Portraiture, Lighting and Post Processing Technique Workshop by PARC CRUZ

I had the opportunity to attend yesterday’s workshop by Parc Cruz. This guy is brilliant. He is very creative and generous in sharing his knowledge. No wonder this guy is blessed with such talent. He uses natural, available or ambient light in most of his photographs.

I would rate myself a neophyte when it comes to post processing photos. I’m glad that I didn’t put off joining the workshop. A one-day workshop may not be enough but I learned a lot. One can learn all the techniques but without “concept” the picture will look like a snapshot.

Speacial thanks also to Mike Sabarre for his input and of course to our lovely model, Roseeh Cuntapay, thanks for posing.

And oh, the food “kare-kare”, pasta and grilled chicken, etc. panalo ang sarap! I gained extra pounds. Hehehe! =)

I’ll definitely recommend this workshop to my friends. I hope i can join again in their other workshops.

Again, thanks to both of you for patiently and generously imparting your knowledge. More power! Mabuhay kayo!

PS.
I’m trying hard to put what i’ve learned into practice. =) Here is my share. Please click on this link: ROSE

Animé Overload Festival

I sent text message to my friend Mel two days ago. I asked her to see the Animé Overload Festival at the SM Convetion Center at Mall of Asia. I'm not really a fan of animé or cosplay and I guess neither Mel too. The first cosplay that I attended last September was in SM Megatrade Hall. A friend invited me to take photos. I kinda like it because of the colorful outfits that really look nice in the photos. So this time I tagged along Mel to experience the same. This is Mel's first time to see cosplay.

The girl in the picture is Lain. I met her in Cosplay Mania a couple of months ago at SM Megatrade Hall. She cosplayed Baiken of Guilty Gear. This time she's portraying Nyuu/Lucy from Elfen Lied. To see more of Lain as Nyu please click this link : Nyuu.

I've also posted other cosplayer pictures. Please follow this link: Animé Overload

Related link: Cosplay

Angela

My friend, Mes, invited me at their house in Paranaque to do practice photo shoot. Early this morning I dropped by at the Meralco gym then later I went to Hidalgo and bought umbrellas for my strobes. It was already past 4pm when I arrived at Mes' house.

After a few chat, Mes called her niece and introduced to me. Her niece's name is Angela. Mes hurriedly requested Angela to take a bath and get ready for a photo shoot. =)

Later that night, Mes' friends Cali joined us. One (aka John was able to join the photoshoot although he was already tipsy as he had drinking spree earlier that day with his friends. It was a good thing that One had decided to meet us at Mes' house, I had company on my way home. And Thots too was there, but One and I had already left when he got at Mes' house.

Mes' idea of the photo shoot was all about angel, very fitting for Angela. =)

Insensitive

Portrait "Sulyap"

I recently signed up in the new photoworld cup network egroup which was a spin off of FPPF’s yahoogroups though it’s still being maintained. It’s a network of photographers be it professional, amateur or hobbyists who took up workshops at FPPF. Some can even be considered masters in photography as they’re known in their craft and well respected in the industry.

In it’s page a warning says “it’s habit forming”. True enough as one would forget the time by just looking at stunning images uploaded in this site. It gets interesting scrolling from one page to another. Discussions and exchanges of ideas are free flowing. You can pick up tips and how-to’s from camera operation, techniques to post-processing that are generously shared in the loop by everyone in the network. It’s such a big help especially for newbies like me.

Incidentally, my first uploaded image in black and white, “sulyap”, was one of the featured photos here. just sharing... yipeeh! =)