My mom gave me a magazine to read around a year ago, and it's been tucked away collecting dust... until now. As I was going through what I was going through in my previous post, and as I was talking to my girlfriend (and best friend) about what I was feeling, I was half-focused in... Continue Reading →
Sample 24 – A Delicate Farewell, Set 2 (Chula Vista ’11)
A few hours ago I was writing about how down I felt in a blog, considering all the issues I've been facing over the past weeks. There's crisis here and there, and I'm not talking in the general sense, but in my own personal life. Though I thought I was going on the right track... Continue Reading →
Status
(The first portion of this was written in McDonalds when my phone was running of out juice)Usually they would ask us at church how we are, to which a good majority would say, "I am greatly blessed, highly favored, and deeply loved by God." Right now, if someone were to ask me the same question,... Continue Reading →
Sample 23 – Ortigas Overpass, Night and Day
It's the return of the dreaded HDR... Well, at least what I hope are competent reasons to still do that processing approach. These used to be in my flickr photostream until I deleted them a few hours ago. I got some feedback regarding that first shot, that there was some barrel distortion going on. It's... Continue Reading →
Sample 22 – Faux Frost (Carmen 101110)
Add captionClose-Up GrassI'm downloading some tutorials on how to use Lightroom right now. While waiting I decided to go ahead and try playing with one of the many RAW files I have backed up here. No HDRs here, people. I ignored the Photomatix icon and opened the NEF file with Adobe Camera Raw (ACR), something... Continue Reading →
Checkpoint 2
Hunter//Gatherer20 Plus posts so far. I've been pretty lazy in the sense that I don't even look at the raw equivalents of the shots I've been taking, choosing to do very minimal post-processing techniques (mostly resizing) on JPEGs instead. So that's one thing I plan on doing moving forward - I've always been told to... Continue Reading →
Sample 21 – The Menacing Sun (Pensacola ’08)
Death Ray over Red LobsterThundercrackerYup, we're going back to HDR-Land for a bit. I will leave these shots edited as they were whenever I spent time on them, which could be years ago. One of the best ways to end a day in my book is a good meal followed by a relaxed shot. Last... Continue Reading →
Sample 20 – A Delicate Farewell, Set 1 (Chula Vista ’11)
I'm probably going to state this more than once in this blog: I love fog and mist, and I definitely love shooting in fog. I remember writing somewhere that one thing wonderful about flying is that you're above the clouds for once instead of being under them. Fog gives us a chance to walk among... Continue Reading →
Sample 19 – A Drop Of Golden Sun (Anilao ’09)
Please accept my sincerest apologies for posting reruns and for not posting recently - I've been lazy, perhaps intimidated to keep uploading for some reason. God blesses us for us to bless others. Indeed, we love only because He loved us first. We are gracious because He has showed us grace first. The blessings we have,... Continue Reading →
Sample 18 – [reposted] Trails, Take II
"Brent School Baguio Trail Area, 030809Yes, here are the trails.We used to smoke here. I stopped smoking for 3 years running. To God be the glory.Many years earlier I used to take a golf club (sans head) and slashed the young ferns along the trails, thinking they were 'bad guys'. That's an example of a... Continue Reading →
JB's Personal Brain Defragmenter 