Friday, July 30

Joe McNally Photoshoot in the Dessert (Flash Tutorial)

Photo shoot using strobes with Joe McNally. David Hobby was in this shoot assisting McNally. Great collaboration. Look at the strobes used in this photo shoot, to create the perfect shots. Enjoy!

Sunday, July 25

Amorsoloesque Workshop by Maricris Fabi Carlos

Today, I had the opportunity to attend the first ‘Amorsoloesque’,a photo enhancement and manipulation workshop which was made possible by Mike Sabarre’s MS Studioworks.

It was actually my second time to attend a workshop with MS Workstudio. The first was with Mr. Parc Cruz and this time with equally creative and talented photographer, Ms. Maricris Fabi Carlos.

We started the workshop with a photo shoot. The participants were grouped into three whom will take turns in taking photos of our beautiful and sexy model,Ms. Kristine Mae Aquino, who’s also a professional belly dancer/artist. She obviously had the right to wear those outfits, gorgeous indeed! Oh, I must say she really moves gracefully, how she flips her hands and turn around seems to be less effort on her and well choreographed. She ‘ s so game and never complains even if some of the poses were back breaking, I apologize for having you leap a few times. Teri Capuno Jinayon, the make-up artist, did a good job in making Kristine more beautiful.

I didn’t bring a camera during the workshop but Mike was so generous in lending me his expensive Nikon camera! Thanks Mike! :) We finished the photo shoot around 12:00 and a palatable lunch was served. I just love the “Kare-kare!“

After lunch the discussion on the workflow followed. I have had a very hard time dealing with my laptop. It wasn’t working! The Portable CS4 that I downloaded last night was such a mess! It took about 3 minutes to open CS4 in my laptop, such a waste of time! Apparently I have to uninstall the CS3 so that it will work just fine. I haven’t really use CS4 so i thought of preserving the CS3. Parang sumasabay sa malakas na ulan! When it rains, it really pours. It seems that all my stuffs were inundated and flushed out of the sewer! Mabuti na lang mababait ang mga tao sa paligid! Thanks sir Jon Carlos, for letting me used your laptop. I was able to follow the workflow, whew!

I guess one day is not enough to assimilate the discussion, I wish there were more exercises to work on. I am happy though because mam Maricris was very kind to give us useful files which we can use in our own creation. Maraming salamat po!

Again, thank you for this very interesting workshop. Thanks Ms. Maricris for your patience and for passing on your knowledge to us. Kudos to your team!

:)


Here's one of the photos I took and the application of the workshop today...a work in progress! :)

Sunday, July 11

Janina Loise







Meet my niece, Janina Loise. She's just 10-day old, born last Jul4, 2010.

I went to see them, my brother Buboy, Janelma, sister-in-law, James, my nephew and the new addition to their family, Janina Loise, yesterday at their home in Pasig City. I had an enjoyable lunch with them. After our meal, I took picture of my niece while she's sleeping.


Taking photos of babies is challenging as you have to wait for that perfect moment to capture every move and smile that they can flash. You just need to be patient! :D

Please see more pics at this link: Janina's Album