at 4:30 in the morning and a wake up call at qtr to 7. i shuffled and drove, zombie-like towards work. i was accompanied by ben in starbucks, i was sipping my nonfat caramel macchiato and smoking menthol lights. trying everything to keep awake, everything was in vain :)).
when we got back. mr. guard poked me a strange, but familiar looking red package. my bleary, slitted eyes grew wide and round and suddenly my whole heart and body was awake as I snatched the package and hurriedly ripped it open (so much for photo ops lol).
With shaking hands (from lack of sleep and nervousness) I slipped it into my cd drive and waited patiently for the pictures to come out. this was my make or break moment. the time where i would decide if i was really going for a dslr in the future.
i was browsing the folders, one by one and each folder i saw, my heart lifted and i kept smiling.
if you’re curious about the pics… here’s a couple of them… the black(multiply) and white(flickr) set, and the colored(multiply) set(multiply) from my canon av-1.
my most favorite from the sets will most probably be these two.
exposed!
I was finishing off some rolls of film to be developed today. So far, 4 are in line waiting to be burned forever into a cd. (and oh boy this will be a toughie to watch).
As I wound(winded?) up Vivi, it made a happy turning and clicking sound, so I proceeded until the crank was loose and flimsy and took the colored film out.
When I wound(winded?) the av-1, the sound didn’t seem too familiar. the crank was a bit tight, and the winding process was bumpy. I knew I was in trouble when the crank became flimsy even before the roll was over.
To my dismay. The film was there, naked, unwound(un-winded?), and for all the light particles to see. I yanked the roll and out came a long trail of film.
I wanted to cry. Sort of. The Tagaytay pictures were there, so was my Binondo street shoot.
Well, what can I cry about anyway? I don’t even know if the pictures turned out well, there are 5 rolls in waiting. So I guess I’ll know when they ship the cds on Monday. :)
something i promised to do more in 2008 [x]
DISCLAIMER: eherm, just so you know. i’m not on a bridge camera or dslr. i just carry Renault , my canon ixy 910 is point and shoot. i’m not gonna blather about aperture settings. shutter speeds, white balances and what not. i will not brag about my Nikon d300 with the 70-200 f/2.8 lens because i don’t have one. lol
i am a hobbyist. i am just learning, please feel free to comment and bash at my pictures if you wish. i want to learn. and with learning, i will go through the tough love hahaha. just like when i was doing graphic and web design.
i also got a present. a vivitar wide and slim toy cam, from my photography ‘teacher’/mentor. he thinks i have potential. it’s been *counts* 7 years since i’ve used film. and i’m back to my dad’s old school circa 1987 cam. lol. with this, i have also requested ownership of a smena 8m from an lj friend, which i will be getting in april. :) thanks mikko ♥
i guess that’s it. feel free to browse at my pictures. i’d appreciate it.
thanks! – from wastefulspace and renault
not ready to toughen up.
I always prided myself as someone who is bold and daring. Most of the time, I was the one getting into all the stuff that my friends didn’t really want to do. And alot of times I would get into a hefty lot of trouble. Hehe.
It’s not about not being afraid, it’s mostly just doing it even if you are. And mostly I just eat up my fear like I eat my pride. Whole, raw, pure and unadulterated.
But on the other side of the lens. I tend to choke up on a lot of opportunities. With every moment, every second, an opportunity for a perfect picture takes place.
My mind sometimes goes into a sickening blank. Something, almost always holds me back. There were times where I think that would be a great picture, only to find the chance being wasted away.
All because of fear.
Now, I am trying to conquer that, even if I get reprimanded truckloads of times about the whole “Miss, bawal magpicture diyan.”
Screw you tards!
photographs and memories
I may sound like a weenie, but I missed having a digital camera. Since the Cebu trip ended I had to give the Canon Ixy 60 back. So I’m left with basically my 2mp Sony DSC-P31(?!), or the LCD-retarded Canon Powershot A95.
Obviously, I am not a professional. I am not honing for a DSLR anytime soon (but it would be cool to have one in the near future if I’ve grown sick of the p&s or I find it’s capabilities not enough), I still have a hard time remembering what the aperture does (hihi, he’ll kill me for that one), and I remember conversations over coffee and lenses that left me a bloody nose. It was fascinating and yet humbling.
I am more of an enthusiast. I love photography and I miss taking pictures of everything and anything that comes along my way. Especially now when I was armed with knowledge that I didn’t know before, I felt like there was something missing.
Human subjects are a really complicated and yet fulfilling to shoot at, I remembered when we ha d a group meeting, and I was there snapping pictures using the viewfinder, everything came out crappy (lol), since the viewfinder wasn’t the exact thing you would see in a lens, but each time you point the camera at them their naturalness (?) fades away and suddenly they feel being inspected and probed at.
This is why I stick to non-human subjects. Like food!
